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LIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLS FOR SEMINAR
19 October 2012
byMdm Norzelatun Rodhiah Hazmi,
IIUM Library [email protected]
OutlineOutline How to Develop an Information
Search Strategy for Research
Searching for Journal Articles
Databases – Online Version
Digital Services - IIUM Publication
Library Catalog – Print version
Journal Citation
Example:
The Application of 4G Technology in Communication
Refer to dictionaries, encyclopedias, or textbooks to obtain a better understanding
1. IDENTIFY THE KEYWORDS CONTAIN IN YOUR TOPIC
Example:
The Application of 4G Technology in Communication
Refer to dictionaries, encyclopedias, or textbooks to obtain a better understanding
1. IDENTIFY THE KEYWORDS CONTAIN IN YOUR TOPIC
Example: The Application of 4G Technology in Communication
2. EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE KEYWORDS
Concept 14G
Concept 2Technology
Concept 3Communicati
onMobile PhonesCellularTelecoms
InnovativeApplicationNetwork
Technical Comm.Human Comm.Industrial Comm.
3. COMBINING TERMS – BOOLEAN SEARCHING
While searching in OPAC or Databases to find journal articles – construct search queries using Boolean
AND – to narrow a search
OR – to broaden a search
NOT – to exclude
• Combining 2 keywords – using AND
AND
network
technical communication
AND
network
technical communication
• Narrowing down a search – using AND
AND
AND
network
technical communication
innovative
network
technical communicatio
n
innovative
• Broaden a search using OR
OR mobile phone
cellular
cellular
mobile phone
• Excluding terms not needed – using NOT
NOT
innovation
technology
innovation
technology
How to narrow a search ?
If too many results are found:
• choose a more specific or precise keyword e.g. ‘equalizers’ instead of ‘circuits’
• add another concept to your search, use AND e.g ‘equalizers’ AND ‘electric filters’ AND ‘network’
How to broaden a search ?
If only a few results are found:• Try searching with alternative keywords
• Choose a broader, less specific terms e.g ‘transistors’ instead of ‘phototransistors’
•Select another information source, book, database, index or encyclopedia
Example of wildcards:Example of wildcards:
Use Use ?? to replace a letter or letters in a to replace a letter or letters in a word. word.
e.g analye.g analy??ee will pick up will pick up analyanalyzzee and and analyanalyssee
e.g cole.g col??r r will pick up will pick up colcoloorr and and colcolouourr
4. Extend the power and precision of boolean searching via truncations,
wildcards or double quotation marks
Example of truncations:Example of truncations:
Use * to truncate a word:
e.g. cell* will pick up: cell, cells, cellulose,
etc.
e.g. carbon* will pick up: carbon,
carbonates, carbonization, carbonylation, etc.
Example of double quotation marks:
“enzyme degradation” – the database should look for an exact match of the word“product” – get exact match of the word without stem variations (base word plus varying endings including plurals, -ion, etc.
Identify the key concepts or ideas contain in your topic
List alternative keywords for each concept
construct search queries using Boolean
Use truncations, wildcards or double quotation marks while searching online
databases
Decide your topic
STEPS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH
OutlineOutline How to Develop an Information
Search Strategy for Research
Searching for Journal Articles
Databases – Online Version
Digital Services - IIUM Publication
Library Catalog – Print version
What is an Online Database?
• It provides online information such as books, journals or magazines articles, thesis, etc.• There are more than 60 databases subscribed by IIUM Library to support study and research needs of this University• The online databases are accessible via the IIUM Library homepage
Online Databases for Engineering Database
Publishers/ Names Producers
1. Academic Search Premier EBSCO
2. Emerald Management Xtra EMERALD
3. ScienceDirect ELSEVIER
4. SpringerLink SPRINGER
5. IEEE Xplore IEEE
Types of Databases
Bibliographic – indexes providing citation to articles and abstract – no complete text
Full text – provides complete textual content of the print version
How to access the online databases?How to access the online databases?
