Tan Geok Kee

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Library Resources forPhysics Research

• Tan Geok Kee
• slbtgk_at_nus.edu.sg
• 19 January 2009

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Objectives

• Where to find library information resources for
  your research
• How to conduct searches in databases for articles
  on a topic
• How to create alerts to keep abreast of current
  literature
• Where to find guides on installing Endnote
  proxy bookmarklet

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Outline

• Library services privileges
• Access to library research resources
• Hands-on searching in
• Inspec Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
• Web of Science (via ISI Web of Knowledge)
• Some research tools
• Database alerts (E.g. New publication alerts)
• Endnote (Software for managing your references)
• Proxy bookmarklet

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Outline

• Library services privileges
• Access to library research resources
• Hands-on searching in
• Inspec Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
• Web of Science (via ISI Web of Knowledge)
• Some research tools
• Database alerts (E.g. New publication alerts)
• Endnote (Software for managing your references)
• Proxy bookmarklet

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Your Library Privileges
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Additional Library Services for You

• Intra-library loan Request to send books in
  other NUS Libraries to MD/SC Library for
  collection
• Materials not found in NUS Libraries
• Document Delivery Services (DDS) Obtain a copy
  of article/paper in a book/journal/ conference
  proceedings
• Inter-library LoanBorrow books from other
  local/overseas libraries

Demo NUS Libraries
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Medical/Science Library

• Two main service points
• Information Desk
• Email, walk-in phone reference
• Research consultation with Resource Librarians
• Loans DeskLoan of RBR, collection of reservations

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E-resources
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Demo Library Portal

• Demo
• Library opening hrs
• About Us gt Rules gt Loan rules entitlement
• LINC, LINC gt Library catalogue
• E-forms gt Login gt demo earlier
• E-Resources gt Databases
• Subject Guides gt Physics
• LION gt Library Instruction Online
• How to search LINC gt eg Request a closed stack
  item
• How to search databases
• How to use Endnote/Endnote Web/WizFolio

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Outline

• Library services privileges
• Access to library research resources
• Hands-on searching in
• INSPEC Compendex (via EV2)
• Web of Science (via ISI WoK)
• Some research tools
• Database alerts
• Endnote
• Proxy bookmarklet

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Access to e-Resources

• On campus
• Off campus ? NUSNET ID password
• via library proxy
• via VPN (Virtual Private Network)

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Appropriate Use Policy

• Take note of the limitations for copying
  downloading
• For personal research or study, can
  print/download
• 10 or 1 chapter of book or work
• 1 article in a journal issue

No excessive copying or downloading. Penalties
imposed for violation.
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• Web-based platform for searching
• CBNB (Chemical Business NewsBase)(1985 --)
• Chimica (1970 --)
• Compendex (1969 --)
• Inspec (1969 --)
• NTIS (The National Technical Information Service)
  (1899 --)

• Englineering Village 2

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Inspec

• Produced by the IET (Institution of Engineering
  and Technology)
• Has deep coverage of scientific and technical
  literature in the fields of physics, electronics,
  electrical engineering, and computer science
• Also covers IT, control engineering
  communications
• gt 10 million abstracts and indexing to journal
  articles, conference proceedings, technical
  reports other documents (such as book chapters,
  patents, etc) from over 80 countries
• From 1969 -- current
• Updated weekly

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Inspec Main subject coverage
Figures correct as of Jul 2005
Source INSPEC training notes
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Inspec Sources

• Journal articles 73
• Conference proceedings 17
• Conference papers in Journals 8
• Others 2

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• Others include
• Book / Book Chapter
• Reports
• Patents (1969-76)
• Dissertations

Source INSPEC training notes
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Inspec Publications from 80 Countries
Source INSPEC training notes
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Inspec Top 24 Publishers

• Academic Press
• ACM
• AIP
• Allerton Press
• American Geophys. Unio
• APS
• Astron. Soc. Pacific
• Elsevier
• IEE
• IEEE
• IOP Publishing
• Inst. Electron. Inf. Commun. Eng.

• Japanese Journal Appl. Physics
• Kluwer Academic Publishers
• MAIK Nauka/ Interperiodica Publishing
• Opt. Soc. America
• Plenum
• Science Press
• SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
• Springer-Verlag
• Taylor Francis
• Univ. of Chicago Press
• Wiley
• World Scientific

Source INSPEC training notes
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Compendex

• Produced by Engineering Information, Inc, IEEE
• Comprehensive engineering database of scientific
  and technical engineering literature, with
  coverage over 175 disciplines and major
  specialties within engineering
• Index to journal articles, trade magazines,
  conference proceedings, reports and books
• With full text links to IOP, AIP, APS journals,
  IEEE, etc
• From 1969 -- current
• Updated weekly

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Demo

• Study of phase coherence ferromagnetism in
  graphene

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Demo
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Author search

• Enter last name (i.e. surname), comma, then a
  space, initial(s)
• Smith, A will retrieve
• Smith, A.
• Smith A.A.
• Smith A.B.
• Smith, A. Brandon
• Smith, Aaron etc.
• Searching on Smith, A. B. will not retrieve
  articles with the author cited as Smith, A.
• Tip Use the Author Browse Index

