geology geophysics 9580 9680 library workshop
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Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680 Library Workshop, October 7 2009, by Dan Sich, Earth Sciences, Planetary Science and Physics & Astronomy Librarian, University of Western OntarioTRANSCRIPT
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Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680:The Library Workshop
Dan SichEarth Sciences Librarian
October 7th, 2009
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I want you to be able to…
• find articles using GeoRef and SciFinder
• find references & highly-cited articles using Web of Science
• get article full text using “Get it @ Western,” the library catalogue and Interlibrary Loan
• create a bibliography using RefWorks
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Course page
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RefWorks
• Set up an account
• Use it with databases
• Why bother?
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Library Catalogue
• everything we own• books, journals (not articles), etc.• books: introductions, basic info, data, etc.• search by keyword, title, author, etc.• try: United States Geological Society, Geological
Society of America• try: glacial drift• location, call number, status, request, subject
headings
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Scholarly / peer-reviewjournal articles?
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Scholarly vs. Popular Publications
• availability• audience• aesthetics• authors• topics• length• language• advertizing• sources,
credits
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Peer-review process
1. author writes paper, sends to publisher
2. publisher sends to referees (experts)
3. referees send feedback to publisher
4. publisher sends feedback to author
5. author decides whether or not to revise article and send back to publisher
6. publisher decides whether or not to publish
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Finding journal articles?
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Article databases
• Find peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles, conference articles, and review articles using journal article databases
• GeoRef (geology)
• Web of Science (references)
• SciFinder (chemistry)
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Off-Campus Access
• article databases
• eBooks, eJournals
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GeoRef
• GeoSciences, 1785-present
• Try meteor* AND compos* AND canad*
• “Peer-Reviewed Journals” tab
• Descriptors
• Get it @ Western
• “Palaeolimnological evidence…” eJournal
• “The Earth’s lower mantle…” ILL
• RefWorks download
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Search tips
• identify concepts, keywords, synonyms
• use AND, OR, NOT, * (truncation)
• review & revise searches
• use Search History
• limit date range, document type(s), etc.
• skim abstracts
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Your turn
• 10 minutes
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Web of Science
• Science Citation Index
• meteor* AND compos* AND canad*
• Refine Results: Subject Areas
• Citations?
• Times cited? Create citation report
• Select records, save to Plain Text, Import into RefWorks
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Your turn
• 10 minutes
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SciFinder
• Chemical Abstracts Service• Account set-up• Search by Research Topic• mineralogy of martial soils• Analyse (by Journal), Refine (add “life”)• Get Cited, Get Citing• Get Full Text, tricks in catalogue• RefWorks…?
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Your turn
• 10 minutes
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Notes on SciFinder
• Sign Out when finished
• We only have 8 ‘seats’
• Today you’re using training seats
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No fulltext?
• Search the catalogue by Journal Title, or Keyword
• Check the web (it may be free)
• Order it through Interlibrary Loan (RACER)
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Interlibrary Loan (RACER)
• Journal issue not in library catalogue?
• Free photocopies of articles, loan of books
• Averages 4-10 business days
• Need to create a RACER account
• Three ways to create request:– Link from Get it @ Western (quickest)– Search RACER by “journal title”– Use Blank Request Form (slowest)
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RefWorks
• web app for citation management
• automatically formats notes (?), bibliographies
• Citation style? E.g., AGU, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word (demo only)
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Feedback
• On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused by
• It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session
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contact info
Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian
phone: 80962
email: [email protected]
Subject: Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680