Information Skills for first year Geographers
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Information Skillsfor first year Geographers
Sue BirdBodleian Subject Specialist
Librarian Geography
October 2013
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Today’s session
• Using SOLO
• Finding items on reading lists
• Citation and plagiarism
• Subject searching–Reference books
–SCOPUS–WoK
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SOLO• Searches the library catalogue, e-journals, e-
books, etc.• Use it as a starting point for all searches• Links from many web pages including libraries
home page www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk • Or go direct to http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Search for a book
• Sheppard & Barnes (2000) A companion to economic geography: Blackwell
• Carolyn Merchant (2004) Reinventing Eden: Routledge
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Search for a book
• Soja, E.W. (1971) The political organization of space. Association of American Geographers Resource Paper.
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Title: The political organization of space Further information: Edward W. Soja. Publisher Details: Washington : Association of American Geographers, Commission on College Geography Publication Date: 1971 Format: 54 p : ill. ; 28 cm. Language: English Author: Edward W. Soja Subjects: Political geography ; Territoriality (Zoology) Identifier: ISBN: 0892910550 ;ISBN: 9780892910557 Related Titles: Series: Resource paper (Association of American Geographers. Commission on College Geography) ; no. 8
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Search for a periodical• O’Brien, K. (2011) Responding to environmental
change: A new age for human geography? Progress in Human Geography 35(4) 542-549.
• Amin A and N Thrift (2005) 'What's Left: Just the Future', Antipode, 37, 2, 220-238
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O’Brien, K.(2011) Responding to environmental change: A new age for human geography? Progress in Human Geography 35(4) 542-549.
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Reading List Tips• What you need to look up on SOLO should be
indicated somehow• Italics or underlining, etc. (Antipode, Global geomorphology )• Remember that explanatory text could be
inserted between the elements of the reference.
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Book?, Chapter?, Article? - TIPS
• Books – Year only
• Chapters – Use the word “IN”
• Articles- Many more numbers for volume, part (or issue), pages.
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Tutors are not infallible !Errors will (& do) creep in:
BEWARE: Misspellings & typose.g. Pomerantz(2009) Theory, Culture & Society
26 July-August, 9-10, 32-51.Correct: Pomeranz (2009) Theory, Culture &
Society 26, 7-8, 32-51.
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ExercisesTry exercise 1
Available via WebLearn or
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/training/training-presentations
• Geography• Geography first year practical: Information skills (Michaelmas Term)
» Slides » Journal abbreviations list » Exercise: Question sheet
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Citation and Plagiarism• Note the statement on the OUCE web site:
intranet.ouce.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/fhs/plagiarism.html• Avoid trouble by getting into good habits now – always record
your source, and the date you found it• Learn to cite references in a standard way – e.g. the Harvard
system• Useful guide available in Blackwells £1• Software is available to manage references – e.g. RefWorks
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https://intranet.ouce.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/fhs/plagiarism.html
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On-Line Resources
intranet.ouce.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/fhs/dissertation/referencing
The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism / Colin Neville 2nd. ed. (2010) Open University Press
Available as an e-book via SOLO, then E.B.L. & you will need to use your Single-Sign-On to access the text.
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Reference Management
RefWorksCan be accessed via SOLO or OxLIP+
(Right Hand box on 1st page)More details next year!
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GUIDE to RESOURCESGeography Libguide
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Reference works
• If you wanted to find a general introduction to the topic of Gaia, where might you look?
• Or give a definition of exogenesis
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International Encyclopedia of Human GeographyOxford Reference OnlineOxford Scholarship OnlineSAGE Reference OnlineSage Research Methods Online
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Subject Searching
To find information about a topic, rather than a specific reference, use a database that indexes articles – e.g.:
–SCOPUS– Web of Knowledge (WoK) / Web of Science (WoS)
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Suggested Essay Topic
• Find some articles to illustrate important episodes in the history of geomorphology.
• Which have been the most influential?
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SCOPUS• Scopus -- abstract and citation database containing
both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,500 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, including 325 book series.
• 46 million records:• 25 million records with references back to 1996
(of which 78% include references). • 21 million records pre-1996 which go back as far
as 1823. • 4.8 million conference papers from proceedings
and journals.
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Export
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Web of Knowledge
• Similar but not the same
• Also known as Web of Science
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Are there any other sources ?• Well there is Google Scholar
• Rough & ready• Can’t order your search• Can’t amend or refine your search• Remember it is a Search Engine not a database –
no human is involved
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Exercise 2
Now try these:
• 1. Find some articles on the drying up or desertification of the Aral Sea
• 2. Find a reference to a book review of Nick Middleton’s book “Global Casino”
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Biographical Resources
• You have been asked to give the vote of thanks to Andrew Goudie who is coming to speak to the Herbertson Society.
• Where might you start to look for information about him?
• What hobby does he have outside his geographical interests?
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& of the ones that are listed I’ve chosen:Who's Who and Who Was WhoDebrett's People of Today
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