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Basic Library Information Skills for USP Students

Basic Library Information Skills for USP Students. conducted by Kan Sok Cheng MSc (Info Stud.) Sheffield, B Sc (Est Mgt) Hons NUS Science Library. Outline. Doing Research Using LINC Using indexes Practice session. Objective. To save your time

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Basic Library Information Skills for USP Students

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  1. Basic Library Information Skills for USP Students conducted by Kan Sok Cheng MSc (Info Stud.) Sheffield, B Sc (Est Mgt) Hons NUS Science Library

  2. Outline • Doing Research • Using LINC • Using indexes • Practice session

  3. Objective • To save your time • To show you how and where to start your research

  4. Get the materials online via Digital Library List terms to describe concepts Origin, development, evolution Genetic code, DNA START • Search for materials • - Articles (journals,) • Books Use references in books and articles to get more readings Note location and call # to get material List concepts in topic Eg: Origin of Genetic Code Use LINC to check if the Library has? Information sufficient? Consult - Tutor - Librarian N Y END Search Strategy

  5. Broadening a search Narrowing a search Search Statement Boolean operators • OR is used to indicate that any of the terms may be present • AND is used to indicate that both terms must be present

  6. Topic : Origin of the genetic code Search Statement: (origin or evolution or development) and (genetic code or DNA)

  7. Genetic code (origin or evolution or development) and (genetic code) evolution Origin Development

  8. Topic : The Rings of Saturn Search statement: (ring and saturn) or saturnian ring

  9. Saturian ring (ring and saturn) or saturnian ring Ring Saturn

  10. Materials you need: Books/Journals Book chapters /Articles in journals and conferences Initial Tools LINC Indexes & Abstracts databases Search for materials Step 3 : Search for materials

  11. LINC • What is in the NUS Library collection • Has links to electronic journals Search LINC : http://linc.nus.edu.sg/ Step 3 : Search for materials

  12. Author and title of article Journal title Publication year, Volume, issue & page of article How to find Journals in LINC Mark R. Showalter. Detection of Centimeter-Sized Meteoroid Impact Events in Saturn's F RingScience. 1998 282: 1099-1102 Search LINC : http://linc.nus.edu.sg/

  13. Digital Library • LINC • Index and Abstracts Databases • InfoGate – coming soon!

  14. Index/Abstracts database Schmit, U. ; Tschamuter, W.M. On the formation of the fine-scale structure in Saturn's B ring, Icarus, Volume 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-187 Article 1 Article 2 Article n Article 1 Article 2 Article n Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap n Indexes & Abstracts author keywords Bibliographic citation Link to articles online Journal 1 Journal 2 Book Check the source title (book/journal) in LINC

  15. General Databases • Web of Science – Science Citation Expanded Index • covers academic journals in all fields of science • Expanded Academic ASAP Int'l Ed  • General knowledge across all academic disciplines

  16. Specialised Databases

  17. Specialised Databases

  18. Specialised Databases

  19. InfoGate – Coming soon… • Common interface that able to search across multiple data sources • Returns separate results from each database. • Links to resource • Links to database

  20. Demo Rings of Saturn Origins of genetic code

  21. Journal title Volume, issue & page of article Interpreting Citations Journal article Matson DL, Spilker LJ, Lebreton JP. The Cassini/Huygens mission to the Saturnian system. SPACE SCI REV 104 (1-2): 1-58 2002 • To check up full title use Periodical Title Abbreviations: By Abbreviations kept at Information Desk Example: J. Mol. Biol. = Journal of Molecular Biology • Also available on internet: http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ecoll/ej/ejabbrev.html

  22. Author and title of book chapter Title of Book Author of Book Page of chapter Interpreting Citations Book chapter Weiner AM (1987) Evolution of the gene. In: Watson JD, Hopkins NH, Roberts JW, Steitz UA and Weiner AM (eds) Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th edn, vol. 2, pp. 1097–1163. Menlo Park, California: Benjamin/Cummings.

  23. Author and title of conference paper Conference details Interpreting Citations Conference Proceedings Kashkarov et al., 2002. Random sequences of proteins are exactly balanced like the canonical base pairs of DNA. In: Proceedings of the 10th ISSOL Meeting and 13th International Conference on the Origin of Life, Oaxaca City, Mexico, June 30–July 4.

  24. How to access Digital Library • On Campus - login to NUSNET • At students cluster • Using plug and play points & Wireless Zones • From Home: • Access through your usual ISP, login to Library Proxy • Login valid per browser session. • Bookmarks will not work.

  25. How to cite ... Electronic styles : a handbook for citing electronic information / Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. 2nd edition. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 1996. (PN171 Dat.LMD Reference 9, CL Reference, HL Reference) The Chicago manual of style. 14th edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993. (Z253 Chi SC Reference 9) More guides on the web from : http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/citation.html

  26. Tips for Literature Search • Be patient • Be systematic • Keep proper records of sources checked • Record the full details of citations found • Write clearly • Ask librarian for help if you have any problems

  27. Database searching for beginners • To locate resources required. • Click on “more info” icon, if available • Check LINC Search InfoGate using your search statement • Evaluate the results list, • Note the databases that gives the most relevant records Perform the search again in the databases identified in the previous step

  28. All the Best in your research Approach the Information Desk if you need help sclib@nus.edu.sg

  29. Practical Session

  30. Exercise 1: How to construct a simple search statement for the following topic? The physics of black hole Answer: Physics and (black hole or black holes)

  31. Exercise 2a: Is the following reference available at NUS Library collection? Crick, F.H.C (1968). The origin of the genetic code. Journal of Molecular Biology 38, 367-379 Answer: Science Library closed stack : S15134 And Medical Library closed stack : MAO930

  32. Exercise 2b: Is the following reference available at NUS Library collection? Schmidt J, Salo H. Weakly nonlinear model for oscillatory instability in Saturn's dense rings. Phys Rev Lett. 2003. 90 (6): Art. No. 061102 Answer: Phys Rev Lett = Physical Review Letters Journal available in print (call no: QC1 PRL) and online.

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