Library WorkshopLibrary Workshop

for Postgraduate Studentsfor Postgraduate StudentsOct 2012

PART ONEPART ONE

Outline• Part One: Literature Searching with Focus on Advanced Research Tools

– Quick Start with iSearch– Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)

• Search Basics• Special Functions and Tools (Cited Reference Search, Analyze Tools, etc)• Author / Citation Tracking & Alerts

– Other Citation Research Tools: SCOPUS & Google Scholar– Dissertation Databases / Resources

• Part Two: RefWorks– Create / Import references– Organize references into (sub)folders– Create bibliography– Use Write-N-Cite to create citations

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Quick start with isearch

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What is iSearchWhat is iSearch

• iSearch is our Brand Name given to the Ebsco Discovery Service, standing for intelligent Search – one-stop intelligent Search and Discovery Tool for Academic Resources

What does iSearch Contain?What does iSearch Contain?

• iSearch is Consisted of Two Components:1. EDS Base Index; (universal for all EDS clients)2. Custom Components (Customized for individual EDS

clients based on their own Library catalogues and databases that they subscribe) – [e.g. HKIEd Lib Catalog + dozens of HKIEd subscribed

databases like ASP, ERIC, Edu Research Complete, EconLit, MLA Bibliography, PsycInfo, JSTOR … and some free resources like MedLine, OAIster, etc]

– Plus Federated Searches to customized resources via EHIS Connectors

Search multiple academic resources in a Single Search Box

HKIEd Lib Catalog

Databases

Journals

ScienceDirect

iSearchFoundation Index

iSearchiSearch

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Library Catalogue

Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, Proceedings and more

iSearchiSearch

Some specific Databases & Journals

Most HKIEd Databases & Journals

Major Resources NOT Directly Indexed by

iSearch :•Chinese Databases•WiseNews•Library PressDisplay•ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts•Scopus•Naxos

How Big is iSearch?How Big is iSearch?• According to EBSCO, the EDS Base Index alone covers

metadata for:– Nearly 50,000 Magazines & Journals– Nearly 6 million Books– Nearly 20,000 Conference Proceedings– 825,000 CDs & DVDs– Hundreds of thousands of additional information sources

from various source-types, including: • Biographies• Health Reports• Newspapers• And More

Over 149 Million

Records and Growing …

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Start searching at …Start searching at …- access iSearch at the HKIEd Library Website- access iSearch at the HKIEd Library Website http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk

Example:Search child development Limited to Library Catalogue Only

Example:Search child development Limited to Library Catalogue Only

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Various Options to Narrow Down by Dates, Subjects,

Languages, Types of Materials, etc

Refine results limit to scholarly Refine results limit to scholarly journals or Full Text onlyjournals or Full Text only

Limit to Scholarly Journals onlyLimit to Scholarly Journals onlyCheck this box to refine your results

Limit to Full Text (Online) onlyLimit to Full Text (Online) onlyCheck this box to refine your results

Getting A Copy of the Book or the Full Text of an Article

• EdLINK – software linking up various databases / e-journals subscribed by the Library

• ILLiad – Inter-Library Loans• Inter-Campus Delivery• HKALL• Request for Checked out Items

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Use "EdLINK" to check if Full Text is AvailableUse "EdLINK" to check if Full Text is Available

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Request for InterLibrary Loans if no full text is available at HKIEdRequest for InterLibrary Loans if no full text is available at HKIEd

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Use “Inter-Campus Delivery” to request items to be delivered

from Tseung Kwan O Study Centre Library to Mong Man Wai Library (Tai Po) or vice

versa

HKALL Request via iSearchHKALL Request via iSearch

HKALL Request ButtonHKALL Request Button

Resend the

search key to

HKALL / Google

Scholar / Google Books

Resend the

search key to

HKALL / Google

Scholar / Google Books

RenewalsRenewals

Request Items / Switch to InnopacRequest Items /

Switch to Innopac

Request Item from library catalogueRequest Item from library catalogue

Request ItemRequest ItemChecked out items can be requestedFind “Request” buttons on the left / top menu bar in the library catalogue of your selected item

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Expand your search to ProQuest Dissertations,

Chinese Databases, HKALL, Google Scholar, etc

Expand your search to ProQuest Dissertations,

Chinese Databases, HKALL, Google Scholar, etc

Social Sciences Citation Index – an Advanced Research Tool

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Help you answer questions like:

What is the most highly cited article on Education Policy?

