information literacy for mos ecs-65100 january 2013
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Information Literacy for MOS
ECS-65100
January 2013
Schedule and Teacher:
Teacher: Marco van Veller and Annemie Kersten
Schedule:
See course information in Blackboard
session date time
1, lecture Wednesday, week 18 15.30 – 17.15 h
2, practicals Wednesday, week 19 15.30 – 18.00 h
3, lecture Wednesday, week 20 15.30 – 17.15 h
Exam Wednesday, exam week 21
14.00 – 15.30 h
Learning outcomes
After this course you will be able to:
Identify and understand various information sources
Construct strategies for locating information and data
Locate and access the information and data you need
Review the research process and compare and evaluate information and data
Organise and use information professionally and ethically
Select appropriate publication and dissemination outlets.
Modules in Blackboard
1. Introduction
2. Information sources
3. Finding your way in the Wageningen UR library
4. a. Searching b. Databases
5. Evaluating search results
6. Setting up alerts
7. Citing and referencing
8. Publishing
URL: https://edu6.wur.nl/
Session 1, lecture: Introduction to setting up a search strategy
Keywords: When are you information literate?; defining your information need; variety of information sources; locating known publications; simple search; following a thread; structured search; search assignment; EndNote
After the session:
Study Blackboard modules 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7
Do corresponding quizzes and exercises in Blackboard
Check with whom you would like to do the search assignment
Define the information (source) you need
Purpose
●orientation, in-depth search
Topic
●research question
Level
●scientific, professional, news
Type
●data, news, books, research article, laws
●company information, government information
see: Blackboard module 2
Internet
Everybody can publish on internet
●No quality control on websites
Search engines
●Google finds a lot, but does it find everything?
Wikipedia
●Open, editable, collaborative encyclopedia
http://www.google.com/logos/sesamestreet.html
Deep web or invisible web
Information sources in library WUR
Wageningen UR Digital Library
Search strategies: overview
Locating known publications
Following a thread
Simple searches on a topic:
●Quick and dirty: some information
Complicated searches on a topic:
●Time consuming and systematic: much information
●Search assignment
See Blackboard module 4a
Where to start to find a (known) article?
Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3), 447-457
Where to start to find a (known) article?
Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3), 447-457
Google but no off-campus access
Google Scholar off-campus: via library.wur.nl, login
Catalogue journals A-Z: title of journal
Scopus, other off-campus: via library.wur.nl, login
bibliographic
database
Off-campus access
Login at library.wur.nl!!
Google:
Google Scholar via library.wur.nl:
Bibliographic databases
Mainly refer to scientific articles but may also include books, theses, conference papers etc.
Consist of structured references with abstract, keywords, link to full-text (if WUR has subscription):
In some also: cited by, related records
Searching mostly based on metadata, not on full text
Different search platforms
Multidisciplinary or specific topics
Examples: Scopus, Web of Science,
PubMed, CAB…..
Example of a bibliographic record
Google Scholar
Bibliographic database
Multidisciplinary with very broad coverage
●journal articles, books, theses, patents
Simple + advanced search interface
Index based on full text rather than bibliographic metadata
Relevance ranking
Following a thread
Start with a relevant publication
Search citations:
●In references (older)
●Cited by (more recent)
Search related articles based on:
●Authors
●Keywords
●Shared references
Illustration © Loet van Moll 2009
Simple search
When:
●Only some records needed
●Orientation
●To find search terms
●Straightforward topic (e.g. species, product)
Where:
● Google (Scholar), other search engines
● Global Search at Wageningen UR Digital Library
What do you type:
● Some terms or phrase
Complicated search: example
Scientific information about:
Effects of windmills on marine wildlife
http://www.bmt.org/?/51/37/2www.duurzameenergiethuis.nl
Consequences of choice of search terms
Effects of windmills on marine wildlife 0 records
Windmills marine wildlife 1 record
Wind turbines marine wildlife 2 (new) records
Wind turbines marine fishes 11 records
And there are more nice terms in the found records …….
