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JUMPSTART YOUR DISSERTATION. TIME SAVING METHODS FOR SEARCHING AND CITING. Presenters. Danianne Mizzy, Engineering Librarian Song Yu, Chemistry Librarian. Outline. Literature Review Searching Digital Dissertations Web of Science PubMed Citing using EndNote Q&A. Literature Review. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JUMPSTART YOUR DISSERTATION
TIME SAVING METHODS FOR SEARCHING AND CITING
Presenters
• Danianne Mizzy, Engineering Librarian
• Song Yu, Chemistry Librarian
Outline
• Literature Review
• Searching– Digital Dissertations– Web of Science– PubMed
• Citing using EndNote
• Q&A
Literature Review
Overview of significant literature published on your topic. – To establish novelty of your topic/approach– To identify information and ideas that may be
relevant to your project – To identify methods that could be relevant to
your project – To avoid reinventing the wheel
Literature Search
Finding materials relevant to the subject being explored
• For a dissertation– Should be comprehensive and exhaustive– Requires knowledge of all relevant sources
Literature Output
Using bibliographic management software to import, organize and output your library of citations– EndNote– RefWorks– Zotero [Firefox]– Papers [Macs]
Informal Communication
Early Communication of Research
• To Colleagues, Department, Other Researchers– Oral , email, blogs, wikis– Preprints/technical reports
Formal Communication
Via Publication• Theses/Dissertations
• Conference Proceedings
• Journal Articles
• Books
• Handbooks/Textbooks/Encyclopedias
• Patents
Where to find
Theses and Dissertations
– CLIO (for Columbia dissertations)– Digital Dissertations (includes Columbia)– NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses
and Dissertations )– Other open access sources
Where to find
Conference Papers and Journal Articles Multidisciplinary databases– Web of Science (ISI Citation Indexes)– Scopus – JSTOR– GoogleScholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
Where to find
Conference Papers and Journal Articles Discipline Specific [Science]
– Chemistry –SciFinder Scholar– Computing - ACM Digital Library– Engineering- Compendex– Medicine - PubMed– Physics – INSPEC… and many more
Where to find
Books (Handbooks, Encyclopedias, etc)
• CLIO, Columbia’s Library Catalog
• Libraries beyond Columbia– WorldCat (use BorrowDirect or Interlibrary
Loan for requests)
• Google Book Search, Amazon
• Ebook Collections
Digital Dissertations
• Citations for more than 2.5 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
• 1861 to the present (master’s theses from 1962) • Over 1,000 North American graduate schools
and European universities represented • Dates of coverage
– 1861-1979 citations only – 1980-1996 citations and abstracts – 1997-present 24-page preview and full-text available;
registration required to download full-text
Digital Dissertations
• Searchable by author, title, institution, etc
• Author keywords or broad subjects
• Alerts
Digital Dissertations
• Export
• Export directly to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager
• [In EndNote Dialog Box] Select a Reference Library
Web of Science
• Science Citation Index Expanded
1899-present; 8,060 major journals
• Social Sciences Citation Index
1956-present; 2,697 journals + selected
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
1975-present; 1,470 journals + selected
Web of Science
• Searchable by topic, author, title, etc.
• Can set up Alerts – Must register– From Search History
Web of Science
• Save to EndNote– From Results list– From Marked List
• Can select fields to include like references
PubMed
• Bibliographic information for life sciences literature from 1947
• +5000 journals, books, web pages
• NCBI and NLM
• Free to everyone
PubMed
• Limit your search by– Article type– Species– Ages, etc.
• MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)– Controlled vocabulary– Caution! Not all citations have MeSH terms
• Alerts
PubMed
• Export/Import to EndNote– From PubMed
• From Send to, select File. • Select MEDLINE from the Format menu. • Save it to your computer (.txt file)
– From EndNote• File Import• Find your file• Import Option: Find the filter: PubMed (NLM)
Citing References
• Before you start– GSAS Dissertation Office
• Dates and deadlines• Formatting guidelines• Style
– EndNote• Find and remove duplicate citations• How many libraries should I have in EndNote?
– ONE!– Use Groups
EndNote – Find Full Text
• Edit Preferences
• OpenURL Path:http://rd8hp6du2b.search.serialssolutions.com/ • Highlight Citations• Right Click Find Full Text
Cite While You Write (CWYW)
• Using EndNote in Microsoft Word
• Start – With/without template– EndNote tool bar
Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month?
--FH Westheimer
Summary
• Literature review– Know the types of publications in your area– Search in general and subject specific
databases– Use various resources
• Work with information sources– Coverage, unique features– Search methods– Keep up with the new literature
Summary (continued)
• Work with bibliographic softwareSearching– Import citations from different sources– Organize your citations
Writing– Using template– Insert citations
Questions?
• Dissertations Guide
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/science/dissertations.html
• Linked from Engineering Library Homepage
Contact Us
• Danianne Mizzy– [email protected]– 422 Mudd– 212-854-9087
• Song Yu– [email protected]– 422 Mudd– 212-854-5778