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• Study of phase coherence ferromagnetism in
  graphene

ferromagnet magnet
phase coheren
graphene
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Search Tips
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• Study of phase coherence ferromagnetism in
  graphene

ferromagnet OR magnet
phase coheren
graphene
AND
OR
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LIMIT BY
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Managing Search results
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Sample Inspec record
Document types
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Sample Inspec record (contd)
Inspec controlled terms
Inspec Classification codes
Treatment types
Disciplines
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Results Full text
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Include/Exclude

• Include Inspec
• Include Guinea, F. (author) Journal article
  (Doc type)
• Include the 1st 2 authors
• Include graphite, carbon from controlled vocab
  Magnetism Basic Concepts and Phenomena(204),
  Magnetic Materials(65) from classification

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Dedup
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Personal Folders, Saved Searches, Alerts
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Exporting into Endnote
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Search Results

• Ranked by relevancy or sorted by publication year
• Formats Citation, abstract or detailed record
• Some with links to full text, at abstract or
  detailed record level
• Refine by excluding/Including terms from list of
  categories
• De-duplication of records from combined database
  searches
• Search history gt Saved search (25) email alerts
  (15)

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Very simple basic keyword searching
Thesaurus search
Easy search
Inspec Compendex
Browse indexes
Quick search
Basic search
Expert search
Advanced search
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Tip for searching

• For comprehensive searches, it is advised to
  search both Inspec and Compendex
• New subject area
• Start broad using the most important concepts,
  look at number of results, use another concept to
  further refine the search
• Subject area in existence for a long time
• Search using all key concepts
• Analyze search results, pick records where the
  concept is the main focus

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Exercise
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR Areas to Watch in
2007, Science 22 Dec 2006 Vol. 314. no. 5807,
pp. 1854 - 1855
ultracold atom and optical lattice
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Outline

• Library services privileges
• Access to library research resources
• Hands-on searching in
• INSPEC Compendex (via EV2)
• Web of Science (via ISI WoK)
• Some research tools
• Database alerts
• Endnote
• Proxy bookmarklet

NUS Libraries
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NUS Libraries subscription
Thomson-Reuters

• Web of Science (with conference proceedings)
  (1980 present)
• BIOSIS Previews (1985-present)
• Zoological Record (1978-present)
• Journal Citation Reports (2000-2007)

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Web of Science
Thomson-Reuters

• Multi-disciplinary content
• Comprises
• Science Citation Index Expanded (1980 --)
• Social Science Citation Index (1980 --)
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980 --)
• Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science
  (2002 --)
• Conference Proceedings Citation Index Social
  Sciences Humanities (2002 --)
• gt 2000 core journals cover to cover including the
  review articles
• gt 40 million records
• Updated weekly

Demo WoS
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Web of Science Search Features
2000 paper
Follow the development of an idea or method since
the first day it was published

• Find out who has cited your paper and how it has
  impacted current research

Find relevant articles that a few keywords do not
describe it.
Present
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Search tips

• Operators AND, OR, NOT, SAME (same sentence)
• Parentheses ( )
• Phrase searching
• Truncation symbols
• zero to many characters
• ? one character
• zero or one character

enzym enzyme enzymesenzymatic, enzymic
analy?eanalyseanalyze
flavorflavorflavour
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Exercise
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR Areas to Watch in
2007, Science 22 Dec 2006 Vol. 314. no. 5807,
pp. 1854 - 1855
ultracold atom and optical lattice
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Topic Web of Science

• Ultracold atom and optical lattice  

• Questions
• Which paper do you most likely to read first?
• Which institution publishes most papers in this
  field?
• Who are the leading authors in this field?
• How many articles cover on the subject Optics?

Demo Web of Science
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

• Quantitative tool for ranking, evaluating
  comparing journals
• Journal Impact factor

Demo JCR
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My Citation Alerts
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Creating alerts
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What else is there in WOS?

• Keep up to date in your field of research via
  alerts
• Find out who are the other scientists or
  institutions in the same research area - for
  possible collaboration, future employment or
  studies
• Seamless access to a bibliographic software,
  EndNote
• This software allows you to store all the
  references found and to export them to
  pre-defined format for your final
  report/assignment.

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Additional Guides Resources

• Physics Subject Guide http//www.lib.nus.edu.sg/l
  ion/sg/sc/phys/phys.html
• Inspec guide http//www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/slb/d
  /inspec_2page.pdf (NUS Libraries)
• Web of Science Resources http//scientific.thomso
  nreuters.com/training/wos/
• Scopus Resources http//help.scopus.com/robo/proj
  ects/schelp/tutorials/sc_menu.html
• EndNote X2 Desktop Guides http//lib.nus.edu.sg/l
  ion/e/endnoteGuide.html
• Proxy Bookmarklet
• How do I access full-texts (via library proxy)
  from links obtained from external websites?
  http//lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/d/proxybkmrklet_google
  .html
• How do I access full-texts (via library proxy)
  from links in email alerts? http//lib.nus.edu.sg/
  lion/d/proxybkmrklet.html
• ArXiv.org e-Print Archive http//xxx.lanl.gov/

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