Objectives
• Identify useful e-resources relevant to Geography
• Identify resources & services from library portal (linc+)
Learning outcomes• Search e-Databases using
keywords, boolean operators
• Search & retrieve e-journal articles, e-books, e-book chapters, full text articles
• Navigate & find materials from LINC+
Outline
• Search strategy
• Electronic resources
• LINC+
• Getting help
• Hands-on session
• Search Strategy
• Boolean operators (and, or, not)
• Truncation (*)
• Grouping using parentheses (…)
• Keywords & concepts
• Search statements
Boolean operatorsANDAND = = ALL ALL terms must be terms must be
present; narrows searchpresent; narrows search
OROR = = AnyAny of the terms may be present of the terms may be present
broadens searchbroadens search
NOTNOT = = ExcludesExcludes specific search termspecific search term
narrows searchnarrows search
Tropical AND Forests
Tropical OR Forests
Tropical NOT Forests
Truncation *
• Use (asterisk) * to retrieve variant forms of term
nation* = nations, national
Teen* = teens, teenager
Parentheses ( )
• Use parentheses ( ) to group search terms
(low income or single) and migrants
(Urban heat island) and (Singapore or Malaysia)
Keywords & concepts
• Identify key concepts
• Group using parentheses
• Identify keywords within each concept, use synonyms or **
• What are the impacts of urbanisation on water quality?
Q. What are the impacts of urbanisation on water quality?
Keywords:
Impacts, Urbanisation, Water quality
Search statement:
(Impact*or effect* or result*) and (urban*) and (water quality)
• E- resources
• Databases
• E-Journals
• E-books
• Newspapers
• Examination papers
• Statistical data
Databases for Geography
1. Geobase (through OvidSP)
2. Scopus
3. Geodok
4. Web of Science
5. SpringerLink
6. PERIND
Ways to access E-res
• 1. Click on E-Res Tab at top of portal
Ways to access E-Resources2. Navigate to middle of portal and go to E-Resources
1. Geobase (OVIDSP)• Access directly by “geobase” or in
OvidSP
• URL: http://ovidsp.ovid.com• UserID: nustrain• Password: training• (valid 2 weeks from date)• Start OvidSP
• [DEMO geobase]
Geobase (OVIDSP)
Geobase (OVIDSP)
Geobase: Results page
Geobase: Results (cont.)
2. Scopus
Scopus: Results
3. Geodok• 115000 geographically related entries
since 1950.
• provides bibliographical data for scientific articles indexed by keywords.
• product of Department of Geography of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Geodok
Geodok: Results
4. Web of Science
Web of Science : Results
5. SpringerLink
SpringerLink : Results
6. PERIND
PERIND
Perind : Results
• Two major databases– Factiva
• (produced by Dow Jones & Reuters)
– Lexis/Nexis Academic • (produced by LEXIS-NEXIS)
– Access via Library portal>E-Resources> E-Newspapers
E-Newspapers
Statistical Sources• Access via E-Resources>Databases>By E-Resources>Databases>By
type>Statistical Datatype>Statistical Data • EIU Country Data• General household survey 2005 : socio-
demographic and economic characteristics
• SingSTAT Time Series• Statistics on Singapore : an annotated
bibliography• Tourism focus• Yearbook of statistics, Singapore (print &
web)
NUS Theses & Academic Exercises• In LINC
– Find by or limit to Theses collection
• Search LINC
– Call no: G58 200* (for 2000- )
– Keywords:
• Tourism and academic exercise and geography and national university and singapore
• Library Catalogue: LINC+Library Catalogue: LINC+• new interface, more visual
information through the book covers, table of contents & reviews, etc.,
• Eg search for “university thesis
geography”
LINC+
Online Search TipsToo many retrieved
limit by additional concepts
Too little retrievedinclude synonyms / alternate terms
Too many irrelevant onesexclude terms that cause irrelevancy
Nothing retrieveduse more general search termsreduce number of concepts usedrefocus search
• Getting help
Getting help : Subject Guides (Geography)
Getting help : E-Forms• Request for DDS (document
delivery service) of journal articles, book Chapters, conference papers.
• Request for purchase of New book/Journal/Multimedia for research purposes
• Note: Login required
Getting help : LION
• Library Instruction Online (LION)Citation stylesDatabase guides
–Library portal>(Library instruction online (LION)>How to cite references>Citation styles
Getting help: Ask-A-Lib
• Email [email protected]
• Request for advisory service
• Getting help from special libraries
eg business [email protected]
eg (med/sci) [email protected]
Thank YOU!
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