Searching Library ResourcesNM3210 – Cybercrime and Society

Gan Kim Hong Rahimah Md Moasiclbgkh@nus.edu.sg clbrmm@nus.edu.sg

August 2009

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What we will cover

Boolean Logic Database Searching Proxy Bookmarklet NUS Libraries’ InfoGate

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Topic : Cybercrime

Possible search queries:

1. cybercrime2. cyber crime3. cyber crimes4. internet crimes5. computer crimes

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Boolean Operators or = any of the terms may be

present and = all terms must be present not = excludes specific search term

using “and” operator narrows the search

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Truncation & Wildcard

Truncation:Truncation: crimecrime** retrieves “crime”, “crimeretrieves “crime”, “crimess” ”

(anything that comes after “crime”)(anything that comes after “crime”)

Wildcard:Wildcard: womwom??nn retrieves “womretrieves “womaan” and “womn” and “womeen”n”

(symbol(symbol ?? replaces one character)replaces one character)

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[topic]

Monitoring cybercrime in Singapore

(concept 1)

monitoring(concept 3)

Singapore

Singaporemonitor*

(concept 2)

cybercrime

(cybercrime* or (cyber crime*) or (internet crime*) or (computer crime*)

monitor* and (cybercrime* or (cyber crime*) or (internet crime*) or (computer crime*)) and Singapore

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Keyword Search using Boolean Logic

Identify the key concepts enclose each concept in parenthesis string the concepts using and

Within each concept list as many synonyms as possible string the synonyms using or

Use truncation to capture variant forms of a search term

Phrase search use quotation marks to group words into a

phrase

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Mechanics of Database Searching

Formulate search query using Boolean logic Sort by relevance Refine search (e.g. narrow down the results) Mark Save

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LexisNexis Academic

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Specify source: Singapore

Sort by relevance

Mark records

Save records:Print, email or download

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Log In to Factiva

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Specify source: Hong Kong

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Search Straits Times

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Searching for Journal Articles in LINC

Hinduja, Sameer, and Patchin, Justin W. (2008). Personal information of adolescents on the Internet: a quantitative content analysis of MySpace. Journal of Adolescence, 31 (1). 125-146.

title of article

title of journal

In LINC, which title do we search? journal title

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EbscoHostInformaWorldProject MuseProquestSageScienceDirect

See Library portal for a complete list

Searching Full-text Databases

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ScienceDirect

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Library Proxy Bookmarklet

Inserts the NUS library proxy stem (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the article

Connects you to the library proxy and allows you to view the full-text of the article straightaway if it is subscribed by NUS Libraries

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From URL links in Websites

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From URL links in Email Alerts

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How do I install the Proxy Bookmarklet in my browser?

Click on the link below and follow the instructions:

http://lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/d/proxybkmrklet_google.html

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How to use the proxy bookmarklet?

1. Click on the URL of the article

2. Click on the library proxy bookmarkletIn your Internet browser:Favorites NUS Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet

3. You will be prompted for your NUSNET ID and password if you have not login previously during the session

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Library InfoGate

Federated search engine Searches multiple resources via one

interface Useful when:

you are not sure of which databases to choose when starting a search

you want to find out other databases are relevant to your research topic

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InfoGate

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CNM Subject Guide

http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/sg/ss/cn/cnm.html

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CNM Resource Librarians’ Contacts

Gan Kim Hong (Ms)Librarian, Central Libraryclbgkh@nus.edu.sg 6516-2022

Rahimah (Ms)Assistant Librarian, Central Libraryclbrmm@nus.edu.sg6516-2022