E-Resources, Literature Search and

Reference Management

V. SriramCentre for Development Studies

ThiruvananthapuramE-mail: sriram@cds.edu

Training Programme on Research Methodology for the Faculty Members of

Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University

IMG, Thiruvananthapuram20th to 24th November 2017

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E-Resources Tips for Managing Literature Reference Management – Zotero

e- Resources

Journal DatabasesStatistical DatabasesTheses and Dissertations

CoursewareArchives Information Portals

Journal DatabasesCambridge Journals http://journals.cambridge.org/DOAJ http://doaj.org/JSTOR http://www.jstor.orgOxford Online http://www.oxfordjournals.org/PLOS https://www.plos.org/PLOS https://www.plos.org/Project MUSE http://muse.jhu.edu/Science Direct

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journals/Springer Journals http://link.springer.com/Wiley Online http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

Statistical ResourcesCensus of India http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DES, Kerala http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/Economic Review, Kerala http://spb.kerala.gov.inEconomic Survey, India http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.aspICSSR Data Service http:/www.icssrdataservice.in/IMF Data http://www.elibrary.imf.org/MOSPI http://mospi.nic.inRBI – DBIE http://dbie.rbi.org.in/UN Comtrade http://comtrade.un.org/db/World Bank Open Data http://data.worldbank.org

Theses and DissertationsEThOS http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do

Open Thesis http://www.openthesis.org/

Shodhganga http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

CoursewareedX https://www.edx.org

MIT Open Courses http://ocw.mit.edu/courses

Open Knowledge Hub

Content Explorer service provided by IDS,UK

http://explorer.okhub.org/

Content Explorer service provided by IDS,UK focusing on development studies. It is a platform for sharing and downloading digital content about development from various institutions globally.

DELNET

http://delnet.nic.in/

DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

Managing Literature and References

Systematic gathering of sources:• Using proper tools to gather literature – Google

Scholar, Journal Databases, …• Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes, • Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes,

comments, and making it error free• Organizing by topic, subject, research area…• Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval• Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.

Reference management softwareNeed: Enhance the presentation Good practice to give due credit Avoid plagiarism Benefits:• search easily for a particular reference to which you

need to refer back• print or save lists of references• insert citations into your document and automatically

produce a bibliography in whatever style you require

Zotero

• Free – Open Source• Platform independent • Works Offline and Online• Over 8100 referencing styles

www.zotero.org

• Over 8100 referencing styles • Data Sharing• 26 fields• 34 Types of Sources• Linking full text / pdf• Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

Zotero - Installation

Zotero - Installation

Open Zotero

• Zotero Desktop Icon• Works Offline and Online

Collecting References

Collecting References

Adding items

Organizing items

Drag & Drop Items

Items metadata

Notes

Notes

Tags

Tags

Attachments

Searching Items

Zotero – Word Add - in

Insert Citation

Insert Bibliography

Create Zotero Account

Zotero Login

Synchronize

Settings

Backup

Conclusion

• Organize your research materials• Long term storage• Reduce data entry and formatting• Develop your research• Develop your research

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Centre for Development StudiesThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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