1 / 41

PF2105 Research Method : Discovery of NUS Libraries Resources

PF2105 Research Method : Discovery of NUS Libraries Resources. Tutorials (2 hours) @ Central Library Training Room Week 3 Mon 28 Jan 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm Wed 30 Jan 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon Fri 1 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm Week 4 Mon 4 Feb 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm

ernst
Download Presentation

PF2105 Research Method : Discovery of NUS Libraries Resources

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PF2105 Research Method: Discovery of NUS Libraries Resources • Tutorials (2 hours) @ Central Library Training Room • Week 3 • Mon 28 Jan 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm • Wed 30 Jan 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon • Fri 1 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm • Week 4 • Mon 4 Feb 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm • Wed 6 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon (by Steven Chow) • Fri 8 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm. 2012/2013 Semester 2 PF2105 Tutorial classesfor Prof. George Ofori Presented by: Loo Lay Yen Building Resource Librarian • CA 10% @ Central Library Training Room • (Conducted during 1st hour of classes below. Class will resume after the test) • Week 5 • Mon 11 Feb 2013, Public Holiday (please attend any of the classes below) • Wed 13 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon • Fri 15 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm • Week 6 • Mon 18 Feb 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm • Wed 20 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon • Fri 22 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm.

  2. OBJECTIVES – CA • How to write citations in APA style • American Psychological Association (APA) 6th • “Author-Date” style • How to do research in Library Portal

  3. 1. APA CITATION STYLE Journal article Book Book chapter

  4. Writing APA citations 1/2 • Handwritten Daghigh, R., Adam, N. M., Sopian, K., & Sahari, B. B. (2009). Thermal comfort of an air-conditioned office through different windows-door opening arrangements. Building Services Engineering Research & Technology, 30(1), 49-63.

  5. Writing APA citations 2/2 • Journal vs Article Journal title (Source) Chapter titles and authors Article titles and authors, &co-authors In this edited book Page number of each article one of the issues of this journal Book vs Chapter

  6. 2. LITERATURE RESERACH

  7. Default

  8. FindMore@NUSLvs. LINC & Databases FYI Start with the Library or Internet? • LINC: • As of Dec 2012, FindMore@NUSL covers over 330 million records, which compares to about 1.7 million records in LINC/LINC+ • Databases: (0.5%)

  9. Library Portal - better chances of getting good academic resources for your research

  10. 2.1. ScholarBank– search NUS scholarly output • Demo

  11. 2.2 LINC – search for library collections • Demo • Library INtegrated Catalogue • Default – Keyword search • Switch to By Title to search for a known title.

  12. What would you get in LINC? 1/4 • Books (print) • Keyword: Construction project management

  13. What would you get in LINC? 2/4 • Search for known items - Use Title search in LINC Eg: • Rosen, H. J. (1998). Construction specifications writing : principles and procedures (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley. • Title: Construction specifications writing

  14. What would you get in LINC? 3/4 • Books (electronic)

  15. What would you get in LINC? 4/4 • Journals (print and/or electronic) • Journal title level search • Unable to search at article title level. • Hence, LINC will not retrieve results for journal articles. • Title: International journal of project management

  16. LINC Exercise: Find the call numbers and locations • Fisk, E. R., & Reynolds, W. D. (2010). Construction project administration (9th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall. • Kempton, W. (1991). Lay perspectives on global climate change. In E. Vine, D. Crawley, & P. Centolella (Eds.), Energy efficiency and the environment: forging the link (pp.29-66). Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

  17. LINC Exercise: Find the online article Try this Title. Can you retrieve anything in LINC? Evaluation of contaminant concentrations and air flows in a multizone model of a building Why not? Journal title vs Journal article title Articles are not indexed (limitations in LINC) Find this online article in LINC Waters, J. R., & Simons, M. W. (1987). Evaluation of contaminant concentrations and air flows in a multizone model of a building. Building and Environment, 22(4), 305-315. (Basic steps: Title search in LINC > Look for location & call number for print volume / Click to publisher’s webpages > Navigate to the required volume/issue/page > Retrieve PDF) Solution: Use FindMore@NUSL> find the exact article in just one click! Compare the steps involved

  18. Research Exercise: Find more relevant articles for a topic • Conduct a literature review on the topic: Construction project management in Singapore. Which place would you start FIRST? Well, there is no right or wrong answers, one suggested way would be 5>ScholarBank 4> LINC 1> FindMore@NUSL 2> Use subject specific databases 3> Google Scholar with Find It!@NUSL

  19. 2.3 FindMore@NUSL– one-stop search for academic sources • Get more/less results.. • Use “quotes” and Booleans (AND, OR, NOT, *, ?) • Advanced Search • Refine Search • Eg. construction “project management” AND Singapore

  20. Compare number of results

  21. Advanced Search

  22. Refine Search

  23. What would you get in FindMore? 1/7

  24. What would you get in FindMore? 2/7

  25. What would you get in FindMore? 3/7

  26. What would you get in FindMore? 4/7

  27. What would you get in FindMore? 5/7 • Refine: Add results beyond your library’s collection Question: If we were to search in LINC instead of FindMore, would we have missed this article which the library has a print copy?

  28. What would you get in FindMore? 6/7 • Get additional resources

  29. What would you get in FindMore? 7/7 • Database recommender

  30. 2.4 Databases – other research tools • Topic: • Eg. Construction project management in Singapore • Possible databases to use/try • ABI/INFORM Complete • PERIND • Factiva • Engineering Village • Scopus • Web of Science

  31. Top results from FindMore Top results from Database

  32. Top results from Database

  33. 2.5 Google Scholar – another search engine • Find It!@NUS Libraries is using OpenURL linking to get to the full texts which NUS subscribe. • Setting up the linking from Google Scholar • http://scholar.google.com • Settings > Library links • Search for NUS > Tick NUS > Save

  34. Getting Full-Texts from Google Scholar Click “Find It! @ NUS Libraries”

  35. 3. BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT TOOL • Upcoming EndNote X6 sessions • More updates on upcoming events in the library portal • Features • Compile bibliographic citations • Cite While You Write • http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/a.php?qid=71683 • http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote • http://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlnvmDnPzs0

  36. 4. OTHER CITATION STYLES • IEEE • Numbered style

  37. Other citation styles • Modern Language Association (MLA) • “Author-Title” style

  38. Other citation styles • Harvard • “Author-Date” style

  39. Thank you. • Need help? Chat with Librarian http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/contact-us/live-chat Information Services, Central Library askalib@nus.edu.sg Loo Lay Yen (Building Resource Librarian) T: 65161643 E: clblly@nus.edu.sg

More Related