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Library Searching Skills Tune Up

James Buczynski April 27 th , 2009. Library Searching Skills Tune Up. Data Being Searched Library Catalogue Journal Title Finder (SFX Link Resolver) Google Scholar Ulrichsweb.com Publisher Web Sites Article Search ( MetaLib ). Contents. Search Options 10 to 20 Years Ago Ask someone

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Library Searching Skills Tune Up

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  1. James Buczynski April 27th, 2009 Library Searching Skills Tune Up

  2. Data Being Searched Library Catalogue Journal Title Finder (SFX Link Resolver) Google Scholar Ulrichsweb.com Publisher Web Sites Article Search (MetaLib) Contents

  3. Search Options 10 to 20 Years Ago Ask someone Look at references in a book, article Search library catalogues Use an abstract and index search tool Identifying What Exists on Your Topic

  4. Texas Christian University Libraries

  5. Texas Christian University Libraries

  6. Today Ask someone Look at references in a book, article, website, etc. Search 1000’s of Library Catalogues Use an abstract and index search tool (print) Search 1000’s of online indexes (“databases”) Google, or other web search engines Identifying What Exists on Your Topic

  7. Data being searched is more complex. • Library Catalogue • Journal Title Finder • Article Search (MetaLib) • Ulrichsweb • Google Scholar • Worldcat.org • Libraries don’t have a master index of all their collection materials like Google. More Tools, Easier Interfaces, but…

  8. Library Catalogue In Catalogue • Stand alone books • Most ebooks • Print serials • Most Electronic serials • Ebooks we don’t have • Serials we don’t have • Web sites • Government docs • Databases Absent from Catalogue • Most book table of contents. • Book reviews • Full text of books • Many ebooks in collections • Ebooks in databases • Many electronic serials • Course reserve items

  9. eBooks in the Library Catalogue 8264 + 3450 Open Access 600 + Audiobooks ?? 84 7323 + 5277 + 154

  10. Oxford Reference Online Titles (150+) Gale Virtual Reference Library (30+) Ovid eBooks ScienceDirectebooks (10) CRC EnvironetBase (350+) National Academies Press Digital Library (500+) Newest open access Netlibrary eBooks Newest Books24X7 eBooks Newest Safari Tech Books Online eBooks eBooks NOT in the Library Catalogue

  11. Fulltext of books Table of contents Book reviews Book summaries Data not Searched in the library catalogue

  12. MARC records loaded June 1st and December 1st MARC records we buy are absent

  13. BIBCAT – no weeding, No MARC Loads

  14. Library Catalogue In Catalogue • Stand alone books • Most ebooks • Print serials • Most Electronic serials • Ebooks we don’t have • Serials we don’t have • Web sites • Government docs • Databases Absent from Catalogue • Most book table of contents. • Book reviews • Full text of books • Many ebooks in collections • Ebooks in databases • Many electronic serials • Course reserve items • eISBNs, eISSNs

  15. Serials in the library catalogue Print Only (674 Unique Titles) Print + Online Subscription + Databases 30 000+ Titles Online Subscription + Databases Online Government Document - Serial ???? Serials are missing Ex. CEDROM ???? Serials we don’t have Ex. Environment Complete

  16. Magazine, journals and newspaper titles added to our online library since the last bulk load of MARC records. New titles in aggregator databases; EBSCO, PQ, Gale. serials NOT in the Library Catalogue • Business Source Premier • Journal of ABC added • Fear Research added • Biotech VC deleted • Business models deleted MARC Records Added to Voyager SFX Knowledgebase is undated MARC Records Exported Journal Title Finder

  17. Access to 30 000+ titles across 120+ products • Accesspoints: • Journal Title Finder • Search box at top of website • Within databases (results list or record view) • Article Search (MetaLib) • Google Scholar (on campus or via Firefox Extension off campus) Journal Title Finder – Link Resolver

  18. Who makes these subjects?

  19. Find It Button on the Record Appears whether or not we have access to Fulltext

  20. Find It Button on the Record

  21. Find It Button on the Record

  22. Find It Button on the Results List

  23. Searches 120+ collections of magazines, journals and newspapers for you! Check our SFX Knowledgebase Connect to the resource: -Article itself -List of issues -Resource search screen

  24. ProQuest says fulltext coverage is: Title: Freeman Issn: 1559-1638 Coverage: June 1998 to present 1559-1638 Actually is: Freeman: June 1998 to Dec 1999 Ideas on Liberty: Jan 2000 to Nov 2003 Freeman: Dec 2003 to present Bad Data Example

  25. Print and Online holdings (Subscribed and Open Access) • Government serials, grey literature not tracked. (ex. Trade-marks journal, PubMed Central) • U.S. Centric in database/resource coverage. • Knowledgebase Errors (Technical or Vendor) • False positives – says we have when we don’t. • False negatives – says we don’t have when we do. • Report issues to: LibraryTechHelp@senecac.on.ca • Connect to Resource Errors • Missing citation data (no issn, no volume, no issue) • Newspapers, weeklies, dailies • ISBN, eISBN, ISSN, eISSN searching. Journal Title Finder

  26. If on campus, the IP number of your computer is recognized by Google, and your results will include: • Find it: Seneca Libraries link • or possibly • If off campus or using the regular Google, install the Following Firefox or IE Extension: • http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=1E1D56E9. Google Scholar

  27. Find out which databases index a specific serial title. Find out which databases have fulltext of a specific title. Find out if a title is peer reviewed. Ulrichsweb.com

  28. Pulled Ulrichs Peer Reviewed Info Into Bib Records for Print

  29. Which products cover the title?

  30. Some titles are not indexed by any of our databases. Check the title’s website to find a search engine. Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Websites

  31. Cross product, cross vendor search tool. • Accessed from: • Search Box at the top of the website • Article Search link on the website • Subject Guides • MySeneca: My.Research Tab Article Finder

  32. How Article Search Works Wilson Oxford JSTOR EBSCO PubMed ProQuest Oxford Gale Ovid CSA Sends A Search String Sends Back First 30 “Hits” Books24X7 ScienceDirect Highwire Press Safari Tech Books ACM Digital Library Library Catalogue

  33. Search Query -> Index -> Results -> Link Resolver Index 1 Index 2 Search Index 3 Results->Link Resolver Query Index 4 Index 5 Index 6 What Article Search is Not What Article Search is 30 30 30 30 30 30

  34. Quick Sets

  35. Narrow Subjects & Custom Sets

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