Library Information System

Associate Professor Dr Gintarė Tautkevičienė

Dr Ieva Cesevičiūtė

Library of Kaunas University of Technology

Research process

Search

Use / cite

Be visible / cited

Publish

Why?

Published research results

are a starting point of new

ideas and research.

Not to repeat what has

already been done.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Why searching for information and research literature analysis are necessary?

Isaac Newton, Letter to Robert Hooke, February 5, 1675

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Search process

Choose your topic Create your search strategy Search for resources

Evaluate your search results

Modify your search results if

necessary Use the resources for research

find the fundamental information

identify the scope of your search

decide on the novelty of information needed

choose information sources

choose keywords

define search question

choose search tools

find published resources in the

library

find e-resources in the internet and

databases

number

variety

quality

novelty

relevance

Print, download and save the resources.

See more at: http://www.lmba.lt/apie-lmba/projektai/emodblt2/mokymo-moduliai

Begin your search from the start or

from wherever you need to.

Search tools for research information

Institutional or joint library e-catalogues

Subscribed research databases, e.g., ScienceDirect, ASC

Publications, IEEE, etc.

Open Access resources of research information, e.g.,

Directory of Open Access Journals, Highwire Press, etc.

Search engines of research information, e.g., Google Scholar,

RefSeek, etc.

Institutional databases of publications, theses and dissertations

KTU information system

Library Catalogue, library.ktu.edu

KTU research publications, vb.ktu.edu

KTU Virtual Library, vb.ktu.edu

Lithuanian Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD), vb.ktu.edu

Lithuanian Academic E-library eLABa, www.elaba.lt

Lithuanian Virtual Library, lvb.lt

Subscribed Databases at KTU, library.ktu.edu Services Databases

E-resources

E-books

e-books from Technologija, SpringerLINK,

eBooks on EBSCOhost, Routledge, Ebrary,

etc.

E-articles

ScienceDirect, Emerald, Academic Search

Complete, Oxford journals, SAGE, etc.

Statistical data, reports

Passport GMID

Bibliographic information, citation data

Clarivate Analytics Web of Science, Journal

Citation Reports

Scopus

Accessible 24/7: connect from home via Virtual Private Network VPN (instructions); via KTU Virtual Library (use your KTU single

sign-on)

About e-resources: http://ktu.edu/en/library Databases

KTU Virtual Library

vb.ktu.edu

Lithuanian Virtual Library

lvb.lt

Lithuanian Academic E-library eLABa

www.elaba.lt

E-mail alert subscription

www.google.com/alerts

RSS Feeds. The user subscribes to a preferred

information channel and receives timely updates from

favourite websites. An RSS document includes full or

summarized text, and metadata, like author’s name and

publishing date. Applications like RSS Reader or search

engine function Site Summary are used to review the

information.

E-mail alerts. The latest information on the topics of interests may be obtained by subscribing for e-mail alerts on the latest publications included into the database, etc.: ScienceDirect, SpringerLINK.

Recommendations for a comprehensive search

search on your topic in several databases

use subject repositories and virtual libraries

ask librarians and teachers for advice

use Ask a Librarian service

seek advise by phone or e-mail

join researchers’ networks

For a comprehensive search we recommend to:

Research identification / networking tools

ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

www.orcid.org

Researcher ID (Clarivate Analytics)

http://www.researcherid.com/

Google Scholar profile www.scholar.google.com

ResearchGate http://www.researchgate.net/

LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com

Search scenarios

Search for books

Library catalogues;

http://ktu.library.lt

Subscribed databases;

Ebrary, Springer e-books,

ScienceDirect e-books, eBooks on

EBSCOhost, AccessEngineering

E-books by KTU Publishing House

Technologija;

http://www.ebooks.ktu.lt/

E-books by Vilnius Gediminas Technical

University Publishing House Technika;

http://www.ebooks.vgtu.lt

E-books by Mykolas Romeris University;

http://ebooks.mruni.eu (open access)

KTU Virtual Library;

http://ktu.lvb.lt E-books

Google Books.

http://books.google.com

Search for articles

In Lithuanian resources or by Lithuanian authors:

Databases of research publications from KTU and other universities: library.ktu.edu KTU

research publications

Lithuanian Academic E-library: http://www.elaba.lt/elaba-portal/

Lithuanian scientific journals: http://www.mab.lt/lt/istekliai-internete/mokslo-zurnalai

In subscribed databases:

Journals subscribed by KTU via KTU VB E-journals

Website of KTU Library: http://ktu.edu/en/library

Subscribed databases Databases

Lithuanian Research Library Consorcium: http://www.lmba.lt/duomenu-bazes

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: http://www.lnb.lt

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Specialized search engines

Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.lt

Google Books, http://books.google.com

Microsoft Academic Search, http://academic.research.microsoft.com

Open Access journals

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals, http://www.doaj.org/

Public Library of Science, http://www.plos.org/

Hindawi, http://www.hindawi.com/

PeerJ, https://peerj.com/

Journals of hybrid open access: Springer, Elsevier

Journals of delayed open access: HighWire Press, http://highwire.stanford.edu/

Open access repositories

Subject repositories, e.g.

arXiv, https://arxiv.org

Cogprints, http://cogprints.org

RePEc, http://repec.org

Social Science ResSSOAR (Social

Science Open Access Repository),

http://www.ssoar.info/en/home.html

OpenDOAR, http://www.opendoar.org

ROAR, http://roar.eprints.org

Zenodo, https://www.zenodo.org

Institutional repositories, e.g.

e-Prints Soton, https://eprints.soton.ac.uk

TSpace, https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca

eScholarship, https://escholarship.org

ARROW, http://arrow.edu.au/repositories.php

NARCIS, https://www.narcis.info

Search for theses and dissertations (ETD)

