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Library of Social Sciences Introduction for Anthropology Students: LIMO Search Guide

Explore the Library of Social Sciences for Anthropology resources using the LIMO search guide. Find books, articles, and databases for your research needs. Access user guides and search tips on the homepage.

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Library of Social Sciences Introduction for Anthropology Students: LIMO Search Guide

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  1. Library of Social SciencesintroductionforAnthropology • Library homepage • Discovery service LIMO: books, articles, dissertations, journal titles, newspapers • Specific databases for Anthropology

  2. www.kuleuven.be/sbib/english

  3. Practical info: group work, wifi …

  4. Homepage: search guide User guides and ppts Link to other Belgian and foreign catalogues f.e. WorldCat

  5. About Limo? limo.libis.be

  6. Sign in!

  7. Searching Limo • Twooptions: • Simple Search • Fill in your search terms in 1 single box and discover millions of references of books, articles, etc.…. 7

  8. Searching Limo A. Simple Search: search tips • boolean operators: AND OR NOT • “exact phrase” • truncation and wildcards • ? 0 or 1 character f.e. wom?n = woman and women hono?r = honor and honour • * 0, 1 or more characters f.e. cultur* = culture, cultural, culturally warm* = warm, warmer, warming • Groupingtermswithin a query: useparentheses

  9. Searching Limo: more search fields • Advanced Search 9

  10. Searching Limo: use facets to limit Physical items • Limit myresults • Print Physical items: print collections K.U. Leuven a.o. LIBIS libraries • Peer-reviewed: checkedbyother scholars orresearchers • Full Text Online: online access • Cited in WoS: publicationscitedonceor more in Web of Science databases

  11. Searching Limo: use facets to refine • Refine my results: • Resource type: book, journal, article, database … • Creation date: publication date • Creator: author(s), editor(s) • Topic • Language • Source: database • Journal title • Library (K.U.Leuven/other institution)

  12. Searching Limo • Facet:displayedwhenthere are oneor more results • Per facet: 3 items with most results + Show X more • Per facet: select onlyone item • Combine 2 or more facets • Selectedfacets are displayed

  13. Using search results • To sort search results • Relevance (standard) • Date newest • Title A-Z

  14. Using search results • Before each record • Tab shows material type and/or book cover • Short bibliographic description • Availability indication Full text available on campus Available in K.U.Leuven/other institutions (print copy) No full text available Currently not on shelf Maybe available

  15. Using search results • Below each record • Two or more tabs with additional info • Fysical items max. 3 tabs • electronic publications max. 4 tabs • At first Limo groups multiple related items

  16. Using search results: locations Click to open the floor plan

  17. Using search results: locations • ITEM requests via Locations tab

  18. Using search results: details • More info about the publication • Links to other catalogues • Link to request in another library Request in another library No full text ? > link to print edition

  19. My Account:manage your ILL-requests + create “free” ILL-request • Manage loans and requests ILL-request via My Account

  20. Manage search results: Select, save, my citations Select > my citations To save?

  21. There’s more than LIMO? • LIMO is a discovery service forhundreds of millions of books, articles e.o. publications. • Use special databases to search forspecific info: Anthropological Index Online, Communication and Mass Media Complete, International PoliticalScience Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Source OECD (statistics)…

  22. Most important databases: Anthropology • Specific: Anthropological Index Online • Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Premier / • Full text archives: JSTOR / PAO • Bibliographic: Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ Sociological Abstr. • Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI • Statistics : Source OECD

  23. Example: Francis

  24. Results list in LIMO

  25. Select more databases

  26. Results list in Francis LIBRILINKS Link to Full Text or print copy

  27. Full text collections in Leuven • Archives: • JSTOR: FT archive of journalarticlesfrom the first issues onwardstillabout 2006 • PAO: references and FT of journalarticlesfrom the first issues onwardstillabout 2006 • Publisher’sjournalcollections: • Elsevier • Emmerald • Sage (also backfiles) • Springer • Taylor &Francis • Wiley-Blackwell

  28. Databases without FT and LibriLinks • Search the database • Search LIMO for the “exact phrase” • (book or journal title) • For journals: always check the volumes and years • Example: Anthropoligical Index Online

  29. Don’t forget • To look for synonyms • To use an encyclopedia or dictionary • Blackwell Online encyclopedia of Sociology • Britannica Online • Van Dale (dictionaries)

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