Which journal has the highest number of articles on Sociolinguistics?

Who are the top researchers in Chinese Politics?

How many times my journal articles are cited?

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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)

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Web of Knowledge Databases

Web of Knowledge Web of Science

Current Contents Connect

Biological Abstracts

Other Databases

BIOSIS Previews

Social Sciences

Citation Index (SSCI)

Arts & Humanities

Citation Index (A&HCI)

Science Citation Index

Expanded

Conference Proceedings

Citation Index

Other Databases

Journal Citation Report

(JCR)

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Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Essential data from over 4,500 leading social sciences journals across 50

disciplines

Coverage: 1992-present

Subject disciplines:

Anthropology Law Psychiatry Social Work

History Linguistics Political Science Sociology

Industrial Relations Philosophy Public Health Substance Abuse

Information Science& Library Science

Psychology Social Issues Urban Studies

Notes: we have an archive of Arts & Humanities Citation Index covering 1992 – Nov 2011 at a dedicated PC in the Library

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How to access1. Search the Library Catalogue, or2. HKIEd Library Homepage > E-Resources Search or Browse by alphabet S (Social Sciences Citation Index) or W (Web of Science)

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Year Range

Operator

Search Field

Display Option

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Search Tips

Operator Example Find records that contain …

AND theory AND practice both terms

OR theory OR conception either term or both terms

NOT theory NOT hypothesis first term but not the second

NEAR/x theory NEAR/5 knowledge terms within a specified number of words (x) of each other

“…” “knowledge economy” exact phrase

* child* child, children, chidlhood

? wom?n woman, women

$ colo$r color, colour

Refine & Sorting Results

Sorting options

Refine search

Narrow results by

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Detailed View of A Record

Check for Full Text

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Save / Email / Print your search results

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Export Search Results

You can export the search records to different bibliographic management tools:

Export records to RefWorks at Web of Science• Choose “Save to other Reference Software”

Import records to RefWorks• Import filter = Hong Kong Institute of Education• Database = Web of Science

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Cited References

Click "Cited References" to see the References Cited by this Article

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Cited References of this Article

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Click "Times Cited" for Citing References

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Citing References (Articles that are Citing the Hallinger Article)

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Citation Hierarchy

20042004

19971997 2003200320002000

20052005 20072007

20082008

cited reference

citing reference

citing reference

cited reference

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"Related Records" – Other Articles Using At Least One Cited References in the Hallinger Article

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Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles2,211 articles have at least one

common citation with this Hallinger 1996 article

The more references the articles share, the more

related they are

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Record

A

Record

A

ReferenceReference ReferenceReferenceRecord

B

Record

B

Record

D

Record

D

ReferenceReference ReferenceReference

D is a “Related Record” of A,

because B is cited by both of them

Record

C

Record

CA is a “Cited Reference” of C,

i.e. A is cited by C

A is a “Citing Reference” of B,

i.e. B is cited by A

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Exercise

1. Search for topics “social and cognitive development”2. Refine with keywords “language”, “school”3. Limit to “Article” document

How many records found?

What is the most highly cited record?

How many times this article is cited?

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Analysis Tools

Analyze Results extract citation data from a selected field (e.g. source title, country),

and produces a report showing the values in ranked order

Create Citation Report view aggregate citation statistics for a set of search results e.g. breakdown of citations over years, average citations per year

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Analysis Tools

Analysis tools

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You can rank the search results with different field options

e.g. Rank the journals by number of articles on this topic

1. Analyze Results

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Citation statistics of records found

2. Citation Report

Most highly cited Article45

Exercise

Search for articles with topic “facebook”

Analyze Results How many articles are found? What is the source title with the highest no. of publications? How many percentage of articles are published in 2011?

Creation Citation Report How many times these articles have been cited? What is the average citations per year received by the top article?

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Cited Reference SearchTo discover how a particular book or article or all the works by a particular

author is being cited • How many citations received?• Cited by whom?

