INFORMATION RESOURCES IN POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY

2. INFORMATION RESOURCES IN POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY Social Sciences Library October 2013

3. 1. Contents Catalogue Other catalogues Trobador+ Databases E-journals and E-books E-contents of journals E-theses E-repositories Interesting tools and resources Bibliographies Access from off campus

4. 1. Catalogue • Searching the catalogue we know: • How many documents there are • In which library and which area they are • If they are available, loaned, reserved or not available for loan • We find all the documents: • In any format: books, journals, maps, audiovisuals, theses, research works… • In any support: paper, digital, microform, etc.

5. Access: • Library Service Web • www.uab.cat/libraries: On the right of the page  2) Directly from catalogue’s site www.uab.cat/libraries/catalog

6. Results: may be saved, printed and shared on social media

7. List of results Searching options Sort records Save records Reserve Formats

8. Items Order code on the shelf Loan availability Location Loan type

9. Journals Access to the digital format Location Paper collection

10. Personalize • 1) My account: • -Reservations (of documents which are loaned and available) • -Renewals • -Loan history • -My lists • -Preferred searches • -E-mail alerts (through the preferred searches) • 2) Buttons 2.0 • 3) Search the catalogue from the mobile phone

11. Help • Searching tips • Instructions for any type of search: title, author… • Help to personalize: renewals, preferred searches, my lists… • Video tutorials

12. 2. Other catalogues • University Union Catalogue of Catalonia (CCUC) puc.cbuc.cat: the integratedcataloguesof the Catalan universities, the Biblioteca de Catalunya and other institutions • Rebiun: Spanish academic libraries • Madroño: academic libraries of Madrid and the UNED • CSIC: libraries of the CSIC More catalogues: http://cataleg.uab.cat/screens/catalegs.htm

13. CCUC: search screen

14. CCUC: results screen Consortial borrowing

15. 3. Trobador+ The gateway to access the UAB electronic library www.uab.cat/libraries/trobador

16. Simple search You are searchingthemost e-resourcessubscribedbythe UAB You are searchingthe UAB catalogue, the CCUC and Google

17. Advanced search Theadvancedsearchallowsyouto refine thesearchcriteria

18. Results Optionsto refine thesearch Full-textaccess Full-textaccess You can exportyourresult and saveit in your e-Shelfifyousign in

19. Searching by type of e-resource You can search e-journals bydifferentcriteria You can search e-booksbydifferentcriteria You can search databases bydifferent criteria and select them if they are metasearchable

20. E-shelf: personal area Your name will appear here You can create, rename and delete folders You can organize your saved records into folders and delete, send by e-mail and export them

21. Other tools and pages Pages to help you in your research and study: ARE, citations, research assessment and acreditation support, tutorials,etc. Other tools you may need in your research

22. 4. Databases • Sociological Abstracts: references of articles with abstract of more than 2,000 journals and other publications (books, theses). Also provides academic profiles specialized in social sciences. • ProQuest Sociology: (1985--): specialized in socials, contains full-text journal articles of worldwide coverage. • Banco de datos ASEP/JDS: public surveys and opinion polls of Spain and worldwide. • Base de datos de conflictos y construcción de paz: in addition to the above database, this one provides the background information, the evolution and the actors involved in international armed conflicts. Emphasizes the analysis from a gender perspective. • CSIC-ISOC (1976--): references ofjournal articles, monographs, presentations, theses, etc., about Spanish social sciencesand humanities. • Francis (1984--): references and abstracts ofjournal articlesabout social sciencesand humanities.

23. CIAO - Columbia international affairs online: full-text of articles, books, case studies, presentations, etc., about politics and international affairs and relations. • IPSA - International political science abstracts: references of journal articles about politics. • Factiva: current database with many full-text information resources (newspapers, trade journals, reports) and photographs. • ISI web of knowledge: database of the Institute for Scientific Information: Journal citation reports, Social sciences citation index, Current contents… • OECD iLibrary: full-text monographs and journals until the end of 2011.

24. Multidisciplinary Oxford referenceonline: e-dictionaries about different subjects Databases of books and journals ISBNandISSN

25. E-journals: 5. E-journals and E-books • ScienceDirect, Emerald, Kluwer Academic, Wiley, Springer, Ebsco, JSTOR… E-books: • Oxford Scholarship Online (politics), Ebrary, • MyiLibrary, SpringerLink… Libraries > Information resources > Terms of use

26. Reference works • The Blackwell dictionary of sociology:dictionary about sociology by the sociologist Allan G. Johnson. • Oxford reference online: e-dictionaries about different subjects, in which we find The Concise Oxford dictionary of politics.

27. 6. E-contents of journals • TOC Premier (EbscoHost): Provides the summaries of 23,000 journals and has more than 18 milions of bibliographic registres from 1995. You can create alerts. • Dialnet: Spanish database of journals, theses, chapters of books and miscellaneous material that provides the full-text when is available. You can create alerts. A good idea to be updated on latest news

28. TOC - Ebsco

29. Database of summaries DIALNET plus

30. 7. E-theses • Dissertations and theses(1861 USA, 1988 internat.--): worldwidetheses citationsandresearch literature. Direct UAB access from the Internet. • TDX: doctoral theses presented at Catalan universities and some Spanish regions. Full-text available. • Teseo (1976--):bibliographic references of the doctoral theses presented at Spanish universities. • Redial (1980--): doctoral theses about Latin America presented at European universities. • DART-Europe: gateway of the European theses. Full-text available.

31. 8. E-repositories DDD is the UAB institutional repository ddd.uab.cat

32. CBUC Repositories TDX – Theses and dissertations online RACO – Catalan journals in Open Access RECERCAT- Catalan repository of research MDC – Digital memory of Catalonia MDX – Learning materials online These resources are in Open Access

33. 9. Interesting tools and resources Google Scholar scholar.google.com Search engine of specialized bibliography. DOAJ www.doaj.org Directory of open access and full-text journals about all subjects.

34. Web 2.0 tools • Blog BCS Politics and Sociology: blogs.uab.cat/bcspolitiques • News and RSS: www.netvibes.com/bibsocialspolitiques • Web resources: delicious.com/bibsocials/tag_bundle/politica_sociologia • Library Twitter: @bcsUAB

35. 10. Bibliographies The subscription to finishes next 31th December It’s time to migrate to Mendeley Premium more information: www.uab.cat/libraries/mendeley

36. 11. Access from off campus • ARE allows UAB users to work with the university e-resources from computers off campus: • databases • e-journals • e-books • How to connect to ARE?: www.uab.cat/libraries, • access from off campus

37. And that is all! If you have any question or for further information, please contact the Library staff Thanks! Giuseppe Arcimboldo, "El bibliotecario“, c.1566 Help: Libraries > Request forms > FAQs and help guides