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MST8011:
Finding and Managing academic information
Finding and managing academic information
Moira BentFaculty Liaison Librarian
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Programme
Finding Information/ Search strategy Library catalogue Academic internet Databases and EJs for quality information
Specialist resources/Keeping up to date/Social media Standards, conferences & theses Keeping up to date
Email alerts RSS feeds
Managing Information Academic integrity EndNote
Summarise, synthesise, critically evaluate
Identify gaps
Track key issues/debates/people
Inform your research Contextualise your work
Literature reviews – essential for projects
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It needs to be
thorough….
…but selective
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Information overload?
Information resources
Books
E-Books
Journal articles
Conf Papers
Theses
Internet
Experimental data
Statistical data
Commercial material Digital images
Chemical and physical data
Government reports
Maps
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Don’t sink under the weight of all the information!
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Having a search strategy keeps you afloat
• Primary data• Secondary
sources• Maps/images
• How much?• What date?• How quickly?• Which language
• Main terms
• Related terms
• Synonyms
• Logical approach
• Use proper strategies Search
Techniques Keywords
Info typeLimits
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Keywords – an example
“The environmental impact of terrorism at sea”
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Keywords – an example
“The environmental impact of terrorism at sea”Environmental
impact
Disaster prevention
Maritime incidents
Catastrophes
Environmental effect
Environmental control
Environmental management
Terrorism
pirates
security
attack
protection
safety
Defence/ defense
Sea
marine
Maritime
ocean
offshore
Found too
much?
Search a more
specialised resource
Apply limits
(date, type etc)
Combine terms with
‘AND’
More specific search terms
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Eg terrorism AND sea
Eg LIMIT to Journal articles after 2004
Applying your search strategy
Can’t find
enough?
Search a less
specialised resource
Truncate your
search terms
Combine terms with
‘OR’
Use different search terms
Eg sea OR ocean OR marine
Eg Terror* finds terror, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists
Applying your search strategy
Recipe for success!
Keep refining
Narrow down
Start broad
Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place altogether?
Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at
all?
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LibrarySearch is a good place to start
Includes the library catalogue and a range of electronic resources
Full & mobile views
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Use Library Search
To find printed books in the Library To find electronic books To get a general overview of a topic To find a few journal references for an essay
DON’T rely on Library Search as the only source for your literature review – not all our resources are included.
Use your Library Guide to identify key databases:
libguides.ncl.ac.uk/marine
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LibrarySearch is fab!Why use specific databases?
To download results to EndNote Compendex
Unique content for marine engineering Set search alerts
Scopus Unique content for engineering Set search alerts Search within results
Knovel eBooks Interactive tables
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Finding websites
http://www.intute.ac.uk• Portal to quality information on the internet• Resources selected by subject experts• Provided for UK academic community
http://scholar.google.co.uk/• Google’s search engine for academic literature
http://www.scirus.com• Scientific search engine – filters out non-scientific sites
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Now you have all the info you need – relax!
Reserve
• For books on loan• Place a “hold” on books which are on loan• Borrow when book is returned
Request
• For articles and conferences we don’t have• Apply for an Inter Library Loan• 50 requests @ £1.50
Recomme
nd
• New books to buy• Books on Time system to recommend new
titles for purchase
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libguides.ncl.ac.uk/biology
Contact us....
Things to do
Literature search
proforma
Online guidance and printed handouts:
Marine Library Guide
7 steps on the Project tab of the
Library Guide
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Lectures and workshops
Lecture 2:Fri 12 Oct 10.00-11.30 – ArmB 2.98 Specialised resources: standards, conference, theses Keeping up to date/ social media
Workshops Mon 15 Oct 10.00-11.30 ArmB 1.64Mon 15 Oct 5.00-6.30 ArmB 1.64
Lecture 3:Fri 19 Oct 10.00-11.30 ArmB 2.98 EndNote
Workshop : Endnote:Mon 22 Oct 10.00-11.30 ArmB 1.64
