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Discover Your Library Resources

Hayati Abdul Hayati Abdul clbha@nus.edu.sg

14 Jan 2009

FSA1201 Library tutorial

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Objectives

To show you how to: Use Library portal to access resources and services

Search LINC & databases using• Keywords, synonyms• Boolean operators

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Learning Outcomes At the end of the session, you will be able to:

Be able to locate materials & services from LINC and Library portal

Be able to search databases for:• journal articles • conference papers, book chapters • full text articles

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Outline

Sources for researchSearch strategySearch databases

ScopusSociological AbstractsPerind

Search LINCGetting help

This is a hands-on session

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Sources for Research

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Sources for Research

BooksOverview of topic with a fair amount of detail.Good source for further reading.

JournalsAcademic/By scholars for scholarsLatest developments & research findings

DatabasesCollection of e-journals, e-books, conference proceedings, book chapters, statistics, newspaper articles, etc.

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Evaluating Sources

Authority What credentials are listed for the authors?

Objectivity Is the information presented objective or biased?

Accuracy Is the information well supported by references?

Currency Is the information updated?

AppropriatenessIs the information what you need?

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Search Strategy

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Search Strategy

List keywords & synonyms to describe your topic

E.g. Finding love online• Love, romance, dating• Online, cyberspace, internet

Combine keywords with Boolean operators AND, OR , NOT

Use truncation symbols

Group words to be searched together

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Boolean OperatorsAND

Results must match both terms

dating AND

college students

interethnicinterracial

ORResults must match one or more of the terms

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Truncation *Round parentheses ( )

Use asterisk to retrieve variant forms of termroman** = romantic, romance

teen** = teens, teenagers, teenaged

Use ( ) for grouping words or phrases((interethnic OR interracial)) and dating

= interethnic dating, interracial dating

((love OR roman* * OR datingOR dating)) and online

= online love, online romance, online dating

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Databases

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E-Resources

Databases

E-Journals

E-Books

E-Newspapers

Statistical Data

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Major Databases for Humanities & Social Sciences

Scopus

Sociological Abstracts

Web of ScienceArts & Humanities Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

PsycInfo

PERIND

Expanded Academic Asap

Social Sciences Abstracts

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Scopushttp://www.info.scopus.com/setup/promo/promo_material/docs/

00000_Scopus_User_Guide_General_4WEB08.pdf

Databases

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About Scopus

Provides indexing, abstracting of and citation linking topeer reviewed & open access journals conference proceedings, books… web sources, author homepages, university sites, articles-in-press, preprint servers…

Coverage, 1966-Focused on Scientific, Technical, Medical & Social Sciences literature.

Content originates from Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region

Cross-searching Scopus & CSA Illumina databases.

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Let’s search Scopus!

interracialinterethnic

datingcollege students

Does race matter?Interracial dating among college students

(interracial OR interethnic)AND dating AND college students

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Let’s search Scopus!

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Scopus search results

Click to download menu for full-text

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Scopus Results

Refine results

Sort results by relevance

View full-text via publisher site

Toggle to LINC to access source title

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Output results

Mark records

Output records Download full-text

Read abstract via CSA databases. Continue searching CSA databases e.g. Sociological Abstracts

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View abstract on CSA

Read abstract

You are accessing Sociological Abstracts

Continue to search in Sociological Abstracts

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About Sociological Abstracts

Premier resource for research literature in Sociology

Provides indexesindexes & abstractsabstracts to journal articles, book chapters, conference papers & dissertations.

Coverage, 1979-Culture, social structure, social differentiation, social psychology, sociology of the arts, business, education, studies in violence and power and more……

Search LINCLINC for full-texts of references retrieved

Some overlap in literature coverage between Scopus & Sociological Abstracts.

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Let’s search Sociological Abstracts!

romantic loverelationships

marriage young adults

The significance of romantic love for marriage: perceptions of young adults

romantic loveAND marriage AND young adults

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Search Sociological Abstracts

May limit search by date range, journal articles, etc.

Enter search terms in boxes

May limit search by specific fields

Boolean operators

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Sociological Abstracts:Search Results

Results by publication types

Sort by relevance

View full record & abstract

Mark records

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Search source title in LINC

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PERINDPeriodical Index to articles relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei & ASEAN

How to search

http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/d/perind.html

Databases

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LINCLINCLibrary INtegrated Catalogue

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LLibrary INtegrated CatalogueUse it to check:

Books

Journals

Microfilms

Multimedia

Newspapers

Theses

Use it to view:Table of Contents

E-Journals

E-Books

Digitized videos

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LINC: Enhanced Library catalogue

Faceted browsing

Sort by Relevance

Status, location, call number

Recently Added

TagClouds

Summary

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MyLINC

My Reading History

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Getting Help

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LLibrary IInstruction ONONline

Click here

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Subject GuidesGood starting point for research

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Writing & Citation Style

Subject guides > Research and Writing

Library Instruction Online How to cite references

• American Psychological Association Style

Bibliographic software managerEndNote

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