Information Literacy for MOS

ECS-65100

Programme Teachers: Marja Duizendstraal

Marja Maclaine Pont

Lecture 1: 7 September Practicals:14 September Lecture 2:21 September Exam 26 October Blackboard modules

http://edu6.wur.nl/ ECS65100

Why should you be information literate? Now during your study

Courses Thesis

Later as a professional Keep knowledge up to date Basis for research Input for decisions

The role of scientific literature

Scholarly communication

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Use of research resourcesResources Identified as Most Important by Researchers Research Resources % Ranking in Top 3Journal articles 71.1%Monographs 32.0%Chapters in books with many authors 21.8%Expertise of individuals 19.4%Organizations web sites 15.3%Original text sources, e.g. newspapers, historical records 12.5%Conference proceedings 11.6%Datasets . published or unpublished 8.1%Other sources (specified by interviewee) 6.8%Preprints 5.1%Non-text sources, e.g. images, audio, artifacts 2.9%

Researchers and discovery services. Behaviour, perceptions and needs.A study commisioned by the Research Information Network, 2006.

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News, opinions

Encyclopedia, Web sites

Books, Review articles Scientific articles,

reports, conference proceedings, PhD-dissertations

Professional articles, web sites Newspapers, blogs

When are you information literate?

Define the information you need Understand the variety of information

sources Search efficiently and effectively Evaluate and select appropriate information Manage selected information (e.g. EndNote) Use selected information and avoid

plagiarism

Find the needed information

WHERE??

Use the right finding aids

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Where to start to find a (known) book?

Sumi, A., K. Fukushi and A. Hiramatsu (2010)Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change

A. Google (not outside WUR-network)B. Google Scholar (outside network: use link at

library.wur.nl)

C. Catalogue WUR libraryD. Scopus (no books)

Where to start to find a (known) article?

Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3), 447-457

A. Google (not outside WUR network)

B. Google Scholar (outside network: use link at library.wur.nl)

C. Catalogue WUR library (no articles)

D. Scopus

Resources and finding aidsResourcesJournal articles scientific

professional

Monographs books

reports dissertations proceedings

EncyclopediasWebsitesBlogsDatasetsNews

Finding aidsBibliographiesLibrary cataloguesInternet search enginesGateways/ portals

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Login at library site when you are outside WUR network!

Use the get-it button or link:

Example topic

Master thesis on:

Effect of windmills on the marine environment

Step 1: Orientation on the topic

Encyclopedia WikipediaVirtual Reference Desk

Web sites Internet search engine Books Library Catalogue News LexisNexis, news sites Review articles Scopus

Results orientation

Search terms: windmills, wind turbines, wind farm, windfarm, wind park, wind power, sea, ocean, offshore, mammals, fish, birds....

Adapted search question: Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

Step 2: Structured Search

Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

http://www.lincsuk.com/picts/seal4large.jpg

http://www.bmt.org/?/51/37/2

http://conservationreport.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/beaked-whale.jpg

Will this search find title 1?

Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

A YesB No

Note: “effect” is not in the record

Will this search find title 2?

wind turbines marine mammals

A YesB No

Note: No wind turbine and no mammals in the

record Add synonyms!

Will this search find title 2?

wind turbines wind farm marine mammals seals

A YesB No

Note: Wrong search statement.

Right search:(wind turbines OR wind farm) AND (marine mammals OR seals)

Concept or structured search

1. Identify key concepts (split your subject into main themes)

2. Formulate search terms per concept 3. Apply database tools and combine search terms

with Boolean operators4. Improve your search (evaluate and select)

Illustrations © Loet van Moll 2009

Identifying key concepts

Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

Search terms per concept

windmills OR wind mills OR windturbines OR wind turbines OR wind farms OR windfarms OR wind parks OR windparks OR wind power

marine OR sea OR ocean OR offshoreMammals OR seals OR Phoca OR

porpoises OR dolphins OR whales

Truncation and phrase searching

windmills OR wind mills OR windturbines OR wind turbines OR "wind farm*" OR windfarm* OR "wind parks" OR windparks OR “wind power”

marine OR sea OR ocean OR offshoreMammals OR seals OR Phoca OR

porpoises OR dolphins OR whales

What will you learn?

Wind turbines

mammals

marine

Combining with Boolean operators

Within concept: OR (any word) Between concepts: AND (all words) (Exclude concepts: NOT) Make sets per concept, or use

parentheses Adjust during search

Improving your search

To narrow: more specific terms, less truncation, more concepts….

To broaden: more (general) terms, more truncation, less concepts …………

Build on what you have found:• More or better terms (thesaurus!)• Key authors/ groups• References (citation search)

Limiting

years of publication geographic region language additional concept(s)

Bibliographic databases

Multidisciplinary• Scopus• Web of Science• Google Scholar

Specific topics• CAB-Abstracts• Biological Abstracts• FSTA• Medline/ PubMed• ……………..

Overlap Additional Use several databases

Bibliographic databases: overlap and unique records

Web of Science Scopus CAB Abstracts SciFinder

144 157 115 145Unique records after deduplication

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Sensitivity of models on leaching of pesticides to groundwater

Choosing a bibliographic database

Multidisciplinary databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar. Most used resources at http://library.wur.nl/

Specialized subject oriented databases Use the Portals, Resources by subject, on the

Library site Choose a bibliography by checking the content

Search strategies

Known item search

Concept or structured search

Following a thread

Following a thread

Start from a relevant publication Search citations:

In references (older) Cited by (more recent)

Search related articles based on: Authors Keywords Shared references

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Assignment Write an assignment together with one or

two fellow students Information on how to write it can be found

in BB -> Assignments The subject is: topic 10 or topic 14 Read the description of this subject ->

Assignments Start in practicals Upload the document via Blackboard before

18.00 h on 19 September 2011 Feedback lecture 21 September

Course contents and evaluation Self Study – Blackboard modules at

http://edu6.wur.nl/Before practicals: 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7Later: 4b1, 4b2, 4b4, 4b9, 5, and 8

Quizzes in Blackboard to test your knowledge

Assignment: compulsory to hand in. Exam on 26 October 2011. Final grade is based upon this exam (minimum 5.5) Contact: Marja.Duizendstraal@wur.nl