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Effective searching with the UvA Library

What does the UvA Library offer you?

• 3. Citation software: Refworks
• 1. Books and journals
• 2. Databases for subject-specific search:

Communication and mass media complete, Web of science, LexisNexis

• 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:

• nly one correct answer.
• 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 Credits

Question 1 : Who is the gentleman in the photo?

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• A. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan
• B. Philosopher Jürgen Habermas
• C. Semiotician Umberto Eco
• D. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer

• 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

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• 1. Your research question

and assignment

Question 2 : How many papers (=PDF)

• n the digital divide,

drawn from South African universities, can you find with Google?

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What does the UvA-library offer you 1: Books and journals

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Website uba.uva.nl Blog library333.wordpress.com

Online help Subject specific

• search. Group

and individual help & support Subject specific search Search for a specific publication

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. Search for (online) journal articles

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 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. print book at the UvA-Library: borrow (faculty library or closed stacks) e-book at the UvA-Library: (off-campus) online access print book at other Dutch libraries: borrow via InterLibrary Loan nowhere in the Netherlands: purchase suggestion to librarian

What does the UvA-library offer you 2: Databases for subject-specific search

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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

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internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

52.041 titles (internet OR “social media” OR online) Social media use and youth political engagement

youth OR adolescent* OR teen* 9.565 titles 52.041 titles (youth OR adolescent* OR teen*) Social media use and youth political engagement internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics 25.818 titles 9.565 titles (election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics) 52.041 titles Social media use and youth political engagement youth OR adolescent* OR teen* internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

Social media use and youth political engagement election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics youth OR adolescent* OR teen* internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

AND AND

internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

youth OR adolescent* OR teen* election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics Social media use and youth political engagement

election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

youth OR adolescent* OR teen*

95 titles

(internet OR “social media” OR online) AND (youth OR adolescent* OR teen*) AND (election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics)

Social media use and youth political engagement in the Netherlands 0 titles election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics youth OR adolescent* OR teen* internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

AND AND The Netherlands

Social media use in the Netherlands 160 titles election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics youth OR adolescent* OR teen* internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

The Netherlands

Political engagement in the Netherlands 131 titles election* OR “voting behavi*r” OR politics youth OR adolescent* OR teen* internet OR “social media” OR

• nline

The Netherlands

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? Question 6: You are looking for literature reviews, systematic reviews or meta analysis on computer games:

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

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 1st, 2009 to December 31st, 2013? Question 7: You are researching the coverage of Italian politics in the American and British press.

LexisNexis Academic

What does the UvA-library offer you 3: Citation software Refworks

http://library.ucalgary.ca/refworks

References: book (APA 6e ed) Valkenburg, P. M. (2004). Children’s responses to the screen: a media psychological approach. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• 2. Publication

year

• 5. Publisher
• 1. Author(s)
• 4. Place of

publication

• 3. Title

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Plagiarism

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

Stroebe, W., Postmes, T, & Spears, R. (2012). Scientific misconduct and the myth of self-correction in science. Perspective on psychological science, 7, 670-688.

“A sample of notorious cases of scientific fraud”

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

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Questions? Stefano Giani s.giani@uva.nl or “Ask the Library”