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Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)Email: [email protected]
Useful Links: http://delicious.com/LynneMeehan/chem3
Introduction
Sources of Information
Search Techniques
Evaluating Information
References
Current Awareness
Further Help
Where do you look?
Search Engine
Database
Library catalogue
Encyclopedia
Type of information
Overview of Topic
Where to look• Encyclopedia• Dictionary• Websites• Lecture notes
This will help you decide concepts and keywords for searching
Search techniques - Define your topic
“Current problems with understanding polar ozone loss”
Work in groups and define the concepts and find keywords and synonyms for them.
Boolean logic for combining search terms
Polar regions Polar ozone Ozone layer
Polar OR Ozone
Polar AND Ozone
Polar NOT Ozone
• Phrase search
e.g. “ozone layer”• Nesting
e.g. ozone (loss or depletion)
• Wildcards
e.g. Wom?n• Truncation
e.g. deplet*
Search tips
• Google is not the only search engine, try• Yahoo www.yahoo.com • Exalead, www.exalead.com/search • Librarians’ Internet Index -- www.lii.org
• Think “full text” = be specific e.g. war of 1812 economic causes vs. history
• Use academic & professional termse.g.domestic architecture vs. houses
• Limit your search to …• Web page title• Website or domain• File type• Definitions
• "Invisible Web", a.k.a. the "Deep Web"?
Web search
What databases to use
Go to library website for access: www.ucl.ac.uk/Library
Finding References
Bibliographic databasesonly link out to full-text
ILL
Other libraries
PROMPT
•Presentation•Relevance•Objectivity•Method•Provenance•Timeliness
Evaluate
Citing your Sources
Citing styles: Harvard and Vancouver Systematic notes Note the content
Reference management software
Reference Manager (10 or 12)
Endnote
Zotero
Mendeley
Set up a new reference manager database
• Click on File• Click on New
• Choose file location (remember where• Type in file name e.g. chem3
• Click on New
Login to Cluster WTS
Click on Start
Programs P-R
Select Reference Manager
Select Reference Manager 10
Reference manager demo
Current Awareness
Current awareness is a term that describes the methods used to keep up to date with the most recent information in your subject area
ZETOC - http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
TicTOCs - http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/
Database search alerts – see individual database pages for details
Access to e-resources
• Most electronic resources can be accessed on or off campus
• The best route to these is via the library website• You will need your UCL userid to log in• For further information go to
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/e-res.shtml#res-home
Help!
WISE: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/moodle Click on WISE, then Maths and Physical Sciences Ask at the Enquiry Desk
Ground floor, Science Library
020 7679 7789
Come and ask me http://delicious.com/LynneMeehan/chem3
Thank you
Please fill in the evaluation form at
Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)Email:[email protected]
