Library introduction forSociology/Social Policy

Library homepage Discovery service LIMO: books, articles,

dissertations, journals, newspapers Specific databases for sociology/social

policy

www.kuleuven.be/sbib/english

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Practical info: group work, wifi …

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Homepage: search guide

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User guides and ppts

Link to other Belgian and foreign cataloguesf.e. WorldCat

About Limo? limo.libis.be

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Searching Limo

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Two options:

A.Simple Search

Fill in your search terms in 1 single box and discover millions of references of books, articles, etc.….

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B. Advanced Search

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Searching Limo: use facets to limit

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Physical Items

Searching Limo: use facets to refine

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Refine my results:• Resource type: book, journal, article, database …• Creation date: publication date• Creator: author(s), editor(s)• Topic• Language• Source: database• Journal title• Library (KU Leuven/other institution)

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Facet: displayed when there are one or more results

Per facet: 3 items with most results + Show X more

Per facet: select only one item

Combine 2 or more facets

Selected facets are displayed

Using search results

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To sort search results• Relevance (standard)• Date newest• Title A-Z

Using search results

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Before each record Tab shows material type and/or book cover Short bibliographic description Availability indication

Full text available on campusAvailable in K.U.Leuven/other institutions

(physical item)

No full text availableCurrently not on shelfMay be available

Using search results

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Below each record Two or more tabs with additional info

Fysical items max. 3 tabs

electronic publications max. 4 tabs

At first Limo groups multiple related items

Using search results: locations

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Using search results: locations

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ITEM requests

via Locations tab

Using search results: details

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No full text ?> link to print edition

More info about the publication Links to other catalogues Link to request in another library

Request in another library

My Account:manage your ILL-requests + create “free” ILL-request

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Manage loans and requests

ILL-request via My Account

Manage search results: Select, save, my citations

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Select > my citations

To save?

Example: search database?

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Simple search:>Resource type: database>Choose record>Click view online

Search database by type or subject

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Choose subject or type>click search>select title

There’s more then LIMO?

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LIMO is a discovery service for hundreds of millions of books, articles e.o. publications.

Use special databases to search for specific info: Communication and Mass Media Complete, International Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, OECD (statistics)…

Most important databases: Sociology

Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite and Business Source Premier /

Full text archives: JSTOR / Muse / PAOBibliographic: Francis / Intern.

Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology / Sociological Abstr. /Social Services Abstracts

Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCIStatistics : OECD iLibrarySpecific: Social Care Online

Example: Social Science Citation Index

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Results in LIMO

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select

Native interface database

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Results list

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More info?

: access to FT or print copy?

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Full text collections in Leuven Archives:

JSTOR: FT archive of journal articles from the first issues onwards till about 2006

PAO: references and FT of journal articles from the first issues onwards till about 2006

Publisher’s journal collections: Cambridge Emmerald, Elsevier Oxford Sage (also backfiles), Springer Taylor &Francis Wiley-Blackwell

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Statistics: OECD iLibrary

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Results in LIMO > view online

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Homepage > choose tab statistics

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Search results: Belgium

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export

Other statistical databases

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Don’t forget

To look for synonyms To use an encyclopedia or dictionary

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Britannica Online Encyclopedia of Social Networks Van Dale (dictionaries)