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Maximizing Book Resources for Effective Research

Learn how to leverage books as valuable resources for academic research, including understanding key concepts, alternative search strategies, and evaluating book sources. Explore methods to optimize your book research for comprehensive and accurate information. Discover different types of book formats and their strengths and weaknesses for research purposes.

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Maximizing Book Resources for Effective Research

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  1. Lecture 2: Books Resource “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants!” --Isaac Newton SUL 陈家翠

  2. Assignment 1 Review • Understand the requirement completely • Analyze your topic • Identify your key concepts • List alternative words or phrases • Search • Optimization Jane-SUL

  3. Assignment 1 • Query • Where does Al Qaeda operate? • Which terrorist groups are organized like Al Qaeda? • Requirement • Use all search tools available • List all the terms you can think of about Al Qaeda • http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/13173020.html Jane-SUL

  4. Course Outline • Information Sources • Books • 科学素养文库·科学元典丛书 • OPAC • Local OPAC • Union catalog • Ebooks Jane-SUL

  5. Information Sources • Books • Periodicals • Special Categories of Documents • Doctoral and Master's Theses • Proceedings and Conference Papers • Technical Reports • Patents • Standards • Government Documents • Product Directory and Sample • Archives Jane-SUL

  6. Books • Books • Characteristics of Books • Book description • Evaluation of books Jane-SUL

  7. Books • Monographs - a written account of a single thing • Anthologies - a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music • Reference - a work (as a dictionary or encyclopedia) containing useful facts or information (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Online Dictionary) Jane-SUL

  8. Characteristics of Books • Strengths • In depth or comprehensive coverage of subject • Historical background on a topic • Takes two or more years to publish • Peer-reviewed • Weaknesses • It takes a long time to write and publish a book. • Books are not always the best source for topics where information is constantly changing, such as technology or medicine. • Books are also not the best source for information on recent or current events. Jane-SUL

  9. Book Description • Subject • Title • Content abstract • Controlled vocabularies or keywords • Classification codes • Author • Publisher Jane-SUL

  10. Evaluation of books • Title: Is there a title (for encyclopedia articles, the title may be the entry word)? Does the title tell you anything important about the work? Does it reflect the content? • Author: One, two or more? Is the person an author, editor, or both? Have you seen this name before at all? If the work is a collection, encyclopedia, or is in some other way made up of different parts, are authors listed for the parts? Is there an author listed at all? • Publisher: Is this a publishing name you've heard of before? Where is the publisher located? Is it a university press, commercial press, or other? • Date: When was the work published? How might the date of publication be reflected in the content? Is the work current enough for your purposes? • Edition: Has this work been through more than one edition? • Although not required for citation, to evaluate a source you should also think about • Purpose: Is the purpose of the work clearly stated? Does the work live up to the stated purpose? • Scope: How much information does the work claim to cover? Is that reasonable? Does the work actually cover what it claims to? • Audience: Is this a general or an academic work? Is it written for a specific discipline or interdisciplinary in nature? • Format and Organization: Does the arrangement make sense? Are there prefaces, introductions, chapters headings, indexes, and suchlike which help you use the work? Are there keys for any abbreviations? Jane-SUL

  11. 科学素养文库·科学元典丛书 Jane-SUL

  12. OPAC • Local OPAC: http://202.195.136.14:8080/opac/search.php • Union catalog: http://202.195.136.6/wxsw/lhml.htm Jane-SUL

  13. OPAC (contd) • Basic Search • Enter your search term in the basic search field • Select keyword, title, author or full text • Click search Jane-SUL

  14. OPAC (contd.) • Advanced SearchThis allows you to construct more complicated searches using multiple fields combined with Boolean operators. • Select Advanced Search from the tab above the search box • Use the drop down menus to select your search options (title, author, full text, subject, ISBN) • Enter your search term or connect multiple search terms using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT • Click search Jane-SUL

  15. Ebooks • 超星电子图书 • 书生之家电子图书 • Apabi教学参考书 Jane-SUL

  16. References • http://www3.nl.edu/library/Tutorials/organizationofinformation.cfm • http://www.lawrence.edu/library/guides/evaluate.shtml Jane-SUL

  17. Assignment • Using local or union catalog Search for 《自然哲学之数学原理》（The mathematical principles of natural philosophy/by Isaac Newton） • Requirements • Basic information including original language and title, editions, and the first English translation, etc. • Write down your decision-making process • Shareable experience Jane-SUL

  18. Questions? Jane-SUL

  19. Thanks! Jane-SUL

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