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Who is giving you this short introduction?

Who is giving you this short introduction?. Joost Hegle Research Librarian Master degree in Social Anthropology from 1996 Main subject: African studies, Geography and Social Anthropology joost.hegle@ub.ntnu.no. Define your problem. Try to break down your topic in smaller pieces….

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Who is giving you this short introduction?

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  1. Who is giving you this short introduction? Joost Hegle • Research Librarian • Master degree in Social Anthropology from 1996 • Main subject: African studies, Geography and Social Anthropology joost.hegle@ub.ntnu.no

  2. Define your problem

  3. Try to break down your topic in smaller pieces….

  4. Find synonym words you could search for finding literature on your topic

  5. We have links to several electronic resources both licenced and freely available from the library ”portal”.http://www.ntnu.no/ub/englishor the original Norwegian sitehttp://www.ntnu.no/ub[more information available but just in Norwegian].

  6. What database suite my needs?Metalib(e-UBiT) database listhttp://x-port.uio.no/V?func=find-db-1&mode=title&new_lng=eng

  7. The main catalogue for book holdings in Norway is BIBSYS Askhttp://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/stdsearch

  8. It’s not always easy to pick a database given the background information about the database

  9. Our you could also try the subject area pages, here you will handpicked resources chosen by each subject/research librarian along with standard linked resources taken from the Metalib (e-UBiT) subject list. http://www.ntnu.no/ub/english/subject Our databaseshttp://x-port.uio.no/V?func=find-db-1&mode=category&new_lng=eng

  10. Your topic is too narrow Your topic is not easily divided into a certain subjects. You haven’t found the right database. Etc. Why not try Google Scholar? http://scholar.google.com Google Scholar harvests our licenced resources. You will find SFX@eUBiT indicating that it is our resource. Having problems finding literature?

  11. You miss the different functionalities you find in each database. The structuring of the result list is different than in each database. In relation to what relevance is your results being structured? No ”advanced search” with functionalities like thesaurus and clustering giving you the possibility to find related words/subjects. The e-UBiT button telling you if we have the document in fulltext, in physical library holdings or if you have to order it from another library (you have the SFX e-UBiT button, referering to online e-holdings). Why not search everything through Google Scholar if it is so easy?

  12. Fewer hits The results come quick Everything is searchable from one box search. SFX e-UBiT is our harvested Google resources available within the reach of one click. But also advantages…

  13. Jstor ISI-web of science Pubmed Sociological Abstracts Just to name a few….. Databases

  14. Advanced search Field box search picking the field you want to search in. Combining your search with the logical operators and,or, not. You get information about if the document is available or not by pressing the e-UBiT button. The databases are usually indexing journals and book chapters. Similarities between searching in the different databases

  15. How to get hold of our resources outside campus (access from home) or with your laptop at campus. • Download VPN client http://infoweb.ntnu.no/read_article.php?aid=222 http://infoweb.ntnu.no/dialup/vpn/vpnwindows_e.html Or use Eduroam http://infoweb.ntnu.no/nettverk/eduroam/eduroamen.html Read and follow the descriptions!

  16. Contact information • joost.hegle@ub.ntnu.no Building 8, Room:8585 NTNU library, Dragvoll. http://ubitlibrary.blogspot.com

  17. Step-by-step guide to information literacy VIKO A online guide to information literacy that is good to use as your study companion. http://www.ub.ntnu.no/viko/en

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