Improving our searches

Alexandre López-BorrullEstudis Informació i Comunicació

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya19 Octubre 2015

Summary

1- Searching in Databases. Some Tips

2- How can we know the quality of papers and journals? Impact Factor, Altmetrics and Journal Citation Reports

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Databases are created for providing more order

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Searching in a database is something natural

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Knowing the fields is a crucial point

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Noise is a problem...

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

...Silence is worst!

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.1. What do I know from what I do not know

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.2. Chosing the right database

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.3. Chosing the right Search

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.4. Doing the Search

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.5. Evaluating Results

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Search Strategy.6. Saving Results!

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use the Advanced Search

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use the Boolean Operators

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use other Operators. Truncation

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use other Operators. Proximity

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use other Operators. Exacte phrase

Searching in Databases. Some Tips

Use Chronological Limits

Impact Factor

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Relations among article are like an sp orbital

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Eugene Garfield, creator of the Impact Factor

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Impact Factor

2008 impact factor = A/B.

where:

A = the number of times that all items published in that journal in 2006 and 2007 were cited by indexed publications during 2008. B = the total number of "citable items" published by that journal in 2006 and 2007. ("Citable items" for this calculation are usually articles, reviews, proceedings, or notes; not editorials or letters to the editor).

(Note that 2008 impact factors are actually published in 2009; they cannot be calculated until all of the 2008 publications have been processed by the indexing agency.)

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Impact Factor

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Citations of an article

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Critiques to Impact Factor

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

h-Index

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Altmetrics

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

PLOS Journals

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

PLOS Journals

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

PLOS Journals

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

PLOS Journals

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Journal Citation Reports

Knowing the quality of papers and journals

Journal Citation Reports