Dikla grutman 2017 Databases- - PowerPoint Presentation

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Dikla grutman2017

Databases-

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Databases Databases contain information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, conferences, and more. Databases can be used for narrowing/ enlarging the research topic, verifying citations, and protocols/ patent search. Some databases contain references cited by the authors of the articles and thus can be used for cited reference searching. This type of search enables the user to find articles that cite a previously published work.

Some databases contain citation measuring and ranking of every scholarly journal in its subject area.

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How to search databases?Choose the relevant databaseChoose keywords for your searchCombine the keywords using: - Truncation (*) - Boolean operators - All synonyms/ forms of spelling/ grammar forms/ abbreviations or full phrase options.

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Choose the relevant database4Slide5

Choose the relevant database5

Choose a subject.

First, choose the “Recommended first choice” database.

For additional searches continue with other databases from the list .Slide6

Boolean operators

Diagram presentation-

the scope of the results

Results include…Example

Operator

Only articles containing

both

terms. Focused

results.

Tomato* AND irrigation

AND

Articles containing

one

term

and

both

terms as well. OR retrieves more.Orange OR lemonORArticles containing one term without the other, removing unwanted data.Quality NOT sizeNOT

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Databases- keywords

Safe* => safe, safety

Truncation

women OR femalesSynonyms

color OR

colour

Forms of spelling

shelf life OR

shelflife

Grammar forms

BMI OR body mass index

Abbreviations

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Search screen8

Click to select a field, where you search your term

Add a row for additional fields in your query

Insert terms to search

using:

Boolean operators

Truncation

Synonyms

Acronyms or full phrase

etc.Slide9

The list of the results:Refine the search. Sort again the list. Select records for future printing/e-mailing/saving/exporting.Save query for future alerts/ RSS.

Save query

for future re-run.

Locate full-text of items from the list.

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Refining the search

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Limit range of years

Limit to specific source types

Choose specific subjects and/or sourcesSlide11

Sort again the list11

Click to sort the list of the results again, according to selected criterionSlide12

Select records for future printing/e-mailing/saving/exporting

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2. Click to see the list of the records you selected

1. Click, for every record you need to save for future useSlide13

Select records for future printing/ e-mailing/ saving/ exporting13

Choose how to manage the selected records Slide14

Selected records- printing

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1. Select detailed or brief format of the record

2. Select the citation format you need

3. Click and follow the instructionsSlide15

Selected records- e-mailing15

1. Select detailed or brief format of the record

2. Select the citation format you need

4. Click and follow the instructions

3. Complete E-mail detailsSlide16

Selected records- saving

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Select/ customize format

2. Choose citation format

3. Click to save and follow the instructionsSlide17

Selected records- exporting

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1. Choose the bibliographic management tool you use

2. Click and follow the instructionsSlide18

Save query for future alerts/ RSS18

Choose

Alert

Or

RSS Slide19

Save query for future alerts/ RSS19

For e-mail alert

register here

For RSS click here and follow the instructions

Save and follow the instructionsSlide20

Save query for future re-run20Slide21

3. Log in or create an account (and log in)

Save query

for future re-run

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1. Select the query you need to save

2. Click to saveSlide22

Locating full-texts of articlesUse to access full-texts of articles.Locate a hardcopy of the journal in the library.Order from external library, using ILL (Inter Library Loan) service of the library. ILL requires payment.

(Optional- try to contact the writer of the article, when contact options are mentioned at the record)

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Locating full-text23Slide24

Locating full-text(when the link is indirect)24

Link to full-text via one of these options

Locate the (printed) journal, in case it exists in the librarySlide25

Web of Science- Cited Reference Search

Find the articles that cite a person's work

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Web of Science- Cited Reference Search

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Web of Science- Cited Reference Search

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Enter author name

Enter abbreviated journal title

Enter year(s)

Search for articles that cite a specific article/writerSlide28

Web of Science- Cited Reference Search

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Click to see the list of the 5 citing articlesSlide29

Web of Science- Cited Reference Search

The list of the results

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Every item in the list is an article (in Web of Science) citing an

author

in a specific

journal

between specific

years

, as defined in the query Slide30

Impact Factor30The impact factor (IF) of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.

Impact factors are calculated yearly for those journals that are indexed in the JCR.

The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information. Slide31

Find the IF (directly from Web of Science) 31

Enter the record

2. Click

3. Get the IF information

The IF of the journal

Ranking in its category

Link to additional info about the IF of the journalSlide32

Find the IF

in JCR (Journal Citation Reports)

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Find the IF in JCR (Journal Citation Reports)33Slide34

Find the IF in JCR (Journal Citation Reports)

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Enter journal title Slide35

Find the IF in JCR (Journal Citation Reports)35

Journal title

Abbreviated title

Publisher

Categories in JCR

IF infoSlide36

Find the IF in JCR- ranking information36Slide37

Conclusion- using databases in the library:37Choose databaseCombine your keywords (using Boolean operators, truncation etc.)Manage the list of the results according to your needs

Locate full-text

Search in Cited Reference Search

Search in JCR (Impact Factor)Slide38

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