Resources and Tools
for Physics Research
Elizabeth Lee San Bao | elizabeth.lee@nus.edu.sg
20 January 2016
Session Outline
Overview of Library Services and
Resources
Ethics in Research and Plagiarism
Core Research Databases in Physics
Tools for Managing Your Research
Overview of Library
Services and Resources
NUS Libraries
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for life
Central Library
Science Library
Chinese Library
Medical Library
Hon Sui Sen
Memorial Library
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www.lib.nus.edu.sg | sclib@nus.edu.sg | Chat service (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
Your Access to NUS Libraries
 Your matric card is
your library card.
 Library Opening Hours
Library Login ID and PIN
Your matriculation number (e.g. A0066650N) is your
library login ID. By default, your library PIN is your
student SMARTCARD PIN issued by the NUS
Computer Centre.
Use this login ID and PIN to:
 Check your library account online
 Renew items online
 Reserve items/Place a hold
 Borrow items at self-check out stations
 Request items from closed stacks
Related FAQs
Loan Services For
Graduate Students
 LoanTip:
entitlement:
Quick
More services:
 Study carrels (4 hours per
Max 30 books and 1 RBR
You can return Main Shelves books at any
NUS Library.
loan)
 Loan period:
 Document Delivery Service
ButMain
all RBR
books
must
be
returned
at
the Loans Desk of
shelves books: 28 days
(DDS) *
the home library.
RBR: 2 hours/overnight
 Intra-library loan *
Return
through
book chutes
only if library is closed.
 3 online
renewals
for main
 Inter-library loan *
shelves books
* e-form submission is required
NUS Libraries Resources
 FindMore@NUSL / LINC : Discovery Search Engine / Library
Catalogue
 E-Resources / E-Books / E-Journals
 RBR / Exam Papers
 ScholarBank : Institutional Repository, where past theses
can be found.
Theses and Dissertations
NUS Theses and
Dissertations
 Before Sep 2003 (Print):
Call No. QC3
 After Sep 2003 (E-Theses):
ScholarBank
Non-NUS Theses and
Dissertations
 Theses Databases: ProQuest
dissertations & theses|
Springer Theses | Other
NUS-subscribed databases
 University Repositories
 Recommend to purchase
thesis
* For more information, you can visit our LibGuide on how to find theses.
Searching Citations with
FindMore@NUSL
 FindMore@NUSL searches for books, e-books, journal articles,
newspaper articles, dissertations & more.
 For more information, you can visit the FindMore LibGuide.
Sussman, G. J., & Wisdom, J. (2015). Structure and
interpretation of classical mechanics (2nd ed.).
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Demo on FindMore
Searching Citations with
FindMore@NUSL
Login to view more results
from databases
Sort results by
relevance or date
Search
Filters
Content type &
item availability
Inserts item into
temporary folder
Citing and email
options
Searching Citations with
FindMore@NUSL
LINC record of the book
Where to find it?
• SC Books
• SC Bound Journals
• Etc.
Call numbers for Physics
titles usually start with QC
Status of book:
• Available
• Due XX-XX-XX
• Etc.
Searching Citations with LINC
 Similarly to FindMore, LINC also searches for books, e-books, journals,
etc. But it does not search for journal articles.
 You would need to search for the journal title in LINC to find the
article. In FindMore, you can search the journal article title directly.
Santos, R., Portugal, R., & Boettcher, S. (2015).
Moments of coinless quantum walks on lattices.
Quantum Information Processing, 14(9), 3179-3191.
doi:10.1007/s11128-015-1042-9
Demo on LINC
Searching Citations with LINC
Journal article
Notfound
foundininLINC
LINC
Journal
found in FindMore
Activity: Searching Citations with
NUS Libraries | FindMore@NUSL
vs LINC
Let’s try some searching exercises with
NUS Libraries!
1. Go to
https://b.socrative.com/login/student/
2. Key in TIX4IHYV for room name
3. Enter your name initials
Ethics in Research and
Plagiarism
Ethics in Science Research
Source: Nature, 6 September
2007
Source: VietnamNet Bridge, 30 May
2012
Source: DW, 6 June 2014
Plagiarism
“In NUS, it is defined as the practice of taking someone
else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”
Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for
English Language Communication
“Plagiarism is a deliberate activity – the conscious
copying from the work of others without
acknowledgement.”
