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Finding Information
Effective searching, Google Scholar and beyond
James Bisset james.bisset@durham.ac.uk Academic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)
Session outline- Effective searching- Getting the most from Google
Scholar- Other types of information
Theses / Newspapers- Library Services for the part-
time researcher
Intelligent Searching
- Define your information need- Broaden your search- Narrow your search- Evaluate your results- Make your results work for you
Broaden your search
Changes in terminology :
Mental retardation ORIntellectual disability OR
Cognitive disability
Broaden your search
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Donut
Doughnut
Broaden your Search
Think about Americanised and Francophone word spellings:
• colour or color• centre or center• licence or license• organised or organized
Broaden your search
• Broadening your search– Alternative spellings (wildcard searching)
– organi?ation will find: organisation and alternative letters
organization
– labo?r will find: labor and missing letters labour
– d?nut will find: donut and multiple missing lettersdoughnut
Broaden your search
• Broadening your search– Word stems (truncation searching)– negligen* will find:
“the police were accused of negligence”“the police were accused of acting negligently”“the police were accused of being negligent”
Broaden your search
• Broadening your search - Summary– Synonyms butterfly OR
lepidoptera– Alternative spellingsorgani?ation
labo?r – Word stems negligen*
Terminology and symbols vary, depending on which database or catalogue you are using
Narrow your search
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Adding context…
truthwithin #
reconciliation
Narrow your search
• Broadening your search - Summary– Focussing repository AND open
access– Proximity searching negligen* w/5 police– Phrase searching “duty of care”– Excluding terms property NOT
intellectual
Terminology and symbols vary, depending on which database or catalogue you are using
No standard language
Truth within 5 words reconciliation
Truth w/5 reconciliation
Truth /5 reconciliation
Truth N5 reconciliation
Truth adj5 reconciliation
teen*
youth
juvenile
adolescen*
crim*
shoplift*
“Anti-social
behavio?r”
theft
“inner city”
urban
cities
London
Example
(teen* OR youth OR juvenile OR adolescen*)AND
(crim* OR shoplift* OR “anti-social behavio?r” OR theft)
AND(“inner city”OR urban OR cities OR London)
(teen* OR youth OR
juvenile OR adolescen*)
(“inner city”OR
urban OR cities OR London)
(crim* OR shoplift* OR “anti-social behavio?r” OR theft)
Exercise• From the envelope, arrange some or
all of the terms and symbols available to provide an efficient initial search for the topic.
• In this exercise...! = truncation/word stem? = wildcardw/3 = ‘within 3 words of’
Citation searching & References
• Connection in academic debate both backwards (references) and forwards (citations) in time
• May be a positive or negative connection to other literature
• Give you a quality controlled list of material to consult if you establish the context in which it has been cited
Article B
Article C
Book1
Article D
Book 2
20102008 20092007 2011 2012 2013
Article G
Article E
Book4
Article F
Book 3
Paper A
Hands-on• Citation searchingo Durham - http://bit.ly/1CBBLrw o Newcastle - http://bit.ly/1INDhwV o Northumbria –
http://bit.ly/1R6adCM o Sunderland – o Teesside - http://bit.ly/1dJ3emx
Getting the most from Google
How to search effectively:Tsunami defences assumed ‘AND’ returns results with both termsProperty –intellectual excludes all results that include ‘intellectual’Butterfly OR lepidoptera searches for either of your search terms“early warning system” returns results with exact phrase
Getting the most from Google
How to search effectively:intitle:endochronology returns results with term in document titlesite:.gov.uk only returns results from specific site/domain1562..1598 returns results within a range of dates/prices/measurements"Pay the * wage“ wildcard to pick out unknown terms in a phrase~ghosts returns related terms, eg paranormal, haunted
Google Scholar• Scholarly literature
• Articles, theses, books, abstracts or court opinions
• Advanced features
Citations, versions, related articles, alerts, set up ConneXions off campus, links to Endnote downloads
Google Scholar
Hands-on
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• Link to Google Scholar• Set up preferences• Search using advanced search
screen• Explore advanced options e.g.
alerts• How does it compare with library
databases you use?
Theses• Theses in the UK• Durham e-Theses
- http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/ - http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/theses - https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/dspace/ - http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/ - http://tees.openrepository.com/tees/
• Index to Theses• EThOS
Theses• International Theses• Proquest/Dart/Trove/OAIster
http://bit.ly/1FldsiI
News resources• Both current and historic• Local, Regional, National and
International.• Print media and archive film
Additional resources
- Times Literary Supplement [1902 - ]
- Times Higher Education Supplement [1995- ]
- The Economist [1843- ]
- JISC Mediahub [ ITN/Reuters archives 1900 - 2007 ]
- News on screen [1910- 1983]
- Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Key Resources (historic)
• Gale News Vault
• Times Digital Archive 1785-2006
• British Newspapers 1600-1900
• Eighteenth century journals 1685-1815
•EEBO and ECCO for pamphlets
•19th Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)
•Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003
•Historic Australian newspapers 1803-1954
Additional resources
- Shen Bao [1872-1949 ]
- Ren Min Ri Bao [1946-2011]
- Guang ming ri bao [1949-2010 ]
- FT historical archive [1888-2010] - Daily Mail historical archive [1896-
2004]
- (Gale NewsVault)
Historic News on Microform
• Some national and local, e.g. - Sunderland & Durham County Herald 1839-67
• International, e.g. - Kabul Times 1969-79, - Milliyet (Istanbul) 1970-86, - Pravda 1921-1953, - Jerusalem Post 1950-2007
Hands-on
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• Explore any of the resources identified
• Theses - http://bit.ly/1FldsiI
• Newspapers• Durham - http://bit.ly/1FldsiI
• Northumbria - http://bit.ly/1j3672T
• Newcastle - http://bit.ly/1G1sb4c
• Sunderland - http://bit.ly/1dJ586A
• Teeside - http://bit.ly/1GrIfhY
Part-time service• Copy services• Postal Loans• Document Delivery Service• Sconul Access Scheme (all)
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/part-time/
Additional Image Credits
[Slide 3] Via Flickr Creative Commons, by Stefan. Original available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/49462908@N00/3951143570
[Slide 21] Via Flickr Creative Commons, by ShironEuro. Original available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/41893519@N07/4040697914/
[Slide 48] Via Flickr Creative Commons, by Alan Cleaver. Original available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/11121568@N06/4122176776/
[Slide 46] Via Flickr Creative Commons, by GuidosPortaal. Original available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/38239176@N04/3843484756/ [Slide 36] Via Flickr Creative Commons, by Kirsty Andrews. Original available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/47745961@N08/5169765739
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