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Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680 Library Workshop, October 8 2008, by Dan Sich, Earth Sciences, Planetary Science and Physics & Astronomy Librarian, University of Western Ontario
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Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680:The Library Workshop
Dan SichEarth Sciences, Planetary Science,and Physics & Astronomy Librarian
October 8th, 2008
Skills
• find articles using databases
• search by cited reference
• build a list of references, bibliography
• get article full text
Schedule
• RefWorks & RACER account set-up
• finding books
• finding journal articles & fulltext:– GeoRef– Web of Science– SciFinder Scholar
• RefWorks (export, bibliography)
Register for RefWorks
• You’ll use your RefWorks account throughout this session
Your @uwo.ca email address works best. Note: you will receive an email that contains UWO’s ‘group code’ for RefWorks. This group code lets you login to RefWorks from off-campus.
Register for RACER
• You’ll use your RACER account later in the session
Your student ID number will be your RACER login
Your on-campus mail address
Library Catalogue
• Everything that the library owns
• Books, journals (not articles), etc.
• Books: introductions, basic info, data, etc.
• Search by keyword, title, author, etc.
• Get location, call number, status• Use subject headings (none shown here) to find similar items• See table of contents (none shown here)• If signed-out (i.e. not in library), Request Item• Send to RefWorks to add to your list of citations
Your turn
• 3 minutes
• Search the library catalogue
• Ask us questions
Journal Articles & Databases
• Find peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles, conference articles, and review articles using journal article databases
• GeoRef (geology)
• Web of Science (citation searching)
• SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)
Scholarly vs. Popular Publications
• availability• audience• aesthetics• authors• topics• length• language• advertizing• sources,
credits
Peer-review process
1. author writes paper, sends to publisher
2. publisher sends to referees (experts)
3. referees send feedback to publisher
4. publisher decides to publish or not
5. paper is published
6. journal is distributed
Let’s add GeoBase and GeoRef In Process to our selected databases
Search tips
• identify concepts, keywords, synonyms
• use AND, OR, NOT, * (truncation)
• E.g., mineral* AND (mars OR martian) AND soil*
• limit date range, document type(s), etc.
Look at Peer-Reviewed Journal (article)s
Use Descriptors to find similar articles
Click Get it @ Western to find actual article
We have this article online.You can also link to the journal through the library catalogue (similar to doing a Journal Title search in the catalogue), but this doesn’t take you to the exact article.
• We don’t appear to have this journal issue online• Check the library catalogue for print or online version• If we don’t have print or online, use Interlibrary Loan ($5
per article; take 4-10 business days)
Export selected references to your RefWorks account
Your turn
• 10 minutes
• Search GeoRef
• Get article fulltext
• Interlibrary Loan costs $5 per article
• Export citations to RefWorks
• Ask questions
• Publication date?• Brand new articles are
usually not yet cited
• Read abstracts• Refine Results• Get it @ Western
• Times cited?• The older the article,
the longer it’s been around to be read & cited by others
• Which are the most highly cited articles?
• Create Citation Report
• What are the most highly cited articles on this specific topic?
• See who has cited this article (Times Cited)
• See who this article has cited (References)
• …gets you a list of articles *in Web of Science* that have cited this article
• To export to RefWorks, select articles and click more options
• …then at the bottom of the page use Output Records
• For Step 3, Save to Plain Text
1. Save File to desktop
2. In a separate tab or browser, login to RefWorks
• In RefWorks, select References > Import
• Import Filter/Data Source = ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)• Database = Web of Science• Import References into Folder (optional)• Browse to your .txt file• Encoding = ANSI – Latin I• Click Import
• You’ve imported your references successful• Where are they?• View Last Imported Folder or View > All
References
• All of your references are in one place• From here you can make a Bibliography
relatively easily (part of next week’s class)• From here you can also use Get it @ Western
Your turn
• 10 minutes
• Search Web of Science
• View Cited References
• Get article full text
• Export citations to RefWorks
SciFinder Scholar
• Best database for chemistry• You need to synchronize your password to
access SciFinder Scholar via Sun Secure Global Desktop (i.e. to use SciFinder Scholar in the library)
• It’s easier to use the client at home or on your laptop (download instructions are linked)
• A web version is coming!• Always click Exit when you are finished using
SciFinder Scholar. We have only 8 ‘seats.’
• How to synchronize your password
Sun Secure Global Desktop login
• This is what you’ll see if you use SciFinder Scholar in the Library.
How to export from SciFinder Scholar to RefWorks while in the library:1. Select articles2. Save As3. Download on ‘sushi’ (K:)4. Type = Tagged Format (*.txt)5. Exit SciFinder Scholar
• Click the orange X
• Then you *should* get this screen• If you don’t (if it crashes), then re-login to
SciFinder Scholar and exit again. You should then see this screen.
• Click Retrieve your search results
1. Click download
2. Browse to your file (or folder)
3. Click your filename
• Save the file to your desktop as file type Text Document
• Then go to RefWorks and References > Import
Notes on SciFinder Scholar
• Remember to click Exit when you are finished.
• These screen captures are for Sun Secure Global Desktop, which is what you’ll use if you use SciFinder Scholar in the library.
• It’s easier to use if you download the client to your own home or office machine.
• A web version is coming!
• In RefWorks, select References > Import
• Import Filter/Data Source = CAS SciFinder• Database = CAPlus• Import References into Folder (optional)• Browse to your .txt file• Encoding = ANSI – Latin I• Click Import
RefWorks
• web application for citation management
• automatically formats notes, bibliographies
• Export citations directly from database, or import citations from .txt file
• use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word
• Make a Bibliography using RefWorks
• Click Bibliography
• We need to add a more appropriate style to our list of Favorites
• E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc.
• Click Output Style > Access Output Style Manager…
• Choose the appropriate Output Style(s) from the list of the left
• E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, etc.
• Click Add to Favorites
1. Select Output Style from drop-down
2. Select References to Include (e.g., All References, Last Imported folder, another folder, All References, etc.)
3. Click Create Bibliography
• Creates a bibliography relatively easily• Check the formatting for errors• At home, you may want to use Write-N-Cite for MS Word
Your turn
• 10 minutes
• Create a bibliography using RefWorks and an appropriate style
Questions & feedback
• On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about
• It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session
contact info
Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian
phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962
eMail/MSN: [email protected]
Subject: Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680 question
Skype: dansich