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AN EXAMPLE…

Imagine we’re looking for research on social media and the Arab Spring

What kind of information would we look for?

• Books

• Journals

• Newspapers

• Online news

• Websites

• Audiovisual

• Government publications

OBJECTIVES – WHICH RESOURCES?

• Bibliographic databases and Article Search +

• Making the most from Google – Google Scholar and Advanced Search

• Senate House and other libraries

• Accessing news online – including Proquest Online Newspapers

• Audiovisual resources

• Referencing

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES AND ARTICLE SEARCH +BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

• A database is a collection of organised information, e.g. journals (and articles)

• Media-related databases are available from the subject support pages (http://www.gold.ac.uk/library/subject-support/media-communications/) – most are multidisciplinary and not subject specific

• How would you know which database to use?

• Are you prepared to perform the same search several times?

ARTICLE SEARCH +

• A tool searching across most of our databases in one single search (http://www.gold.ac.uk/library/)

• The large set of results it finds can be easily refined

COMPARING DATABASES

JSTOR

COMPARING DATABASES

Sociological Abstracts

COMPARING DATABASES

Article Search +

MAKING THE MOST FROM GOOGLE

GOOGLE SCHOLAR (http://scholar.google.co.uk)

• Provides a broad search for scholarly literature

• Finds articles, books, theses, etc. from various sources

• It can locate full text (either using a Goldsmiths PC or if it’s in the public domain)

• Ranks by relevance, where published, by whom, how often cited

BUT….

• As a global repository of information, there is less quality control

• Not everything is peer reviewed – always approach with caution

• The number of results for any search is usually huge, with few filters to narrow

• Use Google Scholar alongside Article Search + not instead of it

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

MAKING THE MOST FROM GOOGLE

GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH (http://www.google.com/advanced_search)

• Sometimes you’re not actually looking for academic research, e.g. population of London in 2013

• Advanced search gives you more control over your search and results

• Include or exclude words or phrases

• Filter by language, region, last update (currency), site domain (bias/objectivity)

Compare a search for population of London 2013 on Google and Google Advanced Search (use gov.uk for the site domain) – what do you notice?

GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH

SENATE HOUSE AND USING OTHER LIBRARIESSENATE HOUSE

• Register in person with your Goldsmiths card to borrow books and MORE IMPORTANTLY for access to e-resources

• Senate House subscribes to many resources that we don’t

• Use their equivalent of Article Search + to find articles in one search, e.g. social media AND Arab Spring

OTHER LIBRARIES

• Apply for SCONUL Access to borrow from other university libraries

• Use COPAC to search around 70 UK library catalogues in one search

• Register to use the British Library or use ILL service

SENATE HOUSE

ACCESSING NEWS ONLINE

NEWSPAPERS

• British national newspapers are increasingly moving towards the paywall model, e.g. the Murdoch press

• Proquest Online Newspapers provides access – has strong search function

• Search by keyword, author, publication, refine by document type, subject, date

OTHER NEWS SERVICES

• More information here - (http://www.gold.ac.uk/library/newspapers/)

• bbc.co.uk has multimedia news content since 2008 (news reports, interviews, etc)

• Many global news television networks provide content online

PROQUEST ONLINE NEWSPAPERS

ONLINE NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK

AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

GOLDSMITHS SUBSCRIPTIONS

• Goldsmiths library has one of the largest audiovisual collections in the UK, featuring documentaries on almost any subject

• Box of Broadcasts provides access to UK freeview radio and television since 2007 – TRILT can supply hard copies of programmes if needed

OTHER ONLINE AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

• Use the AV pages on the website for more information (http://www.gold.ac.uk/library/collections/audio-visual-collection/)

• Some are available only to HE students, e.g. JISC Media Hub, AP Press Archive (particularly good for themed collections of news footage)

• Others are freely available, e.g. BBC Archive, British Pathé

AP ARCHIVE – MORE ONLINE VIDEO NEWS

REFERENCING

THE PURPOSE OF REFERENCING

• Traces the origin of ideas → placed in their historical, social, cultural contexts

• Builds a web of ideas → assignments build arguments and connects them

• Finds your own academic voice → use the arguments of others to develop your own ideas and method of articulating them

• Validates arguments → show the accuracy and validity of your sources

• Spreads knowledge → develop a trail of knowledge to advance that of others

• Acknowledge the work of others → respect the IP of the work of others

Neville, C. (2010) The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism. Maidenhead: Open University Press

REFERENCING

WHAT IS ZOTERO? (http://www.zotero.org/)

• Free, open source online referencing software developed by George Mason University – regularly improved and updated by its community of users

• Integrates with all web browsers and Word with plug-ins/extensions

• Create libraries of references with the click of a button – whether you’re searching library catalogues, databases, newspapers, websites, video, etc

• Microsoft Word plug-in creates in-text citations and bibliographies for you (you must open Zotero in Firefox when you’re doing this!)

• Create groups, collaborate with others and share references

• Videos available at http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials

Register an account and get started!

YOUR ZOTERO LIBRARY

Organised into groups – see the variety of sources