Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680:

The Library Workshop

Dan Sich

Earth Sciences Librarian

September 30, 2010

Tools:

• library catalogue

• GeoRef

• SciFinder

• Web of Science

• Get it @ Western

• Interlibrary Loan

• RefWorks

Course page

Library Catalogue

• What do we have?

• E.g., Author: United States Geological Survey,

or Geological Society of America

• E.g., Keyword: glacial drift

• Get: location, call number, status, request,

subject headings

Scholarly / peer-review

journal articles?

Peer-review process

1. author writes paper, sends to publisher

2. publisher sends to referees (experts)

3. referees send feedback to publisher

4. publisher sends feedback to author

5. author decides whether or not to revise

article and send back to publisher

6. publisher decides whether or not to

publish

Scholarly vs. Popular Publications

• availability

• audience

• aesthetics

• authors

• topics

• length

• language

• advertizing

• sources, credits

Finding journal articles?

Article databases

• GeoRef (geology)

• Web of Science (references)

• SciFinder (chemistry)

• Google Scholar (general; coverage?)

GeoRef

• GeoSciences, 1785-present

• Try meteor* AND compos* AND canad*

• “Peer-Reviewed Journals” tab

• Descriptors

• Get it @ Western

• eJournals, catalogue, Interlibrary Loan

• RefWorks download

Search tips

• identify concepts, keywords, synonyms

• use AND, OR, NOT, * (truncation)

• review & revise searches

• use Search History

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

• skim abstracts

Your turn

• 5 minutes

Web of Science

• Science Citation Index

• meteor* AND compos* AND canad*

• Refine Results: Subject Areas

• Citations?

• Times cited? Create citation report

Your turn

• 5 minutes

SciFinder

• Chemical Abstracts Service

• Account set-up

• Search by Research Topic

• mineralogy of martial soils

• Analyse (by Journal), Refine (add “life”)

• Get Cited, Get Citing

• Get Full Text

Your turn

• 5 minutes

Notes on SciFinder

• Sign Out when finished

• We only have 8 „seats‟

• Today you‟re using training seats

No fulltext?

• Search the catalogue by Journal Title, or

Keyword

• Check the web (it may be free)

• Order it through Interlibrary Loan (RACER)

Interlibrary Loan (RACER)

• photocopies of articles

• loan of books

• Averages 4-10 business days

• Need to create a RACER account

RefWorks

• web-based

• formats notes & bibliographies

• Canadian journal of Earth Sciences

citation style

• Write-N-Cite plugin for Word

• import citations from databases

• need an account

Off-Campus Access

• article databases

• eJournals

• eBooks

Feedback

• What was the most useful thing you

learned today?

• What are you still wondering about?

contact info

Dan Sich

Earth Sciences Librarian

dsich2@uwo.ca

Subject: Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680