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Library of Social Sciences introduction for Anthropology

Library of Social Sciences introduction for Anthropology. Library homepage Discovery service LIMO: books, articles, dissertations, journal titles, newspapers Specific databases for Anthropology. www.kuleuven.be/sbib/english. Practical info: group work, wifi …. Homepage: search guide.

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Library of Social Sciences introduction for Anthropology

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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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