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by Tomàs Fabregat Research support librarian

ddd.uab.cat/record/102542. by Tomàs Fabregat Research support librarian. Part A: The Library Service: A general overview. cooperation. Library service website. PUC (Yes, I can) Consortial borrowing service. Searching for an electronic journal.

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  1. ddd.uab.cat/record/102542 by Tomàs Fabregat Research support librarian

  2. Part A: The Library Service: A general overview

  3. cooperation

  4. Library service website

  5. PUC (Yes, I can) Consortial borrowing service

  6. Searching for an electronic journal go to the full text of an available journal

  7. Off-campus access

  8. Off-campus access https://xpv.uab.cat • Free • For paywall electronic resources • UAB credentials are required

  9. copy the permanent URL from the catalog and paste it as a bookmark in your VPN desktop

  10. access to the journal wherever you are

  11. Let’s recap

  12. Part B:Introducing you some reliable information sources on CS

  13. SECONDARY SOURCES Reference orliteraturedatabases PRIMARY SOURCES published and unpublishedliterature Full-textplatforms and OA repositories Indexed by

  14. Information sources at your fingertips • Published literature (ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, ACM, IEEE, etc.) • Unpublished literature (OA repositories) • Reference or bibliographic databases(WOK, SCOPUS, etc.) • Search engines (CiteSeer, Google Scholar, etc.)

  15. Full text sources /1

  16. Full text sources / 2 LN in Control and Information Sciences

  17. Full text sources /3

  18. Do you really need a global search?

  19. Reference databases

  20. What?, Where?, Why? How? Main criteria: • Subject scope (is your area of ​​expertise well covered?) • Document type (papers, reviews, proceedings, patents, etc.) • Time and geographical coverage Take a look at the table with the main characteristics of the major literature databases (Source: Faseb Journal, 340 Vol. 22 February 2008)

  21. Minimun requirements: • Bibliographic information • Searching and filtering functionalities • Downloading functionalities (BibTex) • Must be linked to you library collection Does your library have the original papers, online or printed?

  22. Beyond the minimun: • RSS and email alerts • Customization • Apps • Social networks for academics An individual account is required

  23. Academic search engines

  24. To remember: • Access to full text papers depends on the subscribed licences • Literature databases can help you finding reliable and suitable scientific information • Think about the resource profile before starting a search • Linked to the library collection

  25. So, how can I manage so much information?

  26. Part C: About DDD, your first step into the OA research repositories

  27. What’s Open Access Make publicly available the academic output, free or charge and respecting the intellectual property .

  28. What’s DDD

  29. Advantatges of OA • More visibility for authors and for institutions • Favors the impact of research results • Guarantees the preservation and conservation

  30. And ... • Stable and public platform for published and unpublished documents • Permanent URL (handle system for digital objects) • Standard metadata (interoperability) • Full text search • Customized stats

  31. Searchengines Google etc. Google Scholar Scirus largescalerepositories (onlymetadata) DDD (content & metadata) Spreadingyourwork DRIVER Recercat Recolecta

  32. Abouttheintellectualrights

  33. How to • Give your permission to the UAB to preserve it and make it publicly accessible • Before upload the thesis: • Reviewed by your director/tutor • Basic data: author identification, abstract, keywords • Bring the thesis to the library in the required format (.pdf)

  34. Keep in touch with your library @bctuab

  35. Thankyou! Tomas.fabregat@uab.cat

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