Source: Avoiding Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Dr
Yang Ying, Centre for English Language Communication
Plagiarism
For more information:
NUS Plagiarism Prevention
website: offers selfchecked plagiarism
prevention softwares,
Turnitin and iThenticate.
NUS emodule on
academic culture
and plagiarism
Plagiarism.org: free resource
sponsored by makers of
Turnitin, WriteCheck, and
iThenticate
Why Cite Your Sources?
Academic Integrity –
to avoid plagiarism
and show the amount
of research done
Acknowledgement –
give due credit to
research done by others
(intellectual debt)
Authority – ensure credibility
of your work and lend support
to arguments by referring to
authoritative sources
WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE!
Citing Your Sources Properly
 Different citation styles are available, e.g. APA, AIP, MLA. Please
check with your tutor/supervisor which style to use in your paper.
 Different ways of citing are used for different types of sources,
e.g. books, edited books, journal articles, etc.
 There are 2 places to cite the sources you have used during your
research:
a) Within a sentence (In-text citation)
b) At the end of document (Bibliography/References)
Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for English
Language Communication
* For more information, please visit our
LibGuide on Citation Styles.
Citing Your Sources Properly
Numerical
system of citing
Author-date
system of citing
Core Research
Databases in Physics
Why read Scientific Papers?
Current
• Read the
most up to
date
materials
Replicable
• You can
redo the
experiments
yourself
Contains raw
data
Shows logic in
research
• Save time by
using their
data
• You can
evaluate the
conclusions
drawn
Core Research Databases in
Physics
 NUS-subscribed Databases:
a) INSPEC – Covers physics, electronics, computing and
engineering from 1969.
b) Institute of Physics (IOP) Science - Over 60 IOP journals with
archive dating back more than 130 years
c) Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) - From the
American Physical Society, this database’s coverage is from
1893 to present
d) Web of Science – Multidisciplinary, 1900 onwards.
e) Scopus – Multidisciplinary, 1996 onwards.
 Open Access: arXiv.org
* More databases listed in Physics LibGuide.
Database Highlight:
Web of Science (WOS)
WOS’s Core Collection:
 More than 12,000 multidisciplinary research journals and over
150,000 conference proceedings.
 More than 250 disciplines covered from 1900 onwards.
 Includes Cited Reference Searching to track prior and current
research development.
 Integrates citing and referencing seamlessly with EndNote.
 Updated weekly.
Source: Thomson Reuters, Web of Science Core Collection
Database Demonstration:
Web of Science (WOS)
Sample research topic:
Study of induced radioactivity of materials in and around
proton radiotherapy beams
Identify the
keywords
in topic
Induced
radioactivity
Proton
radiotherapy
beams
Find the
synonyms
of keywords
Look for
different
variations of
keywords
proton
beams /
proton
radiation
Radioactivity,
radioactive
 radioactiv*
Beams, beam
 beam*
Use phrase
searching
“Proton
radiotherapy
beam*”
Use Boolean
operators
“Proton
radiotherapy
beam*” OR
“proton
beam*” OR
“proton
radiation”
Database Demonstration:
Web of Science (WOS)
Sample research topic:
Study of induced radioactivity of materials in and around proton
radiotherapy beams
Suggested search statement:
induced radioactiv*
AND
"proton radiotherapy beam*" OR "proton beam*" OR "proton radiation"
* For more search tips in WOS, please visit here.
Demo on WOS
Database Demonstration:
Web of Science (WOS)
Results sorting
Create
Search
Alerts
Save citations
Find Full-Text Article
Search
Filters
Database Demonstration:
Web of Science (WOS)
My Tools &
Search History
Find Full-Text Article
Citation-related
statistics
Some tips on managing
research results
Refine by subject/discipline
areas as defined by the
databases – more specific
to your research focus.
Identify and read review
articles so you can trace
the historical development
of a certain research area.
Use number of times cited
to identify and read highimpact papers.
Use citations to trace the
progress of a certain
research area.
