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The second module in the Advance Information Literacy course which covers various information sources, tools and tricks.
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Module 2: Information SourcesAdvanced Information Literacy
Lara Skelly
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.” - Frank Zappa
Looking at things from the perspective of thesis/dissertation writing Search Strategy Information Sources & Tools Evaluating Information Bibliographic Referencing Social, Economic & Legal Issues
Advanced Information Literacy
Today
Learn advanced features in the CPUT catalogue Create a list of databases/tools to search Use advanced features in common databases
AimsModule 2: Information Sources
Advanced feature in the Catalogue: Your account
Click on ‘My Library Card’ to login to your account.
Advanced feature in the Catalogue: Your account
Type in your staff/student number, and your date of birth as the password.
Advanced feature in the Catalogue: Your account
You can renew your books by clicking on ‘Loans’ and see what books you have taken out before by clicking ‘Loans History List’
If you can’t find the book in CPUT Libraries, you can search Worldcat to see which library might have it.
These items can be requested though Interlibrary Loans. Ask your Faculty Librarian for more information.
Worldcat: books from anywhere
Bibliographic databases only have abstracts and the bibliographic detail (bibliographic detail is basically the citation)
Full-text databases: contain the full-text articles Hybrid databases are a mix between bibliographic
and full-text databases Citation databases include details of the citations
listed in the articles and uses this detail to create links between them.
Types of databases
Differ in functions available Differ in content – journals, books, reports, etc… Differ in depth – some might cover many years,
some might cover fewer Differ in breadth – some might cover many topics,
some might be very restricted
Not all databases are equal
Advanced features in Academic Search Premier
Advanced features in Academic Search Premier include: Subject terms Source types Cited References Alerts
Academic Search Premier: Subject Terms
Click on subject terms
Academic Search Premier: Subject Terms
You will see the subject terms. These terms have been standardized to group spelling and term variations together.
Academic Search Premier: Source Types
You can limit by source types to find trade publications, and other types of reports
Academic Search Premier: Cited References
Sometime you’ll see a ‘Cited References’ link.
Article A
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Bibliography:
Reference 1
Reference 2…
Academic Search Premier: Cited References
Article B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bibliography:Reference 1Reference 2: Article AReference 3
Article C~~~~Bibliography:Reference 1: Article A
A cited reference will allow you to find articles that cite your article of interest. For example, from Article A, you would be able to find Article B and C because they both cite Article A.
Academic Search Premier: Alerts
Alerts let you know if the database has new results on your search. Click ‘Share’ and select the alert method you prefer.
Advanced features in Scopus include:- Cited references- Analyse results- Alerts
Advanced features in Scopus
Scopus: cited references
Scopus also has theCited references feature.
Scopus: analyse results
By clicking on ‘Analyze results’ you’ll get an overview of your articles.
Scopus: analyse resultsYou can get an overview by author, source title, and some others. This is a great way to explore the literature in your field and find out who the top academics/journals/countries are.
Scopus: alerts
You can set alerts in Scopus too.
Advanced features in Google Scholar include:- Cited references- Alerts
Advanced features in Google Scholar
Google Scholar: cited references
You can also do a cited reference search in Google Scholar
Google Scholar: alerts
Creating an alert sends you new results, so that you don’t need to rerun your search to keep up to date.
Finding journal on the A-Z
Selecting the ‘Subjects’ tab give you the option of browsing for journal titles on a specific topic.
Finding journal on the A-Z
Here is the example of ‘General Works’. You can see the number of journals that fall under a specific subject.
Your discipline might have specific resources that could be useful
For example, Economists might want economic data
Contact your Faculty Librarian to find out more
Discipline specific resources
Complete the checklist of databases to search Keep a search record
Exercise 3
(Basic) CPUT Online Information Literacy modulehttp://www.cput.ac.za/dev/library/information_literacy/index.html
This presentation was based on one created by Janine Lockhart.
Thank you!
Bibliography and acknowledgements