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Bibliographic Techniques: Autumn 2010

Bibliographic Techniques: Autumn 2010. Sue Bird Bodleian Subject Librarian Geography. This session. SOLO, OLIS & OXLIP+ Databases Searching techniques for journal articles, conference papers, book chapters etc How to cite sources correctly & therefore avoid plagiarism

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Bibliographic Techniques: Autumn 2010

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  1. Bibliographic Techniques:Autumn 2010 Sue Bird Bodleian Subject Librarian Geography

  2. This session • SOLO, OLIS & OXLIP+ • Databases • Searching techniques for journal articles, conference papers, book chapters etc • How to cite sources correctly & therefore avoid plagiarism • How to use Reference Management Software

  3. Subject searching • SOLO, OLIS and Oxford e-journals cover Oxford holdings only by title • Better to use specialist indexes covering the world’s literature to find articles • Access via OxLIP+ • Use inter-library loan for items not held in Oxford and not online

  4. E-Journals I didn't check for the hard copy - so used to getting online access!

  5. Newspapers Electronic newspapers • Some are freely available. Alphabetic list on OxLIP+ • Best source for the “Text Only” of huge range of newspapers and magazines is Nexis UK. Goes back approximately 10 yrs in most cases and is very current i.e. today’s daily news items

  6. Newspapers Legal information, cases etc. • Lexis Library • WestLaw – both UK & US editions • But there are a lot more (if necessary ask the Law Library for help)

  7. Bibliographic Techniques • Abstracting and Indexing Services • (for finding the actual journal articles) • Vast range. • SCOPUS (includes GEOBASE) • OVID SP • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts • Web of Knowledge

  8. Bibliographic Databases • Excellent for locating journal articles , book chapters and book reviews (NB. References only,) • General or specific subject coverage • Different interfaces but similar functionality • Not tied to library holdings • Frequently will provide a link to full text

  9. Contents are indexed by subject specialists Subject headings Limiting functions e.g. publication types, language Allow you to View Search history Combine searches Mark and sort results Print/save/email/export Save searches Set up alerts Searches done by automated “web crawlers” No thesaurus / subject headings – just free text searching No limiting functions Usually none of these! Databases vs. Search engines

  10. Search Strategies • Boolean logic • Truncation • Wild cards • Synonyms • Which language are you using?

  11. SCOPUS Includes data from GEOBASE - THE bibliographic database for the Earth, Geographical and Ecological Sciences

  12. Bibliographic Searching Search Tip : 1 • Important to remember that although each database covers thousands of journal titles no single database is ever comprehensive. • If you are having difficulty finding material on a topic use the keywords you find in any relevant reference and search again.

  13. Bibliographic Databases CSA Illumina • Aqualine  • ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts • Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management • Water Resources Abstracts • IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences • Sociological Abstracts • CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

  14. Bibliographic Databases OVIDSP • CAB Abstracts – biogeography • EconLit – economic geography • Forest Science - biogeography • GeoRef – physical geography & geology • Zoological Abstracts Archive only (1864-1977)

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