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Library Tutorial for
SC2208 Population & Societyhttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/sc2208
Hayati Abdul
Resource Librarian (Sociology)
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SC2208 Library guide & Tutorial PPT in IVLE
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What You’ll Learn
Understand the research process
Find citations & full-text articles
Use advanced searching techniques
Search subscribed databases
Evaluate information sources.
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Get Started
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Exploring a Topic
Choose a topic that interest you personallyGet ideas from scanning books, encyclopedias, journal or newspaper articlesEnsure that your topic has sufficient resources Avoid topics that are too broad or too narrow.
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The Research Process
Explore
Identify main keywords
List synonyms, related words & variant spellings
Create search statement
Search for sources using LINC+/LINC & databases
Get more sources by checking references
Are there enough? Evaluate quality, currency, relevance, etc.
yes
no
Complete your assignment
Topic
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Information Sources Source Useful for How to Access
Books Overview of topics LINC+, LINC
Journal articlesIn-depth treatment of topics, usually current and scholarly. Some journals may be peer-reviewed
Citations: databases Full-text: LINC+, LINC
NewspapersRecent events, anecdotes, book reviews, interviews, biographical information, “data”
Factiva, LexisNexis, microfilms
Theses & dissertations Students’ exploration of topics
LINC+, LINC, Proquest Dissertations & Theses
Websites(.edu, .gov, .org )
Exploring the topic Search engines
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Evaluating Information SourcesAuthority: reputable publisher, society or organisation;
author’s credentials & institutional affiliation
Accuracy: methods of research; means to verify data; support by references
Objectivity: biasness
Currency: up-to-date
Scholarly: peer reviewed, cited
More info at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/03/
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit09/
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Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed Journals
Scholarly journals contain articles written by and for experts in a discipline
Many scholarly journals use a peer review process before publishing an article
Note: not all scholarly journals go through the peer-review process, but a peer-reviewed journal can be assumed to be scholarly.
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S=scientistE=editorR=reviewer
The Peer-Review Process
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Create Search Statement
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1. Identify keywords/concepts that describe your research topic:
Why aren’t Singaporeans having babies?
You have a topic and want to find books
and journal articles.
2.Think of synonyms, alternative termsBabies - childbearing, fertility, birth rateSingapore - Singapore
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More about Keywords
Keywords are distinctive words and phrases that you type into the search boxes of search engines.
Choose only the most important word(s) from your topic. Phrase searching narrows your search.
Databases cannot process words like article, pronouns, prepositions, etc.
Omit them as sheer frequency of these words can derail search.
Can also use formal vocabulary for appropriate keywords e.g. subject headings or thesaurus terms.
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3. Combine keywords/concepts using Boolean connectorsAND = both terms must be present → to refine search → fewer results
OR = either terms may be present → to broaden search → more results
NOT = excludes a search term → use with caution
AND
childbearing singapore
O Rchildbearing fertility
4. Group words to be searched together with round parentheses ( )
(childbearing OR fertility OR birth rate)
5.Create a search statement searching all concepts & combining them with more than one Boolean operator:
(childbearing OR fertility OR birth rate) AND Singapore
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Wildcard (?) & Truncation ( * )
Used to search terms that have variant endings or spellings. E.g.
Health care financing for the ageing population
Search statement: health care AND financ* AND
ag?ing AND population financ* will find the terms finance, financial,
financially ag?ing will find the terms ageing, aging
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Databases
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Finding Articles: Search Databases
Method 3: Search by name of database e.g. Sociological Abstracts
Method 1: Browse databases by subject
Note: Most databases do not provide full-text articles
Method 2: Select a major database listed here
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Multidisciplinary Databases
Multidisciplinary
Indexing database (no full text)
Usually offers links to full text
Good design, useful tools and easy to use
Scopus
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Let’s search
#1: childbearing,
fertility, birth rate
Why aren’t Singaporeans having babies?Topic
Identify Keywords
#2: Singapore
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Let’s search
Click to add additional search boxes
Enter search terms
May limit search by Date, Document type, Subject Areas
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Search Results
View fulltext
via publisher
site
Toggle to LINC to access source title
Click to view abstract
Sort results by relevance
View abstractvia CSA databases
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Output Search Results
Mark records
Export selected records to EndNote
Create QuickBib
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Output selected Results
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Export selected records to EndNote
Alternatively, create QuickBib
Select EndNote
Create Bibliography (Scopus QuickBib)
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Introduction to EndNote
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Citations and BibliographyTwo places to cite the references you have used:
within a sentence (in-text citation)
at the end of the document (footnotes/bibliography/references)
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Workflow
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Step 1: Create an EndNote Librarya. All programs > EndNote > EndNote Program
b. Select Create a new library
c. Filename: sociology (*.enl)
d. Save
Note: no limit to number of references, but <100,000 is recommended
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Step 2: Add References to EndNote Library
MS Word/Open Office
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EndNote TutorialsFrom 1st to 4th Mar 2011.
Details available athttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/content.php?pid=96551&sid=723020
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Let’s search these topics…
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Let’s search “Can't live with them, can't work without them”:
foreign workers in 'global city' Singapore. Discuss.
#1:migrant workersforeign workers
#3:?
#2: singapore
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search “Migration has been responsible for the depopulation of rural areas and for the development of giant cities.” Comment.
#1:
#3:?
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search…Population aging has different health and social effects for males and females. Discuss some of these differences.
#1:
#3:
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search…
“International migration should not be regulated by governments because it is an issue of survival.” Discuss.
#1:
#3:
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search…
What happened to mortality rates and expectation of life at birth over the course of the demographic transition, and why?