Theses and dissertations from Lithuanian institutions,

https://www.lvb.lt

Global ETD search: NDLTD,

http://search.ndltd.org/

The DART-Europe E-theses Portal,

http://www.dart-europe.eu

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD),

http://oatd.org

Lithuanian Technical Library,

Patent Information Centre,

Google Patents,

The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

http://www.tb.lt/knygos/patentu_paieska.htm

http://www.tb.lt/PIC/PIC.htm

http://www.google.com/patents

http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?n=142&l=lt

http://worldwide.espacenet.com, Esp@cenet,

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/, FreePatentsOnline

Search for patents

Search for standards

Standards at KTU library catalogue, ktu.library.lt

Lithuanian Technical Library, http://www.tb.lt/knygos/Standartu_paieska.htm

Catalogue of Standards, http://www.lsd.lt/index.php

The International Organization for Standartization (ISO), http://www.iso.org

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), http://www.etsi.org

Search for statistics and legal documents

Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania,

https://osp.stat.gov.lt/web/guest/pradinis

International websites and databases:

Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat SourceOECD, http://www.oecdilibrary.org

Passport GMID (Euromonitor International), www.portal.euromonitor.com/portal

The World Bank, http://www.worldbank.org/

Legal documents and drafts registered by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,

https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/index

Publishing your research results

Highly ranked journals

Web of Science journals,

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/

Scopus (Elsevier),

https://www.scopus.com/search/form.uri?display=basic

Evaluation criteria (IF, H-index, CiteScore, SNIP, SJR etc.): WoS,

Journal Citation Reports, http://apps.webofknowledge.com;

Scopus, https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/how-

scopus-works/metrics

Publishers’ help for authors

Elsevier for authors,

http://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors

Springer Journal Selector,

http://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/journal-author

Emerald for authors,

http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/index.htm

Journal Author Gateway,

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/page/journal-author-gateway

Taylor &Francis Group,

http://taylorandfrancis.com/

http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/how-to-choose-a-journal/

Predatory or highjacked journals

Predatory Journals present themselves as ranking higher than they are in fact;

they seek profit.

Hijacked Journals have stolen the identity of other journals. Their aim is also

profit.

Predatory or highjacked journals

Criteria for identifying predatory journals (e.g., http://www.researchjournali.com/):

Imitation of real publishers’ behaviour.

Very quick process of review.

Only electronic contacts provided but not the publisher’s address.

Grammar mistakes on the website text.

Editorial boards consist of scholars who have not given consent to be editorial

board members.

Indexing strange directories and databases.

Support for the authors

Elsevier,

https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/

Language editing services,

http://www.charlesworthauthorservices.com/~Emerald

Oxford language editing,

http://www.oxfordlanguageediting.com

Exemplar,

http://www.springerexemplar.com (trial version) gives

you an opportunity to check if specific words and

phrases are used in academic texts.

Reference management tools

Paid (subscribed at the moment):

RefWorks, http://www.refworks.com (group

code RWLithMBA)

EndNoteWeb, http://myendnoteweb.com

(register from the university computer

network)

Free of charge:

Mendeley, http://www.mendeley.com/

Zotero, http://www.zotero.org

Citeulike, http://www.citeulike.org/

Delicious, http://del.icio.us/

Opportunities:

Saving bibliographic data, summaries

and files. Many databases allow direct

transfer of bibliographic data;

Organizing your list of references in

line with a particular citation style;

By using the Word plugin, inserting

references into the text and creating a

list of references.

Copyright and plagiarism

Plagiarism is using other authors’ ideas, opinions,

theories as your own or paraphrasing without a

proper acknowledgement of the source.

Prevention:

Using special tools to check for plagiarism: e.g.

iThenticate CrossCheck;

Storing research publications on open access

repositories that check for plagiarism automatically.

Note: incorrectly cited references may be considered

plagiarism.

“Submission of an article

implies that the work

described has not been

published previously (except

in the form of an abstract or

as part of a published lecture

or academic thesis or as an

electronic preprint, see

http://www.elsevier.com/posti

ngpolicy),

... To verify originality, your

article may be checked by

the originality detection

service CrossCheck

http://www.elsevier.com/edito

rs/plagdetect.“

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Self-citation and self-reference

Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices:

e.g., A Guide to Ethical Writing by Miguel Roig, http://ori.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/plagiarism.pdf

“The available literature on self-plagiarism is concerned with four major

problems: The publication of what is essentially the same paper in more

than one journal, but without any indication that the paper has been

published elsewhere (i.e., redundant and duplicate publication), the

partitioning of a large study which should have been reported in a single

paper into smaller published studies (i.e., salami-slicing), copyright

infringement, and the practice of text recycling.”

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Citation styles

Citation styles:

APA is used in Psychology, Educational Science and other Social Sciences;

MLA tends to be used in Humanities;

AMA is used in Medicine, Health Sciences and Biology;

Chicago style is a multidisciplinary citation style;

Vancouver style is used in Biomedical Sciences.

ISO 690:2010 standard,

https://view.elaba.lt/standartai/view?search_from=aleph&id=722103

Requirements for dissertations (KTU Research and Innovations Doctoral Studies

Regulations)

Learn to manage information!

You are welcome to the training sessions organized by the

Library You will learn to:

use the Library Information System and learn about the

library services in more detail;

find resources for your course papers;

cite and develop a list of references;

use reference management tools.

For more details and schedule please visit

http://ktu.edu/en/library Training

Individual consultations and help

Ktu.edu library

subject guides subject

librarians

https://temos.ktu.edu/en/subjects/

staff.php

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