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Information LiteracyAEW - 22806 Marine Systems
Annemie KerstenSeptember 3, 2008
Wageningen UR Library / Forum
Programme: Wednesday, September 3
13.30 – 14.15 Introductory lecture 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules in BB
Programme: Wednesday, September 10
13.30 – 14.15 Lecture: search strategy 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules BB and help in
setting up search strategies
Programme: Wednesday, September 17
13.30 – 14.15 Modules in BB 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules BB and help in
searching
Information Literacy
"To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information" (ALA, 1989)
Why should you be information literate?
– Later as a professional– Now during your studies
The Library and the Web
Information Literacy
Reliability of sourcesBrittanica http://info.britannica.co.uk/ <-> Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_PageGoogle Scholar http://scholar.google.com/<-> Scopus
http://www.scopus.com/scopus/home.url
What will you learn?
How to search for scientific information How to use the Wageningen UR Digital
Library How to use bibliographic databases on
different platforms How to set up a search strategy How to evaluate search results
Wageningen UR Digital Library http://library.wur.nl/
Wageningen Digital Library - Introduction
Portals: a guide to information resources by subject area and general reference
Search: frequently used information resources User info and services: information and support Log in: My Library a.o. off-campus access (staff
and students WUR)http://library.wur.nl/desktop/http://library.wur.nl.ezproxy.library.wur.nl/ - URL
after off-campus log in
Where do I find ?
books and journals in the library → Library Catalogue
Wageningen UR publications → Wageningen Yield (WaY)
the last issue of a journal → Electronic journals journal articles → bibliographies citations of articles → Web of Science / Scopus electronic reference sources → Virtual
Reference Desk
How can I ?
Find important resources in my field → Subject Portals
Find a list of all main resources → Databases A-Z or Databases by type
CrossSearch databases → MetaLib Find information on services → User info and
services use my personal Desktop Library a.o. off-campus
access→ Log in (My Library)
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/http://library.wur.nl.ezproxy.library.wur.nl/ - URL after
off-campus log in
Library Catalogue
To search titles of books, journals, reports in the library → Library Catalogue NOT TO SEARCH ARTICLES
Default: phrase searching All fields= words in author, title, publisher, place of
publication, series title, notes, keywords, abstract etc.
Search specific fields: title, author, keyword, category Wildcards: use an * to replace a string of characters
or a ? to replace a single character Keywords: use the Keyword lookup (thesaurus)
Bibliographic databases
To search journal articles, book chapters → bibliographies
General/multidisciplinary Web of Science (since 1945) Scopus (since 1960) Google Scholar
Bibliographic databases
Subject specificHealth: PubMed, Medline (incl. Veterinary
Science)Agriculture: CAB Abstracts, Agris, AgricolaBiology: Biological AbstractsZoology: ZooRecodAquaculture and Fisheries: ASFAMarine and brackish water environments:
Oceanic Abstracts Chemistry: SciFinder Scholar
MetaLib
MetaLib: Search multiple databases (bibliographies, catalogues, gateways) in one search QuickSearch (10 databases) MetaSearch (select databases by subject)
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/direct/
orhttp://library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/
BlackBoard course
After this introductory lecture, you start: Blackboard course ECS52901_2008_1:
A selection of modules / learning units Practical and self study
How to login to the BlackBoard Course?
WUR account and enrolled in BB: Login using your WUR account
Go to http://edu2.web.wur.nl/ Click on User Login button Enter Username and Password and click
on Login button Select ECS52901_2008_1
How to login to the BlackBoard Course?
WUR account, not enrolled in BB: Login using a guest account
Go to http://edu2.web.wur.nl/ Click on User Login button Enter Username user01 and password
user01 Select ECS52901_2008_1Guest accounts user01 through user16
Blackboard: Course Information
Select Course information and open AEW-22806 Marine Systems to see which modules and learning units you have to study
Where to get help?
User info and services: a.o. Courses and self instructionhttp://library.wur.nl/desktop/services/
Or ask for help in the Library
