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UCL Library
Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)Email: [email protected]
Useful Links: http://delicious.com/LynneMeehan/natsci3
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Introduction
Sources of Information
Search Techniques
Evaluating Information
References
Current Awareness
Further Help
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Where do you look?
Search Engine
Database
Library catalogue
Encyclopedia
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Type of information
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Overview of Topic
Where to look• Encyclopedia• Dictionary• Websites• Lecture notes
This will help you decide concepts and keywords for searching
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Search techniques - Define your topic
“Current problems with understanding polar ozone loss”
Work in groups and define the concepts and find keywords and synonyms for them.
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Boolean logic for combining search terms
Polar regions Polar ozone Ozone layer
Polar OR Ozone
Polar AND Ozone
Polar NOT Ozone
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• Phrase search
e.g. “ozone layer”• Nesting
e.g. ozone (loss or prevention)
• Wildcards
e.g. Wom?n• Truncation
e.g. deplet*
Search tips
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• Google is not the only search engine, try• Yahoo www.yahoo.com • Exalead, www.exalead.com/search • Librarians’ Internet Index -- www.lii.org
• Think “full text” = be specific e.g. war of 1812 economic causes vs. history
• Use academic & professional termse.g.domestic architecture vs. houses
• Limit your search to …• Web page title• Website or domain• File type• Definitions
• "Invisible Web", a.k.a. the "Deep Web"?
Web search
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What databases to use
Go to library website for access: www.ucl.ac.uk/Library
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Finding References
Bibliographic databasesonly link out to full-text
ILL
Other libraries
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PROMPT
•Presentation•Relevance•Objectivity•Method•Provenance•Timeliness
Evaluate
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Citing your Sources
Citing styles: Harvard and Vancouver Systematic notes Note the content
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Reference management software
Reference Manager (10 or 12)
Endnote
Zotero
Mendeley
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Set up a new reference manager database
• Click on File• Click on New
• Choose file location (remember where• Type in file name e.g. natsci
• Click on New
Login to Cluster WTS
Click on Start
Programs P-R
Select Reference Manager
Select Reference Manager 10
Reference manager Demo
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Current Awareness
Current awareness is a term that describes the methods used to keep up to date with the most recent information in your subject area
ZETOC - http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
TicTOCs - http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/
Database search alerts – see individual database pages for details
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Access to e-resources
• Most electronic resources can be accessed on or off campus
• The best route to these is via the library website• You will need your UCL userid to log in• For further information go to
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/e-res.shtml#res-home
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Help!
WISE: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/moodle Click on WISE, then choose your core stream
faculty Ask at the Enquiry Desk
Ground floor, Science Library
020 7679 7789
Come and ask me http://delicious.com/LynneMeehan/natsci3
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Thank you
Please fill in the evaluation form at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2JY2F9
Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)Email:[email protected]