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Information Literacy
Welcome to Scientific Wageningen
Annemie Kersten
September 19, 2006
Information Literacy
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Introduction lecture
Blackboard modules
Supervised practicals
Examination
Information Literacy
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Why should you be information literate?
– Later as a professional
– Now during your studies
Information Literacy
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Information explosion
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Written
Electronic (Internet)
Information overload
Not just searching for books
Information Explosion - Electronic http://www.isc.org
Information overload
http://www.uky.edu/libraries/FindIt
The Web and The Library
The Library and The Web
Library
 Selection
 Organized
 Permanent
 Access free
 Comprehensive
WWW
 No selection
 Less organized
 Not permanent
 Access ???
 Not comprehensive
What will you learn?
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To know the information sources
To know how to find information
How to use the Wageningen UR library
How to refer to and cite other articles
What will you learn?
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To know the information sources
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types and quality of sources
specific for your research field
Information sources
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Books
Journals (scientific and professional)
Library catalogues
The web
Experiments
Interviews
Conferences
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Information sources
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The web
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No quality check – no selection
Search engines (Google, Yahoo, ...)
Scientific papers
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Peer review
Bibliographic databases
Search engines (Google Scholar, Scirus)
Bibliographic databases
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General/multidisciplinary
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Web of Science (since 1945)
Scopus (since 1966)
Subject specific
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Health: PubMed, Medline (incl. Veterinary Science)
Agriculture: CAB Abstracts, Agris, Agricola
Biology: Biological Abstracts
Zoology: ZooRecod
Aquaculture and Fisheries: ASFA
Chemistry: SciFinder Scholar
Search interface
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Variation between databases
Basic principled the same
MetaLib
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MetaLib: CrossSearch databases
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QuickSearch (10 databases)
MetaSearch (select databases)
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/direct/
or
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/
What will you learn?
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To know the information sources
To know how to find information
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efficiently
effectively
basic search strategies
special databases
What will you learn?
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To know the information sources
To know how to find information
How to use the Wageningen UR
library
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the physical library (Zodiac)
the virtual library (Desktop Library)
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/
http://test.library.wur.nl/desktop/
What will you learn?
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To know the information sources
To know how to find information
How to use the Wageningen UR
library
How to refer to and cite other articles
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literature lists
Plagiarism
Set up a search strategy
September 19, 2006
Search strategy in 5 steps
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Analysis of the question
Formulation of search terms per aspect
Combination of search terms
Too many hits : refine the search question
Not enough hits : broaden the search question
Leg weakness in broilers
http://www.openrescue.org/rescues/200312/2003_12.html
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How to reduce problems: stimulate activity?
1. Analysis of the question (1)
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Broilers (subject)
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Legg weakness (problem)
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Stimulate Activity (treatment)
1. Analysis of the question (2)
What databases?
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CAB Abstracts via ERL WebSpirs
user name: wur
password: wur
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PubMed or Medline
Scopus or Web of Science
Wageningen catalogue (for books, reports, theses, etc.)
Tip: Use the Portals on the library website
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/
Search strategy in 5 steps – (step 2)
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Analysis of the question
Formulation of search terms per aspect
Combination of search terms
Too many hits : refine the search question
Not enough hits : broaden the search question
2. Formulation of terms per aspect (1)
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Broilers
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Legg weakness
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Activity
2. Formulation of terms per aspect (2)
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Leg weakness
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Broilers
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broiler chickens
Activity
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locomotion
locomotor behaviour/behavior
walking
exercise
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leg disorders
leg problems
leg abnormalities
leg injuries
muscle weakness
tibial dyschondroplasia (TD)
tibial curvature
locomotion problems
locomotory dysfunction
lameness
bone diseases
bone disorders
tarsal deformities
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2. Formulation of terms per aspect (3)
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How do you find several terms per aspect?
