INFORMATION LITERACY

FOR MOS STUDENTS

November 2, 2011Marja Maclaine Pont and Ans Brouwer, information specialists WUR

AGENDA

November 2: Room C321: introductory lecture

November 9: PC rooms 421 and 425, work on your assignment (in

groups of 2), upload the result ultimately November 14 in Blackboard

November 16: Room C321: feedback lecture

For the rest of the schedule: see Blackboard

DIGITAL LIBRARY

http://library.wur.nl/desktop The starting point for all library links, e.g.

portals, news, calender, user information and services, FAQs, etc.

WHAT AND WHERE: EXAMPLES

Looking for: Journal articles Books, reports, etc. News Institute information Encyclopedias,

dictionaries

Search in: Bibliographies Catalogues Newspapers, WWW WWW Catalogue/ WWW

THE LIBRARY VS. THE WEB

Library Selection Organized Permanent Free access Comprehensive

Web No selection Less organized Not permanent Access ??? Not comprehensive

WAGENINGEN UR CATALOGUE

Entrance to all resources we possess or subscribe to: books, reports, journals, (bibliographic) databases, encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, etc.

Also a limited number of websites and other free sources are added

No journal articles, book chapters, papers

CATALOGUE SEARCH EXAMPLES

The new search interface uses stemming and synonyms to find results, e.g.:

Searching for SHOPS also yield results with SHOP or SHOPPING Searching for COW DISEASES also yields results with VETERINARY

MEDICINE The results are presented in chronological order The number of records presented is variable The records are analysed for “facets”, e.g.: keywords,

authors, subject classification, language, publication year, etc.

WAGENINGEN YIELD: WaY

http://library.wur.nl/way Publications by WUR staff Information on publishing and copyright Up-to-date list of publications, using a list

wizard

E-BOOKS

Via the Digital Library, Portals, E-books e.g.: Springer: 2005-2010 and all available books from

before 2005; over 17,000 titles CAB: 1999-2010, approx. 473 titles Elsevier (Agric. and Biol. Sci + Biochem + Gen. and

Mol. Biol.): 1995-2010, approx. 875 titles Etc.

E-JOURNALS

You can find them in two ways: Via the catalogue: Journals A-Z, choose: e-

journals Via the Digital Library, Search, e-journals A-Z Approx. 12,805 titles

PORTALS

Starting pages for scientific literature in the research fields of WUR

Made by the information specialists of WUR One portal for each subject (WU Department)

and one general portal They list the main bibliographies, textbooks,

core journals, and reference works You can find them via the Digital Library, Portals

METASEARCH

Search in several bibliographies in one go

Several options in each subject-oriented portal

Not possible to use specific command language, truncation signs, field names

ALERTS

In our catalogue: (first: register in My Library): for ToC alerts (e.g. Current Issues in Tourism), either as an email alert, or as an RSS feed

Via the publisher: e.g. www3.interscience.wiley.com: Acta Zoologica: as a email alert, or as an RSS feed

In our portals: for new publications library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/

In Wageningen Dissertation Abstracts: library.wur.nl/wda

MORE ALERTS

In our catalogue for any search (first: register and login): email alert

In Web of Science (WoS) (first: register and login): for any search, go to: Search History, create an email alert

In Scopus (first register and login): for any search: as an email alert or as an RSS feed

Via OvidSP (first register, and login): as an email alert or as an RSS feed; in 1 or more databases, perform your search, go to: Search History, either select the RSS button, or choose: more, choose: Auto alert.

WHAT IS A SEARCH STRATEGY?

It is not just searching, it is a strategy It is an iterative process The aim is: high precision, high recall, few

irrelevant hits Precision: no false positives Recall: no false negatives

Climate change

Global warming

Greenhouse effect

Climatic change

Kyoto

Research:

Publication of results

THE OPTIMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

contains all relevant publications has links to the full text, if WUR has a

subscription is updated frequently has good search facilities can be searched from anywhere ………………………………

EXAMPLE OF A SEARCH STRATEGY

REMOVAL OF SULFUR FROM VEHICLE EXHAUSTwhat are the concepts?

............. .............

Synonyms? Different writings? .............. ..............

REMOVAL OF SULFUR FROM VEHICLE EXHAUST

Concept 1: removal Synonyms, etc: remov*, extract*, filter*,

desulphur*, etc. Concept 2: sulfur

Synonyms, etc: sulphur*, sulfur* Concept 3: exhaust

Synonyms, etc.: emission*, particula*, particl* Concept 4: vehicles

Synonyms, etc.: cars, trucks, buses

ONE SEARCH LINE

(Remov* OR extract* OR desulphur* OR desulfur* OR filter*) AND (sulfur* OR sulphur*) AND (exhaust* OR emission* OR particula* OR particle*) AND (vehicle* OR cars OR truck* OR bus OR buses)

SEARCHING IN VARIOUS BIBLIOGRAPHIES

In Scopus: OK (in the default fields) In OvidSP (selecting: Biological Abstracts,

CAB Abstracts from 1984, Medline): too much time; in two portions and combine the results

In Google Scholar: not possible, find alternative ways to get relevant results

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM IT?

CONCLUSION

On how to use GS, Scopus and OvidSP:Use GS for: quick searchesUse Scopus for: detailed searches citation information finding recent articles (articles in press)Use OvidSP to: perform a search in more than one bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

All disciplines

• Scopus• Web of Science• Google Scholar

Specific topics• CAB-Abstracts• Biological Abstracts• FSTA• Medline/PubMed• SciFinder on the Web• ……………..

Overlap AdditionalDifferent search platforms Use several databases

Books

Journals

Maps

Reports, theses, etc.

WoS

Scopus

CAB

BA

ASFA

LSW

SocIndex

PsycInfoPsycInfo

Google Scholar

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)

WoS

Scopus

CAB

BA

ASFA

LSW

SocIndex

PsycInfoPsycInfo

Google Scholar

Portals

MetaSearch

Which databases?

THE CONCLUSIONyour information need is solved by information

literacy. Be information literate!!

© Wageningen UR

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO

Study the Blackboard modules, see: edu6.wur.nl You can study the modules also via:

library.wur.nl/desktop/services/infolit (the quizzes are not available)

Do the quizzes to test your knowledge Write an assignment , together with one or two colleagues;

the information on how to write it can be found in BB; upload the document via Assignments, MOS assignments information literacy period 2 (via Turnitin), at the latest on November 14th

Exam on Thursday December 22nd, from 14.00 till 15.30 hrs, so not till 17.00 hrs!!

SELECTION OF THE SUBJECT

There are two subjects to choose from:1. Snack patterns of elderly in EuropeThe objective is to describe snack consumption of elderly in different European countries and the effect ofsnack consumption on energy and micronutrient intake and health status of the elderly. Source: Haveman-Nies A., De Groot L.C.P.G.M., Van Staveren W.A. Snack patterns of older europeans (1998) Journal of theAmerican Dietetic Association, 98 (11), pp. 1297-1302

2. Influence of climatic change on food securityClimate change has a direct impact on local weather patterns. Rising temperatures and less predictable and moreerratic rainfall patterns resulting in periods of droughts or floods will directly affect agricultural production. Thiswill have a negative impact on the food security of many rural households. To reduce the risks of crop failure andto be less vulnerable farmers will have to take action. What are the opportunities and possibilities for farmers indeveloping countries to adapt their farming systems to climate change?