Information LiteracyWageningen

Graduate Schools

11 and 12 October 2005

Programme

Tuesday 11October morning: Setting up a search strategy and searching literaturelunch: make an appointment with your information specialistafternoon: Web of Science and Scopusciting and plagiarism

Programme

• 12 October

morning: managing your references with Endnote

Programme

• Make an appointment with your information specialist to discuss your search strategy– During the lunch on Tuesday or via:

• http://library.wur.nl/desktop/services/vakref.html

Programme 11 October

• 9.15- 10.15 h    Modules 3.1, 3.2, 4b.1 and 5.• 10.15-10.30 h Assignment 1Describe your subject• 10.30-10.45 h Coffee break• 10.45-11.15 h  Module 4a.3 Catalog• 11.15-11.45 h      Module 4b.2 Bibliographic

databases• 11.45-12.15 h Assignment 2 Bibliographic

Databases• 12.15-12.25 h      Module 6.1 en 6.2 Alerts• 12.25-12.30 h Finishing: remarks or questions

Search strategy

• Search strategy: summary

• Example of a search

Search strategy

• Summary module 4b1

• Where to look

• A good search

Search

Production and socio-economic relevance of non-timber forest products in South East Asia

Aspect 1 NTFP’s

Aspect 2 South East Asia

Aspect 3 production/ socio-economic relevance

Keywords• NTFP’s: NTFP*, non-timber forest

product*, medicinal plant?, cork, bark, wood extract*

• South East Asia: South East Asia and countries with Explode

• Production, socio-economic relevance:

production, yield?, harvest*, socio-economic*, socioeconomic*

Search profile• Within aspect: OR• Between aspects: AND• Make sets per aspect, or use parentheses• Adjust during search

(NTFP* OR non-timber forest product* OR medicinal plant? OR cork OR bark OR wood extract*) AND (explode South East Asia) AND (production OR yield? OR harvest*OR socio-economic* OR socioeconomic*)

Choice of information source

• Scientific articles: bibliographic databasesportal: CAB, AGRIS, Tropag & Ruralfor recent literature: WoS/ Scopus

• Scientific books/ reports: catalogue• Websites, institutes: WWW• Latest news: Alerts, WWW, professional

journals/ newsletters

Final search

(explode non-wood forest products) AND

(explode South East Asia) AND

(production OR yield? OR harvest*OR socio-economic* OR socioeconomic*)

AND (forest economics OR forest policy OR forest management)

Managing the results

• Selecting references

• Print, download, e-mail

• Export to database management software

– Endnote

• Getting the paper: link, catalogue, request

Using the results

• Citing, avoid plagiarism

• Writing

• Publishing– Journal selection, impact factors– Dissertations: WaY– Open access journals:

• BioMed Central• PLoS Biology