University Library

UBT

Vibeke Bårnesvibeke.baarnes@uit.noKS-library 2015(Culture and social sciences library)

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The physical library

• Printed books and journals

• Reference books

• Reading areas on all 3 levels.

• Public terminals

• Free printing, copying and scanning

• Open network

• Information desk: 12 pm - 2 pm

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The electronical library

• UBT subscribes to 250 databases,

more than 30.000 e-journals and

more than 750.000 e-books. All in full text.

• The UB subscribes to Library PressDisplay, a full text

database containing more than 2000 newspapers from 92

countries in 48 languages.

• Free access on campus and at the student homes.

Elsewhere: connect to the VPN (see UB’s homepage)

• You may borrow iPads/Galaxy at the library.

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Where to search for

documents?

• Starting point: http://uit.no/ub

• Library search (uit.oria.no)

contains information on

books, e-books, e-journals,

articles, theses etc.

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Library search (uit.oria.no)

Where to search for databases

in your field?

• Library search (Oria) → Find databases → Category→ : e.g. Social sciences → Sub-category →e.g. Peace studies → Find databases

• Political science (36)

• Sociology (29)

• Social Anthropology (28)

• Peace studies (30)

• Education (25)

• Indigenous peoples studies (25)

• Economy (15)

• Religious studies (15)

• History (32)

• Philosophy (18)

• Archaeology (16)

• ALL

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Some useful databases

• Library Search (Oria): all library documents

• MUNIN: fulltext, digital archive from UiT (master- and doctoral

theses, etc.)

• PROQUEST Research library: fulltext articles from

international journals etc. Contains 36 databases, like

Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science,

Eric (education), Historical abstracts, Philosophical

abtracts, Proquest Dissertations etc.

• JSTOR: fulltext digital archive back to first issue

• Web of Science (ISI)(Social Sciences Citation Index):

international citations and articles

• SCOPUS:the world’s largest abstract and citation

database(peer-reviewed and quality web resources).

• CIAO: international affairs

• Cambridge Histories Online

• Oxford reference- History

• Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog (KVK)

• Guide to the United Nation Human Rights Documentation

• Contemporary Women’s Issues: multidisciplinary

• Index islamicus: islam, muslims, the Middle East etc.

• Anthrosource: anthropological resources

• High North Research Documents: open access documentsrelevant to the Arctic area.

• The World Fact Book: updated public information

• Encyclopedias, dictionaries

• Ordnett.no (ordbøker)

• Public information (Odin, Lovdata, SSB etc.)

• Google Scholar: ”academic” google

• Etc.

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How to qualify assure your search?

Search: terrorism and norway (terror* and norw*)

• Google: 5 020 000 (104 000 000)

• Google scholar: 43 200 (18 100)

• UB database (e.g. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts):

75 (71 peer-reviewed) and 133 (115 peer-reviewed)

Which one would you prefer?

Subject librarians in social sciences at UBT

• Per Pippin Aspaas: history, archaeology,

religion, greek and latin

• Erlend Hagan: indigenous studies, sami and

russian

• Vibeke Bårnes: sociology, political science,

social anthropology, education, peace studies

Textbook- where to find information

- search tips

- source criticism

- plagiarism and cheating

- quotations, citations and references

- referencing tecniques

- citation examples

- writing papers

Bårnes, Vibeke and Mariann Løkse (2014): Information literacy: How to find, evaluate and cite sources. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk. (NOK 249,-)