Housing Urban Real Estate Management and Development Urban Regeneration Planning

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• Housing Urban Real Estate Management and
  Development Urban Regeneration Planning Urban
  Studies (course leaders Gina Netto Glen
  Bramley)
• Roddy MacLeod
• R.A.MacLeod_at_hw.ac.uk
• Ext 3576
• http//www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/SBEhousingurban2
  008.ppt
• http//tinyurl.com/ywmjm3

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Outline

• Basics
• Library guide
• Library Website
• Library services
• Catalogue
• eBooks
• Journals (print ejournals)
• Other Libraries
• Databases
• Athens Authentication
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Inter Library Loans
• Internet Resources Newsletter
• How To Find Out guide

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Objectives

• Understand some principles of literature
  searching
• Understand how to use the Librarys website to
  find information
• Know which tools to use to find information
• Know how to locate copies of documents and
  resources
• Know where to go for advice

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How to find

• Books and eBooks
• Journals
• Articles
• Websites
• Conference papers
• Technical reports
• Government publications
• Statistics
• Theses and dissertations
• Professional societies
• Reference materials
• etc

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Why?

• It can take time and effort to find the right
  information.
• With the addition of digital resources to print
  and multimedia, the knowledge environment has
  become quite complicated.
• Theres more to finding online information than
  searching Google.

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Starting points

• Library guide

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Starting points

• Library guide
• Library Website http//www.hw.ac.uk/library/

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eBook example
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How to find out in the Built Environment

• Whether youre looking for information for a
  project or dissertation, or just some facts,
  figures or addresses, this guide should point you
  in the right direction
• Links to resources available in, and from,
  Heriot-Watt Library
• Web version is regularly updated.
• http//www.hw.ac.uk/library/howtobuilding.html

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Journals
Print-only journals available in HW Library
Journals
100
Print and e-journals available in/from HW Library
c1,000
Journals
E-journals available from HW Library
5,000
Journals
Journals not available in/from HW Library. Can
obtain articles via Inter Library Loans or try
another Library
150,000
Journals
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Database coverage examples
DATABASES
20,000 journals
200 journals
Zetoc
CSA Illumina
CBA
RICS Library Direct
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Databases

• Crude Search Affordable housing
• Google Scholar 65,800 items
• Articles, books, conference papers, citations,
  related articles some links to full text
• CSA Illumina (soc sci section) 958 items
• Articles, scholars, websites, conferences, books,
  reports - some links to full text
• Zetoc 693 items
• Articles, conference paper no links to full
  text
• ScienceDirect 79 items
• Articles full text to virtually all
• Web of Knowledge (new version) 605 items
• Articles, conference papers - some links to full
  text
• Ei Village 540 items
• Articles, conference papers, reports,
  dissertations - some links to full text
• TechXtra 586 items
• Articles, books, jobs, websites some links to
  full text
• MetaPress 1679 items
• Articles - some links to full text
• ICONDA 516 items
• Articles, reports, books some links to full
  text

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Database Scope Coverage

• Databases are produced by various publishers
• Every database has a different subject coverage
• Every database indexes different numbers of
  journals and sometimes other types of
  publications
• Some are multidisciplinary resources eg
• Zetoc
• CSA Illumina
• Some specialise in one subject area e.g.
• ICONDA, CBA, RICS Library Direct

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Search terms

• Zetoc - Large multidisciplinary database
• Affordable housing 693
• Affordable housing phrase 589
• Affordable hous truncate 767

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Search terms

• CSA Illumina large multidisciplinary database
• Low cost housing in tech 268
• Low and cost and housing in tech 1189
• Low and cost and housing in soc sci 919

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Search terms

• Iconda via Ovid Online - subject specific
  database
• Affordable houses 2
• Affordable housing 516
• Subsidised housing 14
• Subsidized housing 50
• Social housing 652
• Homelessness 126

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Searching techniques

• Engineering Village 2 large subject database
• (Affordable or low cost) and hous in all
  fields 2595
• (Affordable or low cost) and hous in
  title 222
• (Affordable or low cost) and hous in title,
  articles 104
• (Affordable or low cost) and hous in title,
  articles, refine results to only UK 2

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Searching techniques

• MetaPress
• Housing market 11,427
• Housing market in title use more
  options 116

Search options
Full text availability
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Searching techniques

• ScienceDirect large multidisciplinary
• Search affordable hous in title 10

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Searching techniques

• Web of Knowledge large multidisciplinary

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Searching techniques
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Searching techniques

• Google Scholar
• Indexes a wide variety of academic publishers,
  professional societies, preprint repositories and
  universities, as well as scholarly articles
  available across the Web
• Covers peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
  abstracts, etc

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Full text often available
Book
Conference paper
Other papers have cited this item by Nelson
Can import into EndNote
Articles, books, conference papers, preprints,
citations, etc etc
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Database search strategy

• Identify KEYWORDS
• AND, OR, NOT (combining) phrase search
• Broad and narrow terms
• Synonyms and alternative terms
• Alternative spellings/plurals
• Applying limits/Refining searches
• Search various databases
• Read Help files

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Locating Full-Text

• Link to full-text from within database record
  (where available)
• Use Journals (Print Electronic) link on Library
  home page to see if we offer electronic or print
  access
• If not, consider requesting item/s via
  Inter-Library Loan

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Bibliographic Record
Databases dont know about, or link to, our
journal subscriptions in all cases, So if
theres no link, check our Journals List
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Digital Repositories

• Digital repositories allow authors to deposit
  copies of output in a publicly accessible
  resource
• Journal articles found in digital repositories
  may be pre-prints from peer-reviewed journals and
  awaiting publication, or documents not yet
  submitted to a journal. Digital repositories may
  include articles, theses, conference papers,
  working papers and learning teaching materials.
• OAIster
• Intute Repository Search

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OAIster
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Internet Searching, etc

• See How To Find Out in the Built Environment
• TechXtra cross-search 4 million items from 31
  top sources
• Cyburbia the urban planning portal
• SAPLING - Architecture, Planning and Landscape
  Information Gateway
• Scirus for scientific information. Searches
  web information, preprint servers, digital
  archives, repositories and patent and journal
  databases.

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Theses

• Index to Theses
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and
  Dissertations (NDLTD)
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Abstracts

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Professional Societies

• Chartered Institute of Housing
• Town and Country Planning Association
• Urban Institute

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Other tools

• Rudi.net - SBE Resource Centre
• Planning Exchange SBE Resource Centre
• Info4education SBE Resource Centre
• Estates Gazette interactive - SBE Resource Centre
• Barbour Property Facilities Manager - SBE
  Resource Centre
• Focus.net and SPN (Scottish Property Network) -
  SBE Resource Centre
• Urbadisc CD-ROM (out of date)

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News

• Internet Resources Newsletter
• spineless? (The Heriot-Watt Library Blog)

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CONTACT DETAILS

• Roddy MacLeod
• Senior Subject Librarian (Built Environment)
• tel 3576
• email R.A.MacLeod_at_hw.ac.uk
• Enquiry desk Wednesdays 1-5pm

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Help

• Using the Library website
• Identify information sources
• Advise on searching
• Help with access problems