#1:
#3:
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search…Because of China’s 1979 one-child policy and a cultural preference for boys, there is now a shortage of marriage-age girls. How is the Chinese government and Chinese families dealing with this?
#1:
#3:
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search…Discuss the statement: “High levels of social integration and social regulation reduces suicide.”
#1:
#3:
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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More Databases…Sociological Abstracts
Coverage, 1979-Culture, social structure, social differentiation, social psychology, sociology of the arts, business, education, studies in violence and power and more……
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Note:Search LINC for full-texts
Access Sociological Abstracts from Portal
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Access Sociological Abstracts
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Let’s search
Why do you think more women and men are delaying marriage, or not marrying at all, in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?
#1:
#3:?
#2:
Identify Keywords
Topic
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Let’s search
Enter search terms in boxes
Boolean operators
May limit search terms to specific
fields e.g. keywords
Limit search by date range, journal articles, etc
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Search Results
Sort by relevance
View full record & abstract
Search for source title in LINC
Mark records
Output selected records
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Output Selected Results
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Select format
Select specific style
Save file to export to EndNote using Sociological Abstracts (CSA) filter
Create QuickBib
Locating full-text in LINC+
Select to access e-version
Select to view print volumes
Let’s now output results in Sociological Abstracts
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
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What about Google Scholar? Attempts to provide a single search engine for scholarly literature.
Note: Not all results come from scholarly sources
Good for quick research.May offer a number of versions of the same article depending on where it was found.Search results may include links to full-text articles freely available on the Internet.Many links take you to publishers' websites where access requires a subscriber login.
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Proxy Bookmarklet To access Full-text
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Note: It works only for source titles subscribed by NUS Libraries
What does a Proxy Bookmarklet do?
• Inserts the following NUS library proxy stem into the URL of an article:
libproxy1.nus.edu.sg
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VendorVendorYou want You want article Xarticle X
NUS Library NUS Library Proxy serverProxy server
Your web browser contacts NUS proxy server
Proxy server makes the "real" request from vendor
Vendor recognises NUS proxy & responds
You get article X
Install Library Proxy Bookmarklet to access full-text
Cite References
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Why Cite?
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The kinds of sources you need to cite…
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ASA (American Sociological Association) Citation Style
Journal Article (Single author)
In text
If author’s name is in the text:… in another study by Chuan (2010)
Reference list
Chuan, K. E. 2010. "Will Singapore's fertility rise in the near future? a cohort analysis of fertility." Asian Population Studies 6:69-82. 57
ASA Citation Style
Journal Article (Multiple Authors)
In textIf authors’ names are not in the text:(Frejka, Jones, and Sardon 2010)
Reference list
Frejka, T., G. W. Jones, and J. P. Sardon. 2010. "East Asian childbearing patterns and policy developments." Population and Development Review 36:579-606. Retrieved December 12, 2010 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/doi/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00347.x/pdf)
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ASA Citation Style
Book (Single Author)
In text (Newbold, 2002)
Reference list
Newbold, KB. 2002. Six billion plus: population issues in the twenty-first century: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc.
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ASA Citation Style
Book (Edited)
In text
Authors cited for the first time: Jatrana, Toyota and Yeoh (2005) Authors cited subsequently:
Jatrana et al. (2005)
Reference list
Jatrana, S, M Toyota, and BSA Yeoh, eds. 2005. "Migration and health in Asia." New York: Routledge.
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ASA Citation Style
Book chapter
In text (Leheny, 2006)
Reference list
Leheny, D. 2006. "A narrow place to cross swords: 'soft power' and the politics of Japanese popular culture in East Asia " Pp. 211-233 in Beyond Japan : the dynamics of East Asian regionalism edited by P. J. Katzenstein and T. Shiraishi. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
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ASA Citation Style
Website
In textMedia Development Authority (2006)
Reference list
Media Development Authority. 2010. “Media classification: video games.” Singapore: Media Development Authority. Retrieved August 16, 2010 (http://mda.gov.sg/Public/MediaClassification/Pages/VideoGames.aspx).
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Search the Catalogue
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Finding Full-text: Search LINC or LINC+
LINC LINC+
Search one field (title, author, keyword, call no., ISBN) and location/collection Good for known item search (e.g.
journal titles)
Search many fields (title, author, keyword, subject) Good for browsing &
discovery
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Finding Full-text: Journal Record in LINC+
Our subscription
E-journal publishers/providers
Latest vol, issue
Click for complete listing of volumes in Bound Journals
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Tips
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Troubleshooting Search Results You may encounter:
too many results use AND, phrase search “ ”, more specific keywords, limit results by date, document type, etc.
too few results use OR, asterisk *, more general keywords, synonyms/related words
many irrelevant results exclude keywords that are too general
no results check spelling, use more OR & synonyms, or redefine your research topic
If you need help, check with your professor or ask a librarian!
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Let’s Recap…Use synonyms and related words
Create search statement using keywords plus AND, OR, NOT, ( ), *, “ ”
Select fields e.g. article title, abstract
Limit/refine search by type (article, books, reviews), date, peer-reviewed, etc
Sort results by relevance
Quality (Relevance) vs. Quantity
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More
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Appropriate UseLibrary resources are mainly for your research and study
Use them responsibly
Observe copyright guidelines for photocopying and printing- 10% or 1 chapter of book
- 1 article in a journal issue
Avoid excessive photocopying or downloading
Copyright violations may have serious consequences
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Getting Help
Phone: 6516-2029/30
Email: [email protected]
[email protected] (general queries)
Walk in: information desk (CL, level 5)
Others: FAQs
Library Instruction ONline (LION)
Subject Guide
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Happy Searching!
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