Western Faculty Research Workshop

Saving Research TimeFeb 25, 2009

Robin Featherstone

Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)

rfeathe@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Marisa Mitchell

Research & Instructional Librarian (Health Sciences)

mmitch2@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 80959

Today’s slides will be available at: http://uwohealthlibrarian.blogspot.com/

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

RefWorks – the bibliographic management

program

• Why use it?

– free to all UWO faculty, staff, and students

– web-based so available anywhere and anytime

– data is stored on a server in Toronto

– data is backed up every night so you will not lose your data

RefWorks…….

• It allows you to:

– Save citations as you search

– Organize your research

– Include citations while you write your paper

– Build a bibliography in a variety of formats (APA, MLA, etc.)

– Import references from many data sources including databases, the UWO catalogue, even from web pages.

– Enter citations manually

– Create bibliographies in different document formats (Word, RTF, HTML, etc.)

– Share citations with friends, colleagues, students, etc.

RefWorks

Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca

Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus

Exercise

• Login to RefWorks or sign up for an individual account

• Tip: make sure to use your UWO email address

Exercise

• Once you have an account, create a new folder called “Research Workshop”

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

Scopus• Large, multidisciplinary database

• Supports “citation mapping”

Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca

Make sure to Sign in!

Exercise

In Scopus, find the following article:

Hiatt, R. A., & Breen, N. (2008). The social determinants of cancer. A challenge for transdisciplinary science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(2 SUPPL.), S141-S150.

How many articles reference it?

Exercise

Select the 7 citations that reference the Hiatt article

Use the “Output” button to send them to RefWorks

Exercise

• In RefWorks, move your citations from the “Last imported folder” into your “Research Workshop” folder

• Now you can remove the citations from the “Last imported folder”

Put in folder.... Remove from folder....

Exercise

• Format a bibliography in APA style from the citations you exported from Scopus

• Create an HTML document and save it to your desktop with the title “Bibliography”

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

Google Docs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Getting started: http://docs.google.com/

Exercise

• Create a Google account (if you don’t have one already) – will send you an email verification

• Upload the bibliography document

• Invite me to share the file as a collaborator robin.featherstone@gmail.com

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

COS Funding Opportunities

• World’s largest funding database

• Data obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies

• Covers all disciplines

• Opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and professionals

Getting started:

• IP authenticated subscription database (paid for by Research Western)

• From off-campus, login to www.lib.uwo.ca

• Follow the link from the “Grants & Funding Opportunities” section (under “Research & Scholarship” tab)

Exercise

• Use the Search Wizard to locate funding opportunities of interest to you

• If you want to save your search (optional), create an account with COS

COS User Training

• Three upcoming, online training sessions:

2:00 pm Wednesday, March 4th

2:00 pm Tuesday, March 17th

2:00 pm Monday, March 30th

• Enroll online at: www.cos.com/usertraining/

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

Survey Monkey

• Web-based survey creation tool

• 2 kinds of subscriptions

1. Basic (Free!)100 participants maximum

2. Professional ($20/month, $200/year)

Getting started:http://www.surveymonkey.com/

• Start a basic (free) account

Exercise

• Select “Create Survey”

• Enter the title name:

“Workshop – *your name+”

(i.e., Workshop – Robin F.)

Exercise

• Create a short one-question survey

• In the “Edit Survey” function, select to “Add Question Here”

Exercise

• Choose “Multiple Choice (Only One Answer)”

• Display Choices as Buttons

• Ask any question you like

• Enter possible answers on separate lines

• Save your changes

Exercise

• After you’re done designing your survey, select “Collect Responses”

• Create a link (default) called “Workshop Survey”

http://tinyurl.com/taylorsurvey

Research Life-cycle

Literature searching:Managing citations:

Collecting data:

Creating manuscripts:

Publishing:

Fund searching:

Ranking Journals

…….Using quantitative data based on the number of times a journal article is cited

• Eigenfactor

•JCR Impact Factor

Eigenfactor

• Basic Search

– By journal title

– By subject category

• Advanced Search

– By journal title

– By Eigenfactor and JCR subject categories

– Other (eg. ISSN, publisher)

• Cost Effectiveness Search

“Ranking and Mapping Scientific Knowledge”

www.eigenfactor.org

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

• The Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide

• Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from over 3,000 publishers in 60 nations.

• Published yearly in two editions

– Science edition

– Social sciences edition

JCR can show you the:

• Most frequently cited journal in a field

• Highest impact factor in a field

• Largest journals in a field

How?

3 search options

•By subject category

•Search for a specific journal

•View all journals

Journal Citation Reports

• Evaluate a particular journal

– Impact factor

– Immediacy factor

• Consider other journals

– Look at related journals

Impact Factors Article

IMPACT FACTORS:

USE AND ABUSE.

M. Amin & M. Mabe

Elsevier Science

Perspectives in Publishing No. 1, October 2000

Available Online: http://www.elsevier.com/framework_editors/pdfs/Perspectives1.pdf

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

Exercise

• Find the Journal of Emergency Nursing in the 2007 JCR Science Edition

1. What is its 2007 Impact Factor?

2. What is the most closely related journal?

3. Which one has a higher Impact Factor?

Exercise

• Conduct a subject search in the 2007 JCR Science and/or Social Science Edition

1.Which journal has the highest Impact Factor?

2.Which journal has the highest Immediacy Index?

Questions?

Robin Featherstone

Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)

rfeathe@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Marisa Mitchell

Research & Instructional Librarian (Health Sciences)

mmitch2@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 80959