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Use a Thesaurus (if available)
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look at narrower, broader and related terms
scan relevant references on words in title, abstract and
keywords fields
Read the introduction of an article: e.g. “The aim of the
present study was…”
CAB thesaurus – broilers
CAB thesaurus – leg weakness
CAB thesaurus – activity
Search in CAB – Thesaurus
2. Formulation of terms per aspect (4)
CAB Thesaurus terms (keywords):
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broilers
Leg weakness
lameness
bone diseases
activity
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http://library.wur.nl/desktop/direct/ Go to ERL
WebSpirs or select CAB- Abstracts from the
resources list
Search strategy in 5 steps (step 3)
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Analysis of the question
Formulation of search terms per aspect
Combination of search terms
Too many hits : refine the search question
Not enough hits : broaden the search question
3. Combination of search terms (1)
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Boolean operators:
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OR to combine synonyms of one aspect
AND to combine aspects
NOT to exclude aspects (be careful!)
Truncation/masking:
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For plural/singular words, different spelling
• e.g. behavio?r, feed*
3. Combination of search terms (2)
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broiler?
leg weakness OR leg disorder? OR leg problem? OR leg
abnormalit* OR leg injur* OR muscle weakness OR tibial
dyschondroplasia OR tibial curvature? OR locomotion
problem? OR locomotor? dysfunction? OR lameness
OR bone disease? OR bone disorder? OR tarsal
deformit*
activity OR locomotion OR locomotor? behavio?r OR
walking OR exercise?
broiler rabbit?
(1 AND #2 AND #3) NOT #4
3. Combination of search terms (3)
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((broiler?) and (activity or locomotion or locomotor?
behavio?r or walking or exercise?) and (leg weakness or
leg disorder? or leg problem? or leg abnormalit* or leg
injur* or muscle weakness or tibial dyschondroplasia or
tibial curvature? or locomotion problem? or lomotor?
dysfunction? or lameness or bone disease? or bone
disorder? or tarsal deformit*)) not (broiler rabbit?)
http://library.wur.nl/desktop/direct/ Go to ERL WebSpirs or
select CAB- Abstracts from the resources list
Search strategy in 5 steps (steps 4 and 5)
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Analysis of the question
Formulation of search terms per aspect
Combination of search terms
Too many hits : refine the search question
Not enough hits : broaden the search question
4/5 Results
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Too many: refine your search!
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More aspects, limits, etc
Too few: broaden your search
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Less aspects, no limits, more or other databases
Other strategy: building on what you have
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Related articles
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In Web of Science based on the amount of references
in common
In PubMed based on MeSH terms and words from title
and abstract
Reference lists (cited references)
Citations (cited by)
Learning method
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Introduction lecture
Blackboard course ECS-52901:
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A selection of modules
Self study
Supervised practicals
Examination
How to get there
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http://portal.wur.nl
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Go to Eduweb
Go to your courses
http://edu2.web.wur.nl/
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Login and select ECS52901_2006_1
Blackboard: Course Information
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Select YLS-36306 Welcome to Scientific
Wageningen
What must you do?
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Modules
Learning units: quizzes
Examination (see Extra Materials – Example exam for MSc
students)
Your own responsibility……
…but before your supervised practical modules 0 through
3 and module 4b.1
Important dates
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Supervised practials
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Monday, September 25
8.30 – 12.15 h: morning group
13.15 – 17.00 h: 1st afternoon group - surnames A through K
Thursday, September 28, 15.15 – 17.00 h: 2nd afternoon group:
surnames L through Z
Examination
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Monday, October 23
9.00 – 10.30 h: morning group + surnames A through C of
afternoon group
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10.45 – 12.15 h: surnames D through Z of afternoon group
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Where to get help?
Annemie Kersten
UB (Jan-Kopshuis), Generaal Foulkesweg 19
or Zodiac Library, Marijkeweg 40
email [email protected]
tel. 0317-484501 / 474019
Marianne Roseboom
Zodiac Library, Marijkeweg 40
email: [email protected]
tel. 0317-483654