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E.g. Who has cited Gary Becker's A Treatise on the Family which was published in 1981

E.g. Who has cited Gary Becker's A Treatise on the Family which was published in 1981

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Select all the relevant entries and then click Finish Search

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Create Alerts / RSS to get informed when someone cites this work

Use Analyzing Tools to identify other relevant journals, authors, follow up studies of this work

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E.g. this looks like another important work that we should follow up

Exercise

• Do a cited reference search for the following article:– Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2004). The development and validation of

the goal orientation and learning strategies survey (goals-S). Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64(2), 290-310. doi: 10.1177/0013164403251335

• How many times this article is cited in Web of Science?

• Which citing article has the highest number of cites?

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Sign InAs a registered user, you can take advantage of these features:• Save your searches • Set up search history alerts• Set up citation alerts • Access EndNote Web

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Citation Alert To receive an e-mail alert when an article on the list is cited in a new article

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Citation Alert View and change the setting of current alerts in My Citation Alerts

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Saved Searches Save the search history and re-run as necessary Setup email alert for saved search queries

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Online Help

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Reference Materials Quick Reference Cardhttp://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ssr/training/wok5_wos_qrc_en.pdf

Social Sciences Citation Index Source Publications List http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/publist_ssci.pdf

Online Tutorialshttp://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/training/wos/ e.g. New Features Update

Web of Science Search Tips

Cited Reference Searching

Citation Report and H-index

Saving Search Histories and Creating Alerts

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SCOPUS – another major database equipped with Citation

Research Functions

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What is SCOPUS? A comprehensive abstract and citation database of peer-

reviewed literature and quality web sources. Over 19,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide (90%

peer-reviewed journals). 46 million records Broadest coverage

Life Sciences (>4,300 titles)Physical Sciences (>7,200 titles)Health Sciences (>6,800 titles)Social Sciences and Humanities (>5,300 titles)

Sources: Europe (52%)North America (32%)Asia, Australia & Pacific (11%)South America (3%)Middle East & Africa (2%)

As a Citation Analysis Tool to evaluate:Authors, Institutions and Journals.

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60Access via Library website: http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/index_e-resources.php

Search Interface

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Scopus Search Interface

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Search Basics- use double quotes to search as phrase- search for “Keywords” instead of “Article Title, Abstracts, Keywords” for better precision

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Search Results

Add additional search terms, filter by year, subjects, etc.

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We can also enter Additional Search Terms, use “Limit to” Options (by year / document type / subject areas) in the Search Form

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At the Results Screens: you can also change the Sorting Order (Default Order is by Date)

Various Output Options like Export, Print, Email or Create a Bibliography

Check EdLINK for Full Text Availability

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Ordered by Most Cited

A SCOPUS Detailed Record

Like SSCI, Citing Articles are

Offered

Emails / RSS Alerts can also

be Set Up

Emails / RSS Alerts can also

be Set Up

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Citing References

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Like SSCI, Related Articles are Offered; In

addition, you can choose which shared

references to use

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Related Documents based on All Cited References

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Or we can Choose Only to Check Related Documents Based on Selected References

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A Different Set of Related Documents based on Selected References Only

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Export to RefWorks

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Output Records

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Personalization Features and Alerts

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Must register own ID and log in to take advantage of personalization features

• With your personal SCOPUS Login, you can:– Save your search history.– Create your saved lists.– Set up email keyword search alerts or email citation

alerts.

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Personalization Features and Alerts

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Register / Login

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After logging in, you can save your searches and

set up alerts

After logging in, you can save your searches and

set up alerts

To view or change your searches / alerts, click Alerts /

Settings

Saved Searches

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Set Search Alert (Email)

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A Search Alert is a saved search that you can schedule to run daily, weekly or monthly.

You will receive an e-mail message with a link into Scopus to access the new results.

Set Search Alert (RSS)

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You can use RSS readers (like RSSOwl, Google Reader, etc) or even Outlook to

subscribe to a Scopus RSS feed.

Google Scholar – Citations and Alerts Functions

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http://scholar.google.com

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How to set up EdLINK from Off Campus Computers?http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/tutorial/userguides/googlescholar.html

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Cited by …

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Create Alert

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Related Articles

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Theses and Dissertations ResourcesTheses and Dissertations Resources

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http://www.ndltd.org/find http://www.ndltd.org/find

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End of Part One of the Workshop

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