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Information Literacyfor MAKS
Hans Franseninformation specialists, Library Wageningen UR
Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.
Information Literacy (why?)
Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet)
Internet growth
Internet growth
Information Literacy
Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet)
Scientific information Library info (Digital Library)
Information Literacy
Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet)
Scientific information Library info (Digital Library)
Problem with reliability• Brittanica <-> Wikipedia• Scopus <-> Google Scholar
Information Literacy
Why should you be information literate?
– Later as a professional– Now during your studies
Information sources
Know your information sources (BB)
Formats and quality of sources (primary sources)
• Books, scientific journals, professional journals, encyclopedia, proceedings, maps, reports, etc.
Databases specific for your research field (secondary sources)
• Search engines? Google, WoS, Google Scholar
Searching…… and finding ;-)
Knowing how to search
• efficiently• effectively• basic search strategies• special databases
The Library
How to use the Wageningen UR library
the physical library (Forum, Leeuwenborch) the virtual library (Digital Library)
Physical and Virtual Library
Physical Library
Library stacks
Library stacks
Journals in the library
The Library
How to use the Wageningen UR library
the physical library (Forum, Leeuwenborch) the virtual library (Digital Library)
• E-journals, e-books
Other skills
Referring, citing, quoting literature lists Plagiarism
No more cut/copy and paste!
Working in BlackBoard
Access problems? How does it look like? What can you do? What must you do?
Modules
Your own responsibility……….but quizzes & my signature
Search example
Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation
Aspect 1 wetlandsAspect 2 degradationAspect 3 policiesAspect 4 eastern europe
Keywords
1. wetland*, marsh*, bog*, swamp*2. degradation, contamination, pollution, 3. policy, policies, government, politics,
authorities4. eastern europe, central europe, poland,
etc.
Search profile
Within aspect: OR Between aspects: AND Make sets per aspect, or use
parentheses Adjust during search
Final search Scopus
1. Wetland* OR marsh* OR bog* OR swamp*
2. degradation OR contamination OR pollution
3. policy OR policies OR government* OR politics OR authorities
4. eastern europe OR central europe OR poland OR belarus OR slovakia OR hungary
1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4
Managing the results
Selecting references Print, download, e-mail Export to database management
softwareEndnote (& MS Word)
Getting the paper: link, catalogue, request
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