myresearch (humanities) module 3 fall 2013 natalie colaiacovo julie jones sharon rankin
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MyResearch (Humanities)Module 3
Fall 2013
Natalie ColaiacovoJulie JonesSharon Rankin
Yesterday we went over… Constructing search strategies McGill WorldCat catalogue vs. Classic catalogue General academic databases Google search commands/maximizing Google
Scholar
Welcome back!
Locating theses and dissertations
Finding known citations
CREPUQ borrowing and interlibrary loans
Subject guides and subject-specific databases
Citation searching
Alerts and current awareness
Special resources and collections
This week…
Theses and dissertations: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/theses
Specialized Resources
eScholarship ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
27 500+ full text McGill theses• Allows searching by faculty
advisor
McGill theses from 1934 to present day• Full text 1997-• Selected full text before 1997
Also contains: journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, book chapters written by McGill faculty and students
Also contains: theses written by students from North American and European universities
Use for: McGill-specific search requirements
Use for: Broader scope of current research
1. Conduct a keyword search in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses to find a thesis related to your research.
Check the bibliography to see if any articles could be useful for your research
2. Search eScholarship to find a thesis supervised by your current supervisor, or by a professor in your department.
Specialized Resources
Finding known citations
Search by journal title in the Library Catalogue
- Navigate to the issue that the journal is in.
And:
Search for the article by title in Google Scholar and use the Find it at McGill link.
Search for the article by title in WorldCat Local.
How to find a known journal article
Brooks, Christina. “New Woman, Fallen Woman: the Crisis of Reputation in Turn- of-the-Century Novels by Pauline Hopkins and Edith Wharton.” Legacy. 13.2 (1996): 91-112.
Brooks, Christina. New Woman, Fallen Woman: the Crisis of Reputation in Turn- of-the-Century Novels by Pauline Hopkins and Edith Wharton.” Legacy. 13.2 (1996): 91-112.
Title of article
Title of journal
Volume, issue, year, and page
numbers.
Author
Locate the full text of the following two articles:
Tavoni, Massimo, et al. "The value of technology and of its evolution towards a low carbon economy." Climatic change 114.1 (2012): 39-57.
Vivoni, Enrique R. "Spatial patterns, processes and predictions in ecohydrology: integrating technologies to meet the challenge." Ecohydrology 5.3 (2012): 235-241.
Known article searching exercise
Allows you to borrow books from other universities in Quebec and Canada.
Obtain a CREPUQ card at any Library Services Desk on campus.
CREPUQ card: what is it?
Interlibrary loan
- Use when McGill and other local universities do not have an item.
- McGill will borrow or obtain a copy of what you require
Interlibrary loan: what is it?
Curated lists of resources (encyclopedias, databases, websites, etc.) key to a subject area.
Created and maintained by librarians at McGill.
Also known as “Research Guides”.
Subject Guides: What are they?
Subject guides
Your turn
What is a thesaurus?
predefined keyword terms = subject terms
“A thesaurus provides a summary listing of the terms in a domain and the main relations between them.”
“a set of terms, a set of relationships, and a set of displays showing relationships between terms.”
From “Teach Yourself Thesaurus: Exercises, Readings, Resources.” Thomas, Alan R. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Vol. 37, No. 3/4, 2004, pp. 24-25.
Databases with Thesauri
Improve relevancy in your results sets
Learn the discipline specific vocabulary your area of study
Why use Thesaurus terms in your search?
Broader Narrower Related
“Explode" a search term
The "explode" concept is only available in databases that have a thesaurus. To "explode" a search term means to search a subject term and all its associated narrower terms.
Thesaurus terms
What is it?
It is the locating of references that have cited a particular older work.
Allows you to trace the works that are borne out of the ideas of a particular work.
Is a useful way to examine how a theory or idea has evolved in the literature over time.
Citation searching
Citation searching
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Supplements standard subject searching.
Cuts across disciplines.
Use for discovery and also to confirm that your search strategy has been comprehensive.
3 citation databases offer this functionality:
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Scopus – cited by
Web of Science – cited by
Google Scholar – cited by
Search for the following article in Scopus, Web of Knowledge, and Google Scholar:
Domosh, Mona. "Those ‘Gorgeous Incongruities’: Polite Politics and Public Space on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century New York City." Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 88.2 (1998): 209-226.
Compare the “Cited by” numbers from each database.
Exercise
Alerts, RSS, and other current awareness strategies
Setting up a search alert in SCOPUS
What the search alert looks like in your inbox…
Option 1: Go to the webpage for the journal and set alert.
Setting up a Table of Contents (TOC) alert
Option 2: Use an aggregator like Journal TOCs.
http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/
Setting up a Table of Contents (TOC) alert
BrowZine delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad or Android tablet. BrowZine works by organizing the articles found in Open Access and subscription databases, uniting them into complete journals, then arranging these journals on a common newsstand. The result is an easy and familiar way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals across the disciplines. Not all our journal subscriptions are available through BrowZine, but thousands are, and many more are being added. For example, journal aggregators such as Ovid, ProQuest, and EBSCO, will be added on October 31, 2013.
BrowZine allows you to:
• Read complete scholarly journals in a browsable format on your tablet.
• Create a personal bookshelf of your favourite journals.
• Get alerts when new issues of journals are published
BrowZine
BrowZine
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/computers/mobile
BrowZine and other apps
McGill Archives: http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/
Rare Books & Special Collections: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks
Maps & geospatial data guide: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/maps
The GIC: http://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/
EDRS: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/edrs
Statistics: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/hssl/about/edrs
Government / International organization documents: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/govinfo/
Specialized Resources
McGill Rare Books & Special Collections
Specialized Resources
http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/rbsc/
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks
USE FOR:• Canadiana• 17th/18th C.
Philosophy• Book history and
print culture• Special
collections• Boy Scouts• Olympics• Puppets
McGill University Archives
Specialized Resources
http://archives.mcgill.ca
USE FOR:• Primary sources
• Letters• Author notes/
manuscripts• McGill history• Growing online
collection
The Geographic Information Centre
Specialized Resources
USE FOR:• One-on-one help
from GIS/RS Specialists
• Computers equipped with GIS/RS software
• NEW GIS Introductory workshops
http://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/
Electronic Data Resources Services
Specialized Resources
USE FOR:• Finding data sets• Assistance with
data collection• Introductory
workshops using statistical software
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/hssl/about/edrs
Statistics
Statistics and Data Research Guide
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/edrs
Contact: [email protected]
Government Information
Government Information Research Guide
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/govinfo
Contact: [email protected]
Specialized Resources
bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill
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