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Post-induction session for Anthropologists

Post-induction session for Anthropologists. Finding key information resources Sarah Rhodes Forced Migration, African and Commonwealth Subject Consultant sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Aim and objectives. Aim : Unlocking key research resources Objectives :. String creation.

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Post-induction session for Anthropologists

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  1. Post-induction session for Anthropologists Finding key information resources Sarah Rhodes Forced Migration, African and Commonwealth Subject Consultant sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  2. Aim and objectives Aim: Unlocking key research resources Objectives: String creation Access Searching Storing results

  3. Oxford’s your

  4. So what do you need?

  5. Using SOLO to find things Sign in to save results Type in your search terms and click on ‘Search’ Limit search to a particular library and/or format Check location and availability http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  6. Saving to your e-shelf

  7. Finding journal titles: SOLO or e-journals? http://ejournals.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  8. Finding full-text journal articles

  9. Creating your search string Tips: Identify keywords Consider synonyms, alternative spellings, broader and narrower terms Apply truncation (usually *) for alternative word endings and plurals Use wildcards (usually ?) to replace single characters Define relationships with Boolean logic: ‘and’ for both terms ‘or’ for either ‘not’ to exclude a term

  10. Which database to use and why? Use for journal articles abstracts and indexes; full-text results; newspapers; grey literature; e-books data and statistics; and citations. OxLIP+ has a subject sub-set for anthropology. IBSS via CSA Illumina(International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - Proquest), Anthropology Plushosted by First Search, AnthroSource andSwetswise

  11. Accessing databases: OxLIP+ http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  12. LibGuides: http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ http://ox.libguides.com/oxford-anthropology

  13. Tables of Contents: keeping up-to-date TOC services provide access to the most recent tables of contents. ZETOC gives access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of current journals and conference proceedings from 1993 to date, and is updated on a daily basis. Access via OxLip+ ticTOCs - scholarly journal TOC service for over 12,000 titles from over 430 publishers (www.tictocs.ac.uk)

  14. Reference managers available

  15. What do they do? gather and import references from different sources and databases (incl. catalogues and websites such as e-shelf and OxLIP+); edit, sort, annotate and share references; create reference and bibliographic lists in different formats and styles; integrate with word processing applications to produce automatically formatted bibliographies.

  16. RefWorks vs EndNote

  17. Reference management: Refworks University supports & Refworks is free for Oxford University members (whereas EndNote costs £80 from OUCS). You can access your personal account from any computer connected to the web. http://www.refworks.com/refworks

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