cs 101 students presented by ken ryan winter, 2008 getting the most out of the library out of the...

CS 101 Students

Presented by

Ken Ryan

Winter, 2008

GETTING THE MOSTGETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE LIBRARYOUT OF THE LIBRARY

Agenda

Openers

The Library website and navigating it

Design a search engine

How to find stuff here

Using the Library Catalog

How to borrow stuff, here AND there

How to find articles in databases

Using Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2

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The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it

Design a search engineDesign a search engine

How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here

Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog

How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there

How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases

Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2

alreadyNow here I am ^ nagging at you …• Did you get your NIS Account?

IF NOT, go to Library Palmer WingITS Help Desk and register NOW!

Why? NEEDED FOR ACCESSING ALLCAMPUS COMPUTERS STARTING

2008(and for remote and wireless

access). •Have you been using the campus student e-mail system?

http://mymail.calstatela.edu

Why? BEST FOR E-MAILING ATTACHMENTS AND FOR RECEIVING OFFICIAL CAMPUS E-MAIL.

Steps of Library Research

Catalog

Need books?

InterlibraryLoan

InterlibraryLoan

NoNo

Library stacks YesYes

Getitem inyour

hands!Need articles?

Databases

PrintPrintNoNo

Full-text

Full-text

http://www.calstatela.edu/library/ill3.htm




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The Library website and navigating it







The Library Website

Important menu & other links

•Library hours•Floor plans•People•Policies•Jobs•Services•Help•Campus links

Really important links …

Search for: Articles in journals, newspapers,

magazines (Article and Reference Databases)

Journals, newspapers & magazines byname (Journal Name Search)

Books and other library materials Course materials on reserve

… on the Library main website

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Design a search engine






A database is

A collection of information organized for easy access and searchable by specific fields like author and title.

A search engine is …A computer program that

electronically searches the contents of a database to locate specific information

www.library.arizona.edu/rio/glossary.htm

A computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

http://www.library.arizona.edu/rio/glossary.htm

http://www.library.arizona.edu/rio/glossary.htm

Now that you know a couple of definitions for a search engine, you are going to be given the opportunity to design YOUR ideal information-seeking tool or system.

• List a few characteristics YOU think theIDEAL search engine should have.

• Report what your group came up with.• Then we’ll look at ACTUAL databases and

the search engines they use.• Draw your own conclusions – better

or worse than your IDEAL design?

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How to find stuff here

Using the Library Catalog




And now, some live examples …

Goliathus regius

AND NOW, SOME LIVE EXAMPLES …

Basic Search

KEYWORD: “ global warming ” AND ( technol* OR engineer* )

KEYWORD: “ computer programming ”

Journal Search

Does the Library subscribe to Computer Music Journal?

Advanced Search

KEYWORD / LOCATION: comput* AND Thesis

Collection

Search Examples

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How to borrow stuff, here AND there



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How to find articles in databases


TIME EVENT

WebTV/Radio

One day later

Days

Newspapers

Magazines Journals

Real time

Weeks

Books

Months Years

Government Publications Reference

A Timeline of InformationAdapted (2002) from “The Lifecycle of Information,” Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington. Thanks to C. Haras.

Flow of Scientific Information

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.htmlhttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/acs800/structs.html

Timeline0

1-2 years

2-3 years

2-3 years

3 years

4 years

5 years

7-10 years

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/acs800/structs.html

Journal or Magazine?What’s the difference? And who What’s the difference? And who

cares?cares?

Journals = research references

(bibliographies)abstractsauthor information

Examples: Journal of Scientific

Computing

Science

ACM Transactions on …

Journal of the Association for History & Computing

Magazines = info, news, entertainmentNO bibliographiesMANY advertisements

Examples:

Technology Review

Newsweek

PC Quest

Wall Street Journal

Both are published periodically.

Formulating an Article Database Search

See handout: “Search Strategy Development Worksheet”

Ask a question containing the search concepts: How do I get articles about the management of

software development projects?

Join concepts with Boolean operators: OR broadens a search

either term may appear in the same record terms are similar in meaning

example: develop* OR manag*

AND narrows a search all concepts must appear in citation terms differ in meaning

example: software AND ( develop* OR manag* )

Formulating a Search (Graphic View)

A = develop*B = manag*C = software

Result SetA+C, B+C,

A+B+C

develop* AND software

develop* ANDmanag* AND

software

manag* AND software

Database Finder

Select or limit by type of resource

Select by database and get one-click

access

Select by subject areas and get list of

recommended databases with

details

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Using Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2

Academic Search Premier

Articles from 4,200+ journals, all subject areas; 3,200+ are full-text; most are “peer-reviewed” or “scholarly” or “academic”

Citations / Text can be downloaded e-mailed to campus or commercial

account printed (Library workstations & OALs)

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Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2

Computer Source

From the same friendly folks who bring you Academic Search premier …

Articles from about 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.

Citations / Text can be downloaded e-mailed to campus or commercial account printed (Library workstations & OALs)

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Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2

CompendexCovers 5,000+ engineering journals & conferences;references and abstracts; 1970 to present; includes:

• chemical and process engineering• computers & data processing• applied physics • electronics & communications• civil, mechanical and materials engineering

INSPECCovers 5,000+ sci-tech journals & conferences; 1969to present; includes:

• electrical & electronic engineering• physics• information technology• computer & control systems

1. Title of article2. Author3. Journal name (often called “Source”)4. Volume (and issue) number5. Date 6. Page(s)

* Print or e-mail your citations (or accurately write them out)

Article Citations …

Don’t leave your databases without them!*

Remember …

Remember … most of the World’s total knowledge resources are ONLY available in print form in books and bound journals.

Don’t be misled into wrong thinking that because it’s in a book, it’s passé, or that “old” journal articles are worthless.

Also remember … not everything is on the Web!

A couple of words to the wise …

http://www.calstatela.edu/library/evaluatewww.htm

http://www.calstatela.edu/library/evaluatewww.htm

-- Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Floor, Library NorthFloor, Library North

- Read online help screens & tutorials

- Read handouts (in bins by Reference Desk)

- Ken Ryan (STEM Librarian)[email protected]

Still going around in circles?

mailto:[email protected]

That’s all, folks!

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