Download - F inding the best information
Finding the best information
Therese Robin, Head of Library and Information Services
Library & Information Services 2014
Starting point?
LMS Readers, print and online
Pdfs
Video
Links to articles in UniMelb subscribed databases
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Beyond the LMS
Where you look
How you look
What type of information
depends on your information need.
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Internet
Information in the public domain e.g. Government reports. Site:gov.au
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Google searching TipsLibrary website link to Google’s searching Tips Specify the domain with your keywords e.g. site:edu; site:edu.au;
site:gov.au; site:vic.gov.au; link:ormond.unimelb.edu.au
The order of your keywords matters. Google weights the importance
of your keywords in order of appearance
Google assumes a Boolean AND between your keywords. For an
OR search you have to type OR between the words. More…
Use key words and phrases e.g. Australia "Federal budget"
Add descriptive words like ‘facts’ 'summary’ ‘basic’ ‘introduction’
‘opinion’ 'review'
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Googling cautions
What you see is skewed by what you have
viewed in the past.
The page rank algorithm is vulnerable to
manipulation
False sense of comprehensiveness
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Google Scholar
http://www.populartechnology.net/2010/08/google-scholar-illiteracy-in-pnas.html
Google Scholar provides links to full text University of Melbourne resources
See the Library website for how to set up Google Scholar
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EvaluationAuthority; Objectivity; Accuracy; Currency
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Think tanks: be aware of affiliations
Australian Policy Online
The Power index
Crikey.com
Get Up
Avaaz.org
The Globalist
Guides to Think Tanks:
Think Tanks based in AustraliaUK think tanksUS think tanksSourceWatch (left perspective)
Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)
Grattan Institute
Green Institute
Chifley Research Centre
Per Capita
The Australia Institute
The Melbourne Institute
Lowy Institute
The crisis group
Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS)
Australian Business Foundation
Australian Business Council (BCA)
Menzies Research Centre
Page Research Centre
Reliable sitesGet to know good sites as starting points Victorian government
Australian government
Australian Parliamentary Library / Hansard
The conversation
ABC; Radio National
BBC
Radio National Trove. Over 284,011,888 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic
newspapers, maps, music, archives and more
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Shared education Ormond College Library>Learning>Self-directed Learning
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Libraries still best for some types of information
Quality assuredContent richAccessibleRelevant
OrganisedORMOND COLLEGE
Library.ormond.unimelb.edu.au
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Ormond Library catalogue
Use the Ormond Library catalogueto find + Books and DVDs – not journal articles
Use Ormond’s eBook library (EBL) to find and borrow eBooks
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Catalogue tips
Don’t just cut and paste your assignment title – use key concepts.
Relevant result? – view its catalogue record, use the subject headings
The term used by your lecturer and textbook may differ from the subject used in the Library database. E.g. Indigenous v Aboriginal Australians
Found a book? Where is it? OS-GENERAL? RESERVES? REFERENCE? RecRead?
Lost? – ask library staff
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At the shelves
Dewey classification works by disciplines
Depending on the ‘angle” – you may find books on your subject in several areas
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E.g. Books on China 302 Intercultural communication 320.951 Politics 327.51 Foreign relations 365.45095 Human rights 395 Social life and customs 349.51 Law 495 Chinese language 709.51; 759.951 Art 895 Chinese literature 951 History
Choose some relevant numbers and walk over to the shelves and browse.And don’t forget to have a look for eBooks in EBL
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Think laterally
Question "Have you got anything on focus groups?” “I did a keyword search in the library website search box focus groups and got no results”
Answer Try keyword Marketing. Most marketing texts
will have a chapter on Focus Groups
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eBooks Your search in the Ormond
Library catalogue may retrieve selected eBooks from University or from Ormond’s eBook library EBL.
Click the URL link to use the eBook
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Or select e-Book Library (EBL) on the Ormond Library page
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News coverage of issues – current and retrospective Ormond College Library>Learning>Where Do You Get Your News?
News sites worth exploring
Media news and analysis
University of Melbourne subject guides and news databases
Ormond Periodicals: General reading in science, design, culture, news and current affairs, law, literature etc. Ormond College Library>About the Library>Magazines (Digital access to archives – ask staff)
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University Library
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In-depth collections | Gateway to online articles
UniMelb Libraries Discovery, Research help Uni Library Home
Specialised libraries Brownless
Biomedical Library, the
Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, the Giblin
Eunson
Business, Economics and Education Library or
the Eastern Resource Centre Law Library
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Discovery Library Home page Search everything at once
“catalogue, digital collections, eBooks and some databases”
Limit your results to books, digital articles (full text, Peer reviewed etc.)
Need help searching? UniMelb LibGuides
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Find a databaseIndividual ejournals and databases option on Library site.Why? Better search; comprehensive. e.g. Literature reviewsWhich database? Subject Research Guides (LibGuides)
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UniMelb: More digital goodies
The University of Melbourne Digital Repository showcases scholarly works of the University’s staff and students.
Learning and teaching resources Business Case Studies Readings Online Streaming video
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Consultation on finding resources:Therese Robin, Head of Library and Information Services (Mon-Fri) ext. 1117
Sarah Bertie, Librarian, Online Services(Mon-Wed) ext. 1116
Hala Zabakly Librarian, Technical Services(Tues, Wed, Fri) ext. 1145
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PostScript: Uni Library Classes, Tours and online tutorialsThroughout the year, the Library offers classes and tours. E.g.
Getting started: Library research (multi-disciplinary) Beginning historical research EndNote (Windows) Introductory workshops
And Online tutorials e.g. Learn to use RefWorks in 20 minutes(YouTube: 7 videos) RefWorks Fundamentals - shows the basic features of RefWorks
including creating your database, managing your references and generating bibliographies. (YouTube: 9 videos)
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