Using Electronic Sources to Find Information

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Using Electronic Sources to Find Information

• Kay Grieves
• Information Services, 2002

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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

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Before You Start ...

• Identify what the library has to offer
• Explore Information Services Homepage
• Get a copy of the Guide for researchers
• Use the help sheets
• Understand referencing system ie Harvard
• Get the Passwords you need

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Evaluating Academic Information

• Authorship
• Educational/ employment background?
• Publishing history?
• Frequently cited?
• Recommendation?

• Publisher date
• Intended Audience
• Tone -fact/ opinion/bias
• Supported by research evidence?
• Relevance of publication

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Finding Academic Information?

• Where to find quality academic information?
• Internet?
• Journals?
• Electronic Journals?

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Internet as an Academic Resource

• Excellent for background information but
  remember
• -no quality control
• -authorship and academic authority?
• -not always reviewed
• -relevance
• -information overload !!

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What are Journals?

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

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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

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Academic Journals at St. Peters Library

• Library subscribes to academic journals
• Stock current and back issues

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Finding Journals in Stock

• Use
• Library Catalogue
• Keyword searching
• Subject searching
• Provide you with dates and class numbers

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Electronic Journals

• Access to many now available through electronic
  sources eg
• DATABASES and ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

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What are Databases and Electronic Journals?

• Searchable electronic 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

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Therefore .

• Using the internet but controlled academic sources

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Abstracts or Full Text?

• DATABASES OF REFERENCES AND ABSTRACTS
• Bids Inspec
• Web of Science

• FULL TEXT SERVICES (E-Journals)
• Ebsco Emerald Ingenta Nesli Science Direct

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Reference and Abstract?

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

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Full Text?

• Electronic version of journal article

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ACCESS ?

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

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To Search for Electronic Versions of
Journals

• Use Databases and Electronic Journals to
• Browse full text electronic versions of journals
• Flexible access to journals also in library and
  access to a wider range of titles

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To Search for Articles in Journals

• Use Databases and Electronic Journals to
• 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

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Searching for Articles

• Search using keywords

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Thinking of your Search Strategy

• 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

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Full Text Articles

• Some sources will provide you with full text
  articles
• NESLI ( includes Science Direct titles)

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Abstracts and Full Text

• Some sources will find both abstracts and full
  text articles
• Ebsco, Bids Ingenta , Emerald, Science Direct

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Abstracts and References

• Some sources provide abstracts and references
• Bids Inspec, Web of Science

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How to Find the Full Article

• Check FIND A JOURNAL
• Check Library Catalogue (no electronic links)
• Apply to INTER-LIBRARY LOANS

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Using Other Libraries

• ACCESS TO OTHER LIBRARIES
• Newcastle
• UNN
• Teeside
• UK Libraries Plus

• INTER-LIBRARY LOANS
• 65 Free for You
• Document Delivery
• E-mail Notification for Books

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Advanced Features on Science Direct

• Customising Science Direct will SAVE YOU TIME!

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Advanced Features of Science Direct...

• Saved history
• Recall searches
• E-mail alerts
• Personal journal list
• New issue alerts

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Record Searches and Findings

• Keep a record of how you have searched ( make use
  of save search history options)
• Understand referencing system and keep a record
  of bibliographical details

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Know when to STOP !

• Know when to STOP SEARCHING!
• And START WRITING!
• Know WHAT TO DISCARD

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Summary

• 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