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From good sources Introduction to academic research methodology in the library Steven Laporte October 5th, 2015 University Library VUB [email protected]
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From good sources Introduction to academic research methodology in the library
Steven Laporte October 5th, 2015 University Library VUB [email protected]
Overview
1. About sources
When does a source qualify as a scientific source? Some pitfalls
Overview
2. Internal and external library resources. Academic databases Paywalls and Open Access Relevant external sources
o Images o Videos o Sound
Overview
3. Successfully Managing source research Research question Keywords and searches Resource Management Output
About sources
Source = information + physical medium
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
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?
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
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
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
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
4. Publication date?
o Dependant on the subject o Recent?
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
5. Reviews?
o Judgement
o Source of the review
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
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
7. Financing
o Independence of the investigation
Peer-review?
Review by peers / colleagues Criteria
o Originality o Accessibility o Solid evidence of findings
Careful editing process
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
Basic attitude = Skeptical … especially when the material found supports your thesis
some pitfalls
“Publish or perish” Display only positive results? Fraud
Internal and external library resources
Internal and external library resources
Library no longer has a monopoly Library resources + expertise Signpost Infrastructure
Catalogs
books, magazines and audiovisual materials Information about their repository (location attribute) Ex.: www.unicat.be
Book classification
The VUB central library
Academic databases :
Which database should you use?
Depending on your field (Ex. Pubmed for medical sciences, Jstor for the hunamities, etc.)
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
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
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
Successfully Managing source research
Keywords
o Synoniemen
o Vertalingen o Enkel- of meervoud
o Narrower term
o Broader term o Related term
Searches
Boolean search terms
o AND OR NOT
Resource Manager
Use a reference manager
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?
Alternatives
Thomas Reuters Web app en desktop Latest version: X7 Prijs: € 217.74 Search external databases
Alternatives
Thomas Reuters Online only Free Limit of 50.000 references 2GB webspace
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
Alternatives
ProQuest $100 / year Integration with other ProQuest products and partners
Alternatives
Elsevier Free 2GB Social networking cross-platform/cross devices Desktop- and webapplication
Elaborated example: Mendeley
The web-module
My library (webmodule)
Desktop module Work offline “Drag-and-drop” Save files locally Additional functionalities Syncing
Collecting references
Compatible sites for the web importer
Reference managers: use
Results ICT survey summer 2013
Links to reference managers Endnote http://endnote.com
EndnoteWeb https://www.myendnoteweb.com
Zotero https://www.zotero.org
RefWorks http://www.refworks.com
Vergelijkingstabel Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_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
Questions?
