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From good sources Introduction to academic research methodology in the library
Steven Laporte October 5th, 2015 University Library VUB [email protected]
Overview
1. About sources
When does a source qualify as a scientific source? Some pitfalls
Overview
2. Internal and external library resources. Academic databases Paywalls and Open Access Relevant external sources
o Images o Videos o Sound
Overview
3. Successfully Managing source research Research question Keywords and searches Resource Management Output
About sources
Source = information + physical medium
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
1. The carrier
o Unknown website/suspect url o Blog o Newspaper article o Peer-reviewed journal
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
2. The author:
o Where does the author work? o What is the educational background of the author? o Other publications o Is the author often cited?
V.b. Avi Sion
Sent to the library unsolicited
Author name looks like an alias
Linked to an ‘odd’ website: http://www.thelogician.net/
Claims a PhD, but from which university?
NO bibliography
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
3. The publisher:
o Other publications? o Connected to a scientific institution? o Finish
V.b. Lap Lambert academic Publishing
Unsolicited
Website: https://www.lap-publishing.com/
No academic partners
Negative reviews: http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/05/lambert-academic-publishing-a-must-to-avoid/
No peer-review
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
4. Publication date?
o Dependant on the subject o Recent?
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
5. Reviews?
o Judgement
o Source of the review
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
6. Citations and bibliography
o Position within a research network o Traceability of the facts cited o Identification of the author's own contribution o Repeatability of the investigation
When does a source qualify as a scientific?
How to recognize a reliable source:
7. Financing
o Independence of the investigation
Peer-review?
Review by peers / colleagues Criteria
o Originality o Accessibility o Solid evidence of findings
Careful editing process
Impact factor?
="Weight" of a scientific journal: o The more articles from a given scientific journal in other journals are cited, the higher the impact factor
"Weight" of the researcher : h-index o More objective o Criticism
Basic attitude = Skeptical … especially when the material found supports your thesis
some pitfalls
“Publish or perish” Display only positive results? Fraud
V.b. fraude: SCIgen (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/)
Internal and external library resources
Internal and external library resources
Library no longer has a monopoly Library resources + expertise Signpost Infrastructure
Catalogs
books, magazines and audiovisual materials Information about their repository (location attribute) Ex.: www.unicat.be
Book classification
The VUB central library
Academic databases :
Which database should you use?
Depending on your field (Ex. Pubmed for medical sciences, Jstor for the hunamities, etc.)
Online databases: Where to start?
Library catalogue: http://biblio.vub.ac.be/vubissmartweb/Vubis.csp Overview databases: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/ubwebsite_database_alpha.html Library general information http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO
Paywalls and Open Access
Paywall= pay for access
o IP-adres o VUBnet NetID and password
Open Access o Free access o What business model?
oEx. PLoS one, Doaj, arXiv
Examples of external sources
Images
o http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online o http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/ o https://archive.org/details/paulotlet
Audio
o http://research.culturalequity.org/rc-b2/home-audio.jsp
Lectures o http://videolectures.net/ o http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm o Itunes University
Successfully Managing source research
Keywords
o Synoniemen
o Vertalingen o Enkel- of meervoud
o Narrower term
o Broader term o Related term
Searches
Boolean search terms
o AND OR NOT
Resource Manager
Use a reference manager
Storing and organizing references (citations) Editing of bibliographic data Exporting bibliographies Management of full-text docs Integration into word processing software
What can you do with a reference manager?
Alternatives
Thomas Reuters Web app en desktop Latest version: X7 Prijs: € 217.74 Search external databases
Alternatives
Thomas Reuters Online only Free Limit of 50.000 references 2GB webspace
Alternatives
Open-source Web app and desktop Center for History and New Media of George Mason University Free 300MB webspace Originally an add-on for firefox
Alternatives
ProQuest $100 / year Integration with other ProQuest products and partners
Alternatives
Elsevier Free 2GB Social networking cross-platform/cross devices Desktop- and webapplication
Elaborated example: Mendeley
The web-module
My library (webmodule)
Desktop module Work offline “Drag-and-drop” Save files locally Additional functionalities Syncing
Collecting references
Compatible sites for the web importer
Reference managers: use
Results ICT survey summer 2013
Links to reference managers Endnote http://endnote.com
EndnoteWeb https://www.myendnoteweb.com
Zotero https://www.zotero.org
RefWorks http://www.refworks.com
Vergelijkingstabel Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Introductie-filmpjes Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/videos-tutorials
Hulpdocumenten Mendeley http://resources.mendeley.com
Compatibele sites voor de web importeur
Tutorial Informatievaardigheden AUHA
http://www.mendeley.com/import/ https://anet.ua.ac.be/wiki/auha/StartScherm
Questions?