Library - Stefano Giani august 2016 Effective searching with the UvA Library
What does the UvA Library offer you? 1. Books and journals 2. Databases for subject-specific search: Communication and mass media complete , Web of science , LexisNexis 3. Citation software: Refworks 4. Broad range of support
Go to www.socrative.com Click on ‘Student login’ Log in with UVALIBRARY Fill in a random ‘Student name’ Mind! Multiple choice questions: only one correct answer. Credits • Beile O’Neil, P. M. (2005). Development and validation of the Beile test of information literacy for Education (b-tiled). Orlando: University of Central Florida. • Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (2013). HEDS Research Practices Survey 2013–2014 . Crawfordsville: HEDS. Olsen, M. (2016). Student learning in library research instruction for university seminar and critical writing, • reading, and research I & II: assessment report for academic year 2015-2016 . Decatur: Millikin University
Question 1 : Who is the gentleman in the photo? A. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan B. Philosopher Jürgen Habermas C. Semiotician Umberto Eco D. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer http://www.rochester.edu/news/photos/hi_res/hi218.jpg
1. Your research question and assignment 2. Your academic knowledge and skills 3. Available literature and data You can gradually rephrase your research question according to the resources you (don’t) find https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/9780262527132_0_0.jpg
Question 2 : How many papers (=PDF) on the digital divide, drawn from South African universities, can you find with Google? http://www.cambriapress.com/wimages/9781604977707front.jpg
What does the UvA-library offer you 1: Books and journals https://www.flickr.com/photos/kooijmansevents/
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Search for a specific publication Online Subject specific help search. Group and individual help & support Subject specific search
Search for (online) journal articles Use Google Scholar for online/print availability at the UvA Library or another Dutch library: Not there? Double-check availability with: - Catalogue(Plus) for UvA faculty libraries or closed-stacks; - Picarta (via www.uba.uva.nl/en Quick links > Databases ) for other Dutch libraries (request copy via Interlibrary Loan). Still not found? Please contact the subject librarian.
Question 3: Find where the following books are available a) McQuail, D. (1992). Media performance: mass communication and the public interest. London: Sage. b) Jeffares, S. (2014). Interpreting hashtag politics: policy ideas in an era of social media . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. c) Hibberd, M. (2008). The media in Italy: press, cinema and broadcasting from unification to digital . Maidenhead: Open University press. d) Daniels, J. (2009). Cyber racism: white supremacy online and the new attack on civil rights . Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Question 3: Find where the following books are available a) McQuail, D. (1992). Media performance: mass print book at the UvA-Library: communication and the public interest. London: Sage. borrow (faculty library or closed stacks) b) Jeffares, S. (2014). Interpreting hashtag politics: policy ideas in an era of social media . Basingstoke: Palgrave e-book at the UvA-Library: Macmillan. (off-campus) online access c) Hibberd, M. (2008). The media in Italy: press, cinema and broadcasting from unification to digital . Maidenhead: Open print book at other Dutch University press. libraries: borrow via InterLibrary Loan d) Daniels, J. (2009). Cyber racism: white supremacy online and the new attack on civil rights . Lanham: Rowman & nowhere in the Netherlands: Littlefield. purchase suggestion to librarian
What does the UvA-library offer you 2: Databases for subject-specific search https://www.flickr.com/photos/kooijmansevents/
Question 4 : You are looking for publications on social media, youth and politics. Devise at least three search terms for each key concept. Use the databases Communication and Mass Media Complete and/or the Collins English Thesaurus (http://www.collinsdictionary.com/english-thesaurus).
Question 5 : Which of the following search queries retrieves more results? A. adolescent* AND youth AND teen* AND “social media” B. (adolescent* OR youth OR teen*) AND “social media”
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Social media use and youth political engagement http://jsmith.cis.byuh.edu/books/21st-century-american-government-and-politics/s12-participation-voting-and-socia.html
internet OR “social media” OR online (internet OR “social media” OR online) Social media use and youth political engagement 52.041 titles
internet youth OR OR “social media” adolescent* OR OR online teen* (youth OR adolescent* OR teen*) Social media use and youth political engagement 52.041 titles 9.565 titles
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* (election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics) Social media use and youth political engagement 52.041 titles 9.565 titles 25.818 titles
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” AND AND adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* Social media use and youth political engagement
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* Social media use and youth political engagement
youth OR 95 titles adolescent* OR teen* internet election* OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” OR OR online politics (internet OR “social media” OR online) AND (youth OR adolescent* OR teen*) AND (election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics)
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” AND AND adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* The Netherlands Social media use and youth political engagement in the Netherlands 0 titles
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* The Netherlands Social media use in the Netherlands 160 titles
internet election* youth OR OR OR “social media” “voting behavi*r” adolescent* OR OR OR online politics teen* The Netherlands Political engagement in the Netherlands 131 titles
Question 6: You are looking for literature reviews, systematic reviews or meta analysis on computer games: How many do you find with Google Scholar ? How many do you find with the database Web of Science (use ‘Basic search’ > Topic)? Which is the most cited article at Web of Science ?
Google Scholar : “computer games” AND (“systematic review” OR “literature review” OR “meta analysis”)
Web of Science : link to full-text online
Web of Science : references used by the article (up to 2012)
Web of Science : references used by the article (up to 2012)
Web of Science : publications ( Times cited ) citing the article (2012-present)
Web of Science : articles can be sorted by Times cited
Web of Science : new or alternative search terms
Question 7: You are researching the coverage of Italian politics in the American and British press. Use the database LexisNexis to search the following newspapers (“Headline”): The Times , The Guardian , The New York Times and The Washington Post . How often has the name of the former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi been mentioned in the period January 1 st , 2009 to December 31 st , 2013?
LexisNexis Academic
What does the UvA-library offer you 3: Citation software Refworks http://library.ucalgary.ca/refworks
2. Publication 1. Author(s) 3. Title year Valkenburg, P. M. (2004). Children’s responses to the screen: a media psychological approach . Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 4. Place of 5. Publisher publication References: book (APA 6 e ed)
Plagiarism http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/photos/201304/orig/3930.jpg
Question 8 : Who are the two gentlemen in the photo's? A. Psycholinguist Pim Levelt and Sociologist Jacques Hagenaars B. Social psychologist Diederik Stapel and Political anthropologist Mart Bax C. Economists Tjalling Koopmans and Jan Tinbergen http://www.nrc.nl/longreads/2013/04/27/het-moest-wel- exploderen-diederik-stapel-praat-met-the-new-york-times/ http://depublicatiefabriek.blogspot.nl/2013_09_01_archive.html
“A sample of notorious cases of scientific fraud” Stroebe, W., Postmes, T, & Spears, R. (2012). Scientific misconduct and the myth of self-correction in science. Perspective on psychological science, 7, 670-688.
Go to www.refworks.com > Create an account
Import from Google Scholar
Import from Web of Science
Import from LexisNexis
Organize & Share. Create bibliography
Insert references into Word
Compile reference list
Questions? Stefano Giani s.giani@uva.nl or “Ask the Library” http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.12503/
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