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Introduction to academic research methodology in the library
From good sources
Steven LaporteOktober 12, 2016University Library [email protected]
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1-10-2016 | 2
“I have always imagined
that paradise will be a
kind of library.”
Poema de los dones - Jorge Luis Borges
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Overview
1. About sources
When does a source qualify as a scientific source?
Some pitfalls
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Overview
2. Internal and external library resources.
Academic databases
Paywalls and Open Access
External sources
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Overview
3. Successfully Managing source research
Research question
Keywords and searches
Resource Management
Output
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About sources
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Source = information + physical medium
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
1. The carrier
o Unknown website/suspect url
o Blog
o Newspaper article
o Peer-reviewed journal
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
2. The author:
o Where does the author work?
o What is the educational background of the author?
o Other publications
o Is the author often cited?
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V.b. Avi Sion
Sent to the library unsolicited
Author name looks like an alias
Linked to an ‘odd’ website: http://www.thelogician.net/
Claims a PhD, but from which university?
NO bibliography
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
3. The publisher:
o Other publications?
o Connected to a scientific institution?
o Finish
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V.b. Lap Lambert academic Publishing
Unsolicited
Website: https://www.lap-publishing.com/
No academic partners
Negative reviews:
http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/05/lambert-academic-
publishing-a-must-to-avoid/
No peer-review
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
4. Publication date?
o Dependant on the subject
o Recent?
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
5. Reviews?
o Judgement
o Source of the review
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
6. Citations and bibliography
o Position within a research network
o Traceability of the facts cited
o Identification of the author's own contribution
o Repeatability of the investigation
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When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
7. Financing
o Independence of the investigation
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Peer-review?
Review by peers / colleagues
Criteria
o Originality
o Accessibility
o Solid evidence of findings
Careful editing process
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Vb. Verdachte bron
“Doctrine of Signatures”
http://www.ajpct.org/index.php/AJPCT/article/view/114
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Impact factor?
="Weight" of a scientific journal:
o The more articles from a given scientific journal in other journals are cited, the higher
the impact factor
"Weight" of the researcher : h-index
o More objective
o Criticism
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Basic attitude = Skeptical
… especially when the material found supports your thesis
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some pitfalls
“Publish or perish”
Display only positive results?
Fraud
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Internal and external library resources
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Internal and external library resources
Library no longer has a monopoly
Library resources + expertise
Signpost
Infrastructure
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Catalogs
books, magazines and audiovisual materials
Information about their repository (location attribute)
Ex.: www.unicat.be
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Book classification
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The VUB central library
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Academic databases :
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Which database should you use?
https://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/ubwebsite_database_subj_en.html#34
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Online databases: Where to start?
Library catalogue:
http://biblio.vub.ac.be/vubissmartweb/Vubis.csp
Overview databases:
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/ubwebsite_database_alpha.html
Library general information
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO
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Paywalls and Open Access
Paywall= pay for access
o IP-adres
o VUBnet NetID and password
Open Access
o Free access
o What business model?
oEx. PLoS one, Doaj, arXiv
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Examples of external sources
Images
o http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online
o http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/
o https://archive.org/details/paulotlet
Audio
o http://research.culturalequity.org/rc-b2/home-audio.jsp
Lectures
o http://videolectures.net/
o http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
o Itunes University
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Successfully Managing source research
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Keywords
o Synoniemen
o Vertalingen
o Enkel- of meervoud
o Narrower term
o Broader term
o Related term
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Searches
Boolean search terms
o AND OR NOT
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Resource Manager
Use a reference manager
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Storing and organizing references (citations)
Editing of bibliographic data
Exporting bibliographies
Management of full-text docs
Integration into word processing software
What can you do with a reference manager?
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Alternatives
Thomas Reuters
Web app en desktop
Latest version: X7
Prijs: € 217.74
Search external databases
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Alternatives
Thomas Reuters
Online only
Free
Limit of 50.000 references
2GB webspace
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Alternatives
Open-source
Web app and desktop
Center for History and New
Media of George Mason University
Free
300MB webspace
Originally an add-on for firefox
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Alternatives
ProQuest
$100 / year
Integration with other ProQuest products
and partners
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Alternatives
Elsevier
Free
2GB
Social networking
cross-platform/cross devices
Desktop- and webapplication
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Elaborated example: Mendeley
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The web-module
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My library (webmodule)
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Desktop module
Work offline
“Drag-and-drop”
Save files locally
Additional functionalities
Syncing
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Collecting referencesCompatible sites for the web importer
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Reference managers: use
Results ICT survey summer 2013
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Links to reference managers
Endnote http://endnote.com
EndnoteWeb https://www.myendnoteweb.com
Zotero https://www.zotero.org
RefWorks http://www.refworks.com
Vergelijkingstabel Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_m
anagement_software
Introductie-filmpjes Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/videos-tutorials
Hulpdocumenten Mendeley http://resources.mendeley.com
Compatibele sites voor de web importeur
Tutorial Informatievaardigheden AUHA
http://www.mendeley.com/import/
https://anet.ua.ac.be/wiki/auha/StartScherm
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Questions?