Building current awareness of
Physics research development
You can subscribe to the following alerts to keep updated on new Physics
research development:
Databases’
alerting
service, e.g.
saved
search alert
Citation
alerts
Publishers
and journals’
alerting
services and
newsletters
RSS feeds from
related Physics
websites and
news
organisations
LINC alerting
service, e.g.
saved
search alert
Evaluating Physics research
information
Currency
Purpose
Relevancy
CRAAP
Evaluation
Criteria
Authority
Accuracy
Evaluating Physics research
information
Evaluating Information for Academic Quality
Group Activity: Evaluating
Physics research information
Let’s try some information evaluation
exercises!
1. Go to
https://b.socrative.com/login/student/
2. Key in TIX4IHYV for room name
3. Enter your group name initials
Tools for Managing
Your Research
JabRef for LaTeX users
 JabRef is a free and open source bibliography reference
manager software.
 Latest version is 3.0, http://jabref.org
 Java-based so it is platform/OS-independent.
 Uses BibTeX files (.bib) as native file format.
 Provides filters to import other file format: .ris, Medline,
JSTOR, etc
 Graphical interface for editing BibTeX entries.
JabRef for LaTeX users
EndNote
 EndNote is another bibliographic software for storing,
organising and formatting your references from many
sources.
 Cite While You Write – EndNote automatically inserts
references in Word document.
 Customise the format and style of citation automatically.
 Current version is X7.4.
* For more information, please visit our LibGuide on Endnote.
Demo of EndNote
EndNote
Creating a EndNote Library: Direct Exporting from
databases, Importing from PDF file, Manual Input
Cite While You Write – Inserting
references into Word
Library Proxy Bookmarklet
 A browser plug-in that automatically inserts “libproxy1.nus.edu.sg”
into the URL of an article link in your browser.
 Quick way to see if NUS Libraries subscribes to the journal and you
have access to the article.
* For more information, please visit the LibGuide.
Demo of Library Proxy Bookmarklet
Library Tips in Google Scholar
 Apply Library Proxy Bookmarklet in Google Scholar
to quickly see if you have access to journal
articles.
 Change “Library Links” in Settings to “National
University of Singapore” – ensures that “Find It!
@NUS Libraries” appears.
 Change “Bibliography manager” in search results
settings to ensure “Import into EndNote” appears.
Library Tips in Google Scholar
Start your Physics Research with
NUS Libraries today!
Information Sources for
Academic Research
List of References
 Library Portal: http://lib.nus.edu.sg
 FindMore: http://nus.summon.serialssolutions.com
 LINC Catalogue: http://linc.nus.edu.sg
 myLINC to check library account: https://linc.nus.edu.sg/patroninfo/
 Library FAQ: http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg
 NUS Libraries Guide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/libraryhelp
 Physics LibGuide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/physics
 FindMore LibGuide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findmore
 How do I find theses?: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findthesis
 E-books LibGuide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/ebooks
 Citation styles LibGuide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/citation
 EndNote LibGuide: http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote
 Library Proxy Bookmarklet LibGuide:
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet
 ScholarBank: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg
List of References
 NUS plagiarism prevention website,
http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention
 Plagiarism, Breeze presentation by Centre for English Language
Communication: https://breeze.nus.edu.sg/p53961553/
 Avoiding Plagiarism, Breeze presentation by Dr Yang Ying, Centre
for English Language Communication:
https://breeze.nus.edu.sg/avoidingplagiarism/
 NUS emodule on academic culture and plagiarism:
http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/ac/
 Web of Science Training:
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science/
 Internet Physicist Tutorial:
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/physics
 Tutorials - Scientific Paper:
https://www.lib.purdue.edu/help/tutorials/scientific-paper
 JabRef: http://jabref.org
More Useful References
 Postgraduate Student Resources (Compiled by NUS CDTL):
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/pg/resources/
 EndNote training (Thomson Reuters): http://endnote.com/training
 Early Career Researchers (Elsevier): http://www.elsevier.com/earlycareer-researchers/home
 Institute of Physics, Career Resources for Undergraduates and Graduates:
http://www.iop.org/careers/undergrad--postgrad/page_64174.html
 Institute of Physics, Career Resources for Early Career Researcher:
http://www.iop.org/careers/researcher--careerchange/page_64175.html
 American Institute of Physics, Career Resources:
http://www.aip.org/career-resources
 American Physics Society, Career Guidance:
http://www.aps.org/careers/guidance/index.cfm
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Elizabeth Lee
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Science Library Information Desk
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