Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680:The Library Workshop

Dan Sich

Earth Sciences Librarian

October 8th, 2008

Skills

• find articles using databases

• search by cited reference

• build a list of references, bibliography

• get article full text

Schedule

• RefWorks & RACER account set-up

• finding books

• finding journal articles & fulltext:– GeoRef– Web of Science– SciFinder Scholar

• RefWorks (export, bibliography)

Register for RefWorks

• You’ll use your RefWorks account later in the session

Your @uwo.ca email address works best

Register for RACER

• You’ll use your RACER account later in the session

Your student ID number will be your RACER login

Your on-campus mail address

Library Catalogue

• Everything that the library owns

• Books, journals (not articles), etc.

• Books: introductions, basic info, data, etc.

• Search by keyword, title, author, etc.

• Get location, call number, status• Use subject headings (none shown here) to find similar items• See table of contents (none shown here)• If signed-out (i.e. not in library), Request Item• Send to RefWorks to add to your list of citations

Your turn

• 3 minutes

• Search the library catalogue

Journal Articles & Databases

• Find peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles, conference articles, and review articles using journal article databases

• GeoRef (geology)

• Web of Science (citation searching)

• SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)

Scholarly vs. Popular Publications

• availability• audience• aesthetics• authors• topics• length• language• advertizing• sources,

credits

Peer-review process

1. author writes paper, sends to publisher

2. publisher sends to referees (experts)

3. referees send feedback to publisher

4. publisher decides to publish or not

5. paper is published

6. journal is distributed

Search tips

• identify concepts, keywords, synonyms

• use AND, OR, NOT, *

• E.g., mineral* AND (mars OR martian) AND soil*

• limit date range, document type(s), etc.

• Look at Peer-Reviewed Journals (articles) tab• Use Descriptors to find similar items• Get it @ Western to find fulltext (online or print)

• We have this article online

• The online journal will show up in the library catalogue as well

• We don’t appear to have this journal issue online• Check the library catalogue for print or online version• If we don’t have print or online, use Interlibrary Loan ($5

per article; take 4-10 business days)

• Download to RefWorks

Your turn

• 10 minutes

• Search GeoRef

• Get article fulltext

• Export citations to RefWorks

• Ask questions

• Publication date?• Brand new articles are

usually not yet cited

• Read abstracts• Refine Results• Get it @ Western

• Times cited?• The older the article,

the longer it’s been around to be read & cited by others

• Which are the most highly cited articles?

• Create Citation Report

• What are the most highly cited articles on this specific topic?

• See who has cited this article (Times Cited)

• See who this article has cited (References)

• …gets you a list of articles *in Web of Science* that have cited this article

• To export to RefWorks, select articles and click more options

• …then at the bottom of the page use Output Records

• For Step 3, Save to Plain Text

1. Save File to desktop

2. In a separate tab or browser, login to RefWorks

• In RefWorks, select References > Import

• Import Filter/Data Source = ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)• Database = Web of Science• Import References into Folder (optional)• Browse to your .txt file• Encoding = ANSI – Latin I• Click Import

• You’ve imported your references successful• Where are they?• View Last Imported Folder or View > All

References

• All of your references are in one place• From here you can make a Bibliography

relatively easily (part of next week’s class)• From here you can also use Get it @ Western

Your turn

• 10 minutes

• Search Web of Science

• View Cited References

• Get article full text

• Export citations to RefWorks

SciFinder Scholar

• This will only work if you synchronized your password (takes 15 minutes to take effect)

Notes on SciFinder Scholar

• This demo looks complicated

• It’s easier to use the client (download instructions are linked)

• A web version is coming

• Always click Exit when you are finished using SciFinder Scholar. We have only 8 ‘seats.’

How to export from SciFinder Scholar to RefWorks while in the library:1. Select articles2. Save As3. Download on ‘sushi’ (K:)4. Type = Tagged Format (*.txt)5. Exit SciFinder Scholar

• Click the orange X

• Then you *should* get this screen• If you don’t (if it crashes), then re-login to

SciFinder Scholar and exit again. You should then see this screen.

• Click Retrieve your search results

1. Click download

2. Browse to your file (or folder)

3. Click your filename

• Save the file to your desktop as file type Text Document

• Then go to RefWorks and References > Import

Notes on SciFinder Scholar

• Remember to click Exit when you are finished

• In RefWorks, select References > Import

• Import Filter/Data Source = CAS SciFinder• Database = CAPlus• Import References into Folder (optional)• Browse to your .txt file• Encoding = ANSI – Latin I• Click Import

RefWorks

• web app for citation management

• automatically formats notes, bibliographies

• Export citations directly from database, or import citations from .txt file

• use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word

• Make a Bibliography using RefWorks

• Click Bibliography

• We need to add a more appropriate style to our list of Favorites

• E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc.

• Click Output Style > Access Output Style Manager…

• Choose the appropriate Output Style(s) from the list of the left

• E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc.

• Click Add to Favorites

1. Select Output Style from drop-down

2. Select References to Include (e.g., All References, Last Imported folder, another folder, All References, etc.)

3. Click Create Bibliography

• Creates a bibliography relatively easily

• Check the formatting for errors

Your turn

• 10 minutes

• Create a bibliography using RefWorks and an appropriate style

Questions & feedback

• On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about

• It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session

contact info

Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian

phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962

eMail/MSN: dsich2@uwo.ca

Subject: Earth Sciences 4490 question

Skype: dansich