Searching literature
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This document provides guidance on searching for literature through online resources. It discusses searching for books through databases like Amazon and WorldCat. It recommends ProQuest for finding theses. For articles, it advises searching journal websites after finding the full journal name. The document also outlines general search strategies and techniques for novice and experienced researchers, including using Google Scholar, Boolean operators, phrase searching, and limiting searches. It provides examples of searching bibliographic databases like Scopus, ERIC and online full-text sources like ScienceDirect.
Searching literature
- 1. Searching Literature through Online Resources Written By: Naveed Akhtar
- 2. 1.BOOKS Keepinmindnotallbooksareonline/orexistaspdf. AMAZONisabigdatabaseofonlinebooks. http://www.amazon.com/. Thereareotheroptionssuchas World’sLargestCatalogue:http://www.worldcat.org/ Youmaybeabletofindoutwhichlibraryownsthat booknearyouruniversity. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? 03/08/2013 2 Naveed Akhtar
- 3. 2.THESIS Gotothefollowingdatabasestolocatethelinkofthe requiredthesis: Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations British Library EThOS ProquestDissertations & Thesis Database PROQUEST IS AN IDEAL SOURCE FOR CHECKING THE THESES. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? 03/08/2013 3 Naveed Akhtar
- 4. 3.ARTICLES:Thisiswhatmostpeoplearelookingfor WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? HOW TO FIND DIRECT LINKS if a reference article is required i.e. year, volume and pages are known. 1.Find out the full name of the journal. 2.Google the full name of the journal. This will lead you to the direct publisher’s/ journal website. 3.Search your article from the journal websites. The ABSTRACTS are FREE. 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 4
- 5. GENERAL RESEARCH STRATEGIES WHEN YOU ARE DOING A LITERATURE SURVEY 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 5
- 6. GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES YOU MAY BEGIN FROM HERE: •GOOGLE (www.google.com) SIMPLE SEARCH OPTIONS GOOGLE ADVANCED OPTIONS GOOGLE SCHOLAR-a very useful FREE resource or Start from SCOPUS (Contains 49 millions records) www.scopus.comor http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 6
- 7. SIMPLE SEARCHES Google Simple Search-the easiest approach 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 7
- 8. ADVANCED GOOGLE OPTIONS 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 8
- 9. GOOGLE SCHOLAR-A USEFUL FREE RESOURCE Go to: www.scholar.google.com 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 9
- 10. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 10
- 11. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS •Formal ways –University libraries-Please visit them! Not all knowledge isonline –Special libraries –Inter-library loan •Informal ways –Contact Authors –An underutilized resource! Findout the author and request the article by email –Personal libraries of experts –Your friends who are studying inforeign universities •Online databases 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 11
- 12. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS •Boolean Operators •Phrase Searching •Truncation / Wildcard Searching •Proximity Searching •Focusing / Limiting a Search 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 12
- 13. Boolean Operators AND OR NOT Booleanoperatorsallowyoutojointermstogether,widenasearchorexcludetermsfromyoursearchresults.Thismeansyoucanbemorepreciseinlocatingyourinformation.ManydatabasesrelyonAND/OR/NOT Options. 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 13
- 14. EXAMPLE: Boolean Operators at Emerald 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 14
- 15. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS PHRASESEARCHES: Allow you to search an exact quote Itnarrowsyoursearchdownbysearchingforanexactphraseorsentence.Itisparticularlyusefulwhensearchingforatitleoraquotation.Usuallyquotationmarksareusedtoconnectthewordstogether. Forexampleentering“EffectofGoldNanoparticlesonTotalCellProteins”Willmakethesearchenginefindtheexactphraseintheliterature. 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 15
- 16. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS These search techniques retrieve information on similarwords by replacing part of the word with a symbol usually a * or?.However, different databases use different symbols, so check what is used. In truncation the end of the word is replaced. For example physiother*will retrieve physiotherapy, physiotherapeutic, physiotherapistand so on. In wildcard searching, letters from inside the word are replaced. For example wom*nwill retrieve the terms woman and women. TRUNCATION / WILDCARD 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 16
- 17. ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHINIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS Therearemanywaystofocusyoursearchandallsearchtoolsofferdifferentwaysofdoingthis.Someofthewaysoflimitingyoursearchareasfollows: 1.Date 2.Language 3.Place 4.Publication type 5.Age groups 6.Type of material e.g.you could just need to find case studies Focusing / Limiting a Search 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 17
- 18. ONLINE DATABASES •Bibliographic databases –ERIC, EI, SCI, CSA, PsychINFO •Numeric databases –ACS, Common Database •Full text databases –ScienceDirect, Emerald, –AIAA, PQDT, IEEE, ELSEVIER, JSTOR, 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 18
- 19. ONLINE DATABASES: Example of SCIENCEDIRECT 03/08/2013 Naveed Akhtar 19
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