Additional search terms
Windmills: wind turbine, wind turbines, wind farm, wind farms, wind power, windpower, wind plant
Marine: North Sea, Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, offshore, off-shore, nearshore, ocean
Wildlife: fish, fishes, pouting, Triopterus luscus, mammals, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, other fishes, dolphins, whales, seals
Questions:
1. Do you need to include these terms in the search? Why?
2. Yes: How to set up a search while using all these terms?
No: What do you advise for the search?
Identifying key concepts
Effect of windmills on marine wildlife
Windmills
marine
wildlife
Combining with Boolean operators
Within concept: OR (any word)
Between concepts: AND (all words)
(Exclude concepts: NOT)
Make sets per concept, or use parentheses
Example search -1
(Windmills OR wind turbine OR wind turbines OR wind farm OR wind farms OR wind power OR windpower OR wind plant)
AND
(Marine OR North Sea OR Adriatic Sea OR Baltic Sea OR offshore OR off-shore OR nearshore OR ocean)
AND
(Wildlife OR fish OR fishes OR pouting OR Triopterus luscus OR mammals OR bluefin tuna OR thunnus thynnus OR dolphins OR whales OR seals)
Applying database tools
Will the search engine find singular/ plural forms ?
yes: use 1 form (in Scopus for example)
no: use both forms
Will the search engine find Adriatic Sea when I type Sea?
yes, always!!
Will the search engine find spelling or word variations?
mostly not, so type them or use wildcards
Do you have to indicate phrases?
fore example to prevent salmon farms instead of wind farms, search for “wind farms”
Check Search Tips or Help!
Selection of search terms
Which terms do you like to include?
●Use background material
Example: windmills in Wikipedia
●Look at found records
●Check database thesaurus if available
●Which terms will add something?
In records on tuna the word fish will probably be there.
●(Re)define your focus
Example search after applying database tools for Scopus
(windmills OR "wind turbine" OR "wind farm*" OR "wind power" OR windpower OR "wind plant")
AND
(marine OR sea OR offshore OR "off-shore" OR nearshore OR ocean)
AND
(wildlife OR fish OR mammals OR dolphins OR whales OR seals)
90 records
Retrieved articles
Importance of using multiple sampling methodologies for estimating of fish community composition in offshore wind power construction areas of the Baltic Sea
Spatial planning of offshore wind farms: A windfall to marine environmental protection?
●abstract: … no-take zones for fish, with possible spill-over effects…
Underwater noise from three types of offshore wind turbines: Estimation of impact zones for harbor porpoises and harbor seals
●keywords: … seals; oceans; seas; power plants …
Improving your search
To narrow: more specific terms, less truncation, more concepts, add limits like year, ….
To broaden: more (general) terms, more truncation, less concepts …………
Build on what you have found:
●More or better terms (thesaurus!)
●Key authors/ groups
●References (following a thread)
Complicated search: summary
Identify key concepts (split your subject into main themes)
Formulate search terms per concept
Apply database tools and combine search terms with Boolean operators
Improve your search (evaluate and select)
Illustrations © Loet van Moll 2009
Practical training
●Write an assignment together with one or two fellow students
●Information on how to write it can be found in BB -> Assignments
●The subject is: Coping with natural disasters in farming practice
●Read the description of this subject -> Assignments
●Upload the document via Blackboard Monday 21 January 9.00 h-> Assignments
Session 1, lecture: Introduction to setting up a search strategy
Keywords: When are you information literate?; defining your information need; variety of information sources; locating known publications; simple search; following a thread; structured search; search assignment; EndNote
After the session:
Study Blackboard modules 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7
Do corresponding quizzes and exercises in Blackboard
Check with whom you would like to do the search assignment
EndNote
Software to store references in a database and to make reference lists in Word
Blackboard module 7.2
Optionally
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