Bio 1010 2012
- 1. BIO1010 Finding good quality MST8011: academic information Finding and Managing academic information Moira Bent Faculty Liaison Librarian
- 2. Information overload? Experimental data Maps Books Internet E-Books Government reports Chemic Informatio al and n physical resources data Journal Commercial material Theses articles Conf Papers Digital images Statistical data
- 3. Don’t sink under the weight of all the information!
- 4. Having a search strategy keeps you afloat • Main • Logical terms approach • Related • Use proper terms strategies • Synonym Search Keywords s Techniques Limits Info type • How much? • Primary data • What date? • Secondary • How quickly? sources • Which • Maps/images language
- 5. Search techniques Use AND, OR and NOT to make logical connections biodiversity AND fish sea OR ocean OR marine Use truncation Conserv*finds conserve, conservation, conserving (and also conservatory!)
- 6. sea OR ocean OR marine biodiversity fish
- 7. LibrarySearch is a good place to start Includes the library catalogue and a range of electronic resources Full & mobile views
- 8. Use Library Search To find printed books in the Library To find electronic books To get a general overview of a topic To find a few journal references for an essay DON’T rely on Library Search as the only source – not all our resources are included.
- 9. Journal articles Report original academic research Published in academic (high-quality) journals – published regularly Up to date More detailed than books – can be very technical Peer-reviewed for quality (by other academics / experts in the field) Available in Print and / or Electronic formats Types of regular publication • Academic / trade / magazines / newspapers / professional
- 10. Use databases to trace journal articles Databases are: Collections of references and full text articles International in scope Subject specific Essential for academic research Expensive resources
- 11. LibrarySearch is fab! Why use specific databases? Proquest Unique content for biology Search in images, figures and tables Use taxonomic terms Set search alerts Scopus Unique content for biology Set search alerts Search within results To download results to EndNote
- 12. Use your Library Guide to identify key databases: libguides.ncl.ac.uk/biology
- 13. Our electronic RAS – Remote Application resources are Service https://ras.ncl.ac.uk/ available any time, anywhere Use Library Resources folder Library Web pages & Library Guide for Marine
- 14. Google’s always worked for me…
- 15. Finding websites http://www.intute.ac.uk • Portal to quality information on the internet • Resources selected by subject experts • Provided for UK academic community http://scholar.google.co.uk/ • Google’s search engine for academic literature http://www.scirus.com • Scientific search engine – filters out non-scientific sites
- 16. Now you have all the info you need – relax!
- 17. Referencing: boring but important Makes clear what your own ideas are – this is what you get marks for! It’s good academic practice It helps you track down the info again in future Avoids accusations of plagiarism
- 18. School of Biology guidelines Author-date style refer to a source by author’s surname and publication year in the text. (Bent 2009) Alphabetical list of references in the bibliography Check the Guidelines for Presentation of Written Work for full details.
- 19. School of Biology style Journal Stockdale, E (2003) How to keep first year students awake. Education today 34:122-134. Book Bent, M (2002) The psychology of eating, Facet, London. Web site Park, J, Finn, J, Cooke, R, Lawson, C (2008) Agriculture and the environment: the current situation. University of Reading. http://www.ecifm.reading.ac.uk/subject2.htm Accessed 1 Dec 2008
- 20. Citing in an essay Research has shown that giving students chocolate helps them to concentrate (Stockdale, 2003). Bent (2002 p 45) also claims that “chocolate reduces stress”. It therefore seems appropriate that universities provide chocolate fountains in all halls of residence. References Bent, M (2002) The psychology of eating, Facet, London. Stockdale, E (2003) How to keep first year students awake. Education today 34:122-134.
- 21. What do you do with all the references you find? Keep a record as you search Saves time later what was that big red book I read? Allows you to build on previous work I’m sure I found a good article last year Creates accurate citations Easy marks No chance of plagiarism
- 22. EndNote Create your personal EndNote “Library” • Enter references manually • Download the results of online searches • Add images, files and PDFs Organise the information • Sort and search your Library • Label and group references Cite your references in Word • Choose your citation “style” • Create formatted bibliographies
- 23. Help EndNote web pages http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/endnote EndNote workshops First Thursday @11.30-1.00 EndNote surgeries Tues@ 1.00, Thurs @ 12.00 EndNote helpline lib-endnotehelp@ncl.ac.uk EndNote blog http://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/Endnote_Users Access EX5 • On clusters and RAS • EndNote Web • Personal copy £77 Download the workbook: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/teaching/endnote/
- 24. What next… • Do the quiz and bring your answers to your tutorial next week • Use the hand out (on Blackboard) to • Investigate the Library Guide for Biology • Experiment with finding materials, using databases and EJs • Download the EndNote workbook or sign up for an EndNote workshop
- 25. Things to do Explore the Download Biology the hand out Library and try the Guide exercises Download the EndNote workbook or book onto a workshop
Editor's Notes
- #3: Library catalogues – mainly for books, both at Newcastle and elsewhere – also includes PhD theses and journal titles (but not at article level)Bibliographic databases – include refs to journal articles and conference papers, include abstracts but not usually full-textEJournal collections – full-text access to EJs – limited by publisherEBooks – sometimes offer value-added interactivity toolsStandardsInternet sources (with care!)
- #14: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylkayoe/5214250026/