CERGE-EI Library Session

Library Workshop on Research Skills

(for internal use only during the library training session on August, 2014)

CERGE-EI Library12. 8. 2014

Training Content•Information retrieval •Licensed Databases• E-journals Search (searching for electronic version of

journals)• Article Search (through predefined databases)•E-books

Library Web

A few questions to answer:

WHY I am searching for: cui bono? – I am writing seminar paper, I am working on applied research – it follows - how much in detail we want to search?

WHAT I am searching for?: you have to know what you are exactly searching for – you have to know key words, context between terms, interdisciplinary connections etc.

WHERE I am searching for?: fulltext databases, statistical databases, licensed databases, free databases and portals

HOW I am searching for?: special searching strategy, using special techniques

WHAT I will do with selected records?: where to save relevant records

Web vs. Library Databases

Google - difficult to verify - cannot limit to professional, scholarly literature - authority is often in doubt - much of the same information duplicated – Much of Web infomation is opinionated and biased – lack of search features - seldom is the information coming from legitimate published sources

Licensed Databases - Most databases have scholarly/peer-reviewed filter or contain only scholarly literature - more manageable number of hits - more relevant information - information comes from legitimate, quality-controlled sources - advanced search features - information originally appeared in journal articles, books ...

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DatabasesTypes of Databases:• by accessibility:

• free databases – open access – RePEc, SSRN• licensed databases – List of databases

• by form:• bibliographical databases • statistical databases • fulltext databases • citation databases

• by form:• fulltext databases

• contain bibliographic records + complete texts, usually in pdf format• you can search words in article’s text, not only in its abstract or title

• Why use a fulltext database? • fulltext of the article• List of bibliographical databases

• by form:• citation databases – contains information about citations

• Why use a citation database? • Who is citing my research? • How my research is influencing newer research?• Web of Knowledge, Scopus• List of citation databases

• by form:• statistical databases - database used for statistical analysis purposes • numeric data

• Why use a statistical database? • specific statistical data

• DSI Campus Solution, EIU CountryData, Davidson Data Center & Network • List of statistical databases

Library ServicesE-Journals

Articles

E-journal search

http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/

• E-journals portal allows you to search across your library's electronic resources from one simple interface.

Journal of economic education , American economic review, Economics of governance, Economics of transition

Search articlesMetaLib is a federated search engine for searching across your library's electronic resources from one simple interface.

• MetaLib allows you to search by two main way – • you may search specific data – author, title of an article etc• you may search theme – economic transition

• The reaction of asset prices to macroeconomic announcements in new EU markets: Evidence from intraday data• Divestitures, privatization and corporate performance in emerging markets by Hanousek

Databases

EBSCOhost ProQuest JSTOR ScienceDirect Web of Knowledge Scopus

Remote Acces

• provides access to electronic online resources under the rules associated with authentication settings and login accounts

• the basic function is to provide information resources from a computer connected to the Internet anywhere (at home, at work, in an Internet cafe) on the same comfort level as from an intranet computer.

Remote Acces to CERGE-EI Databases• Charles University E-resources Portal running as a part of University information system

http://pez.cuni.cz/ezdroje/index.php?lang=en

Databases

Hanousek, Jan ; Novotný, Jan. Price jumps in Visegrad-country stock markets: an empirical analysis. Emerging Markets Review, 2012, Roč. 13, č. 2, s. 184-201. ISSN 1566-0141. Hanousek, Jan ; Kočenda, Evžen. Public investment and fiscal performance in the new EU member states. Fiscal Studies, 2011, Roč. 32, č. 1, s. 43-71. ISSN 0143-5671. Estrin, S. ; Hanousek, Jan ; Kočenda, E. ; Švejnar, Jan. The effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies. Journal of Economic Literature, 2009, Roč. 47, č. 3, s. 699-728. ISSN 0022-0515. transition economies, international trade, transformation

CERGE-EI e-books NetLibrary - textbooks

Handbooks in ScienceDirect - handbooks

Gale eBooks - encyclopedias

http://www.cerge-ei.cz/library/databases#E-books

Ebsco eBook Collection Library

EBSCO eBook collection – remote access

http://pez.cuni.cz/ezdroje/

Web of Knowledge

Journal Impact Factor

The journal Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.

Observing Licenses

CERGE-EI Publication Activities

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Boolean Operators

• And combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example - travel and Europe - finds articles that contain both travel and Europe.

• Or combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college or university - finds results that contain either college or university.

• Not excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, television not cable - finds results that contain television but not cable.

Proximity Searches

The proximity operators are composed of a letter (N or W) and a number (to specify the number of words). The proximity operator is placed between the words that are to be searched, as follows:

Near Operator (N) - N5 finds the words if they are within five words of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. For example, type tax N5 reform to find results that would match tax reform as well as reform of income tax.

Within Operator (W) - In the following example, W8 finds the words if they are within eight words of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

For example, type tax W8 reform to find results that would match tax reform but would not match reform of income tax.

Wildcard

The wildcard characters are represented by a question mark ? or a pound sign #. To use the ? wildcard, enter your search terms and replace each unknown character with a ?

For example, type ne?t to find all citations containing neat, nest or next.

To use the # wildcard, enter your search terms, adding the # in places where an alternate spelling may contain an extra character.

For example, type colo#r to find all citations containing color or colour.

Truncation

Truncation is represented by an asterisk (*). To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an *.

For example, type comput* to find the words computer or computing. Note: The Truncation symbol (*) may also be used between words to match any word.

For example, a midsummer * dream will return results that contain the exact phrase, a midsummer night’s dream.

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