Click ‘Online Databases’
List of Online Databases Subscribed by IIUM Library
Arranged A-Z
Article title
Journal title + sources
Author(s) of the journal article
Database Record Interpretation
Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks Computer Communications, Volume 31, Issue 17, November 2008, pages 4220 – 4229 Wweng, J-F, Chen, J-C, Cheng, K-W
1.ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
Subjects : Economics, Engineering, Human Science, Medical, Science
Click here
Search for journal articles that contains the keywords GSM AND UMTS
GSMUMTS
Results: 28 documents found!
Full-text article: save/print/e-mail
Emerald FullText is a collection of over 42,000 articles from over 100 of the most prestigious journals, complete with full text archives dating back to 1994 and abstracts back to 1989.
2. EMERALD MANAGEMENT XTRA
Click here
Click “Advanced Search”
Click Journal
Search for journal articles that contains the keywords “night vision” AND technology
“night vision”technology
6 results found!
VIEW FULL TEXT ARTICLE : PDF Format
Save/print
3. IEEE Xplore3. IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore is an online delivery system providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
IEEE Xplore contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications.
Click here
Click ‘Advanced Search’
Search: ‘RFID’ AND ‘technology’ AND ‘finding system*’
RFID
technology
Finding system*
Content Types
IIUM Library subscribes to Conferences, Journals and Standards only.
Results : 8 documents found!
Journal Article: save , print or e-mail
4. SpringerLinkSpringerLINK Online Journals is an electronic journal data source from Springer (includes Kluwer) in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities and economics etc.
Click here
Search for articles that contains the keywords “image segmentation techniques”
“image segmentation techniques”
Results: 470 Book Chapters and Journal Articles found!
Book Article: save/print/e-mail
OutlineOutline How to Develop an Information
Search Strategy for Research
Searching for Journal Articles
Databases – Online Version
Digital Services - IIUM Publication
Library Catalog – Print version
On the Library Homepage, click ‘Digital Library’
Under Digital Library, click ‘IIUM Publication’
electrical
Key in any keyword(s) in the search box
6 documents found!
Click to get the metadata
records
Click on title to get the full text
Metadata records
Full-text journal article: save/print/e-mail
What to do as there is no full text?
OutlineOutline How to Develop an Information
Search Strategy for Research
Searching for Journal Articles
Databases – Online Version
Digital Services - IIUM Publication
Library Catalog – Print version
TO FIND PRINTED JOURNAL ARTICLES (Using Library Catalog)
Click ‘Advanced Catalog Search’
Radioelectronics and communications systems
Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse-switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp. 411-414.
Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse-switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp. 411-414.
Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse-switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp. 411-414.
2. Finding Fulltext in Printed JournalsRetrieve the correct year/volume/issue from the shelves.
j TK5101A1I99A4 2011 v54 n8
Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse-switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp. 411-414.
The following citation was found in Engineering Village 2 but the full text is not available. Find out if the following article is available as print format in the library, give
the call no.:
j TK5105.5W798W 2007v15Sept-Dec
What to do as there is no full text?
Submit to the Library Staff
Citation is very important in academic paper
How to cite? a. Use a standard format – i.e APA Citation Style
b. Use example available at Library Information Desk, Level 1-4
Don’t Forget to Cite
OutlineOutline
Citation of Journal Articles
How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research
Searching of Online Databases to Find Journal Articles for Research
HOW TO CITE A JOURNAL ARTICLE?
1. 1. Article from Printed Journal Weng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W. (2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), 4220-4229.
2. 2. Article from an Online DatabaseWeng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W.(2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), 4220-4229. Retrieved January 28, 2011, from Science Direct database.
HOW TO CITE A JOURNAL ARTICLE?
1. 1. Article from Printed Journal
Weng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W. (2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), 4220-4229.
2. 2. Article from an Online Database
Retrieved October 14, 2011, from Science Direct database.
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