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Using Electronic Sources to Find Information

Using Electronic Sources to Find Information. Kay Grieves Information Services, 2002. Outcomes. Identify and evaluate sources of academic information Identify and select relevant electronic sources Search the sources to find journals and articles

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Using Electronic Sources to Find Information

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  1. Using Electronic Sources to Find Information Kay Grieves Information Services, 2002

  2. Outcomes • Identify and evaluate sources of academic information • Identify and select relevant electronic sources • Search the sources to find journals and articles • Find articles from abstracts and references • Customize Science Direct

  3. Before You Start ... • Identify what the library has to offer • ExploreInformation Services Homepage • Get a copy of the‘ Guide for researchers…’ • Use thehelp sheets • Understandreferencingsystem ie Harvard • Get thePasswordsyou need

  4. Authorship Educational/ employment background? Publishing history? Frequently cited? Recommendation? Publisher date Intended Audience Tone -fact/ opinion/bias Supported by research evidence? Relevance of publication Evaluating Academic Information

  5. Finding Academic Information? • Where to find quality academic information? • Internet? • Journals? • Electronic Journals?

  6. Internet as an Academic Resource • Excellent for background information but remember: • -no quality control • -authorship and academic authority? • -not always reviewed • -relevance • -information overload !!

  7. What are Journals? • Frequently published • Volumes and Issues • Articles, Reviews, Conferences • Different types of journals eg. Academic, trade, general interest etc

  8. How to Identify an Academic Journal • Published by accepted academic sources • Written by experts in the field • Original research or experimentation • Peer reviewed before publication • Sources of reference cited

  9. Academic Journals at St. Peter’s Library • Library subscribes to academic journals • Stock current and back issues

  10. Finding Journals in Stock • Use: • Library Catalogue • Keyword searching • Subject searching • Provide you with dates and class numbers

  11. Electronic Journals • Access to many now available through electronic sources eg • DATABASES and ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

  12. What are Databases and Electronic Journals? • Searchableelectronic sources of material • Provide references and abstracts to articles and entire full text articles in academic journals • Provide electronic full text versions of academic journals

  13. Therefore …. • Using the internet but controlled academic sources

  14. DATABASES OF REFERENCES AND ABSTRACTS Bids Inspec Web of Science FULL TEXT SERVICES (E-Journals) Ebsco; Emerald; Ingenta; Nesli; Science Direct Abstracts or Full Text?

  15. Reference and Abstract? • Reference - provides bibliographical details • - Author • - Title • - Source • - Volume Issue and Page Numbers • Abstract - provides a summary of the article

  16. Electronic version of journal article Full Text?

  17. ACCESS ? • ON AND OFF CAMPUS • Electronic Information Network on Information Services homepage • Athens Password and Science Direct log-in

  18. To Search for Electronic Versions of Journals • Use Databases and Electronic Journalsto: • Browse full textelectronic versions of journals • Flexible access to journals also in library and access to a wider range of titles

  19. To Search for Articles in Journals • Use Databases and Electronic Journalsto: • Search on a given topic • References to articles in journals that may be in stock in the library • … and that although not in the library you will be able to obtain from elsewhere

  20. Searching for Articles • Search using keywords

  21. Think of key themes Think of keywords and synonyms Grammar and spelling Different Combinations of words and phrases And/or/not Date range Title fields etc. Built in thesauri KEEP A RECORD OF SEARCHES -use save history options Thinking of your Search Strategy

  22. Full Text Articles • Some sources will provide you with full text articles • NESLI ( includes Science Direct titles)

  23. Abstracts and Full Text • Some sources will find both abstracts and full text articles • Ebsco, Bids Ingenta , Emerald, Science Direct

  24. Abstracts and References • Some sources provide abstracts and references • Bids Inspec, Web of Science

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