Library of Social Sciences
 Library Website
 Discovery Service LIMO: books, articles, dissertations,
journal titles, newspapers
 Specific databases for political sciences
 Alerts
 LIRIAS
 Orders
bib.kuleuven.be/english/sbib
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About Limo? limo.libis.be
LIMO info
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Sign in Limo!
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Searching Limo
Two options:
A. Simple Search
Fill in your search terms in one single box and discover
millions of references of books, articles, etc.….
All content: available documents (print, online ..)
Physical items: printed, audiovisual e.o. info
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Workshop Limo
6 en 8 september 2011
Searching Limo
A. Simple Search: search tips
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“exact phrase”
truncation and wildcards
 ? 0 or 1 character
f.e. wom?n = woman and women
hono?r = honor and honour
 * 0, 1 or more characters
f.e. cultur* = culture, cultural, culturally
warm* = warm, warmer, warming
Grouping terms within a query: use parentheses
Searching Limo: advanced: more search
fields, smaller result sets
B. Advanced Search
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Searching Limo: use “facets” to limit
Limit my results:
• Physical items: in a library
• Peer-review: checked by other
scholars or researchers
• Full Text Online: online access
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Refine my results:
• Resource type: book, journal,
article, database …
• Creation date: publication
date
• Creator: author(s), editor(s)
• Topic: subject
• Language
• Source: database
• Journal title
•Library (KULeuven/other
institution): alphabetical list
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(alphabetical order)
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Selected facets are displayed
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Using search results
To sort search results:
Relevance (standard)
Date newest
Title A-Z
Add Tags
>searchable in
advanced search
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Access:
Print (location)
or online (view)
Using search results: locations
Click to open the floor plan
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Using search results: “locations”
Hold or stack requests
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Using search results: “details”
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More info about a document
Links to other catalogues
Links to LibriLinks (full text)
Request in another library
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Using search results: “details”
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More info about a document
Links to other catalogues
Interlibrary loan: Request
Request in another library
No full text ?
> link to print edition
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My Account: info about loans, requests
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Managing search results:
Select, RSS, save
Select
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Managing search results: My Citations
Exporteren/printen
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Free login to www.myendnoteweb.com
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Manage your bibliography
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There’s more then LIMO?
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LIMO is a discovery service for hundreds of millions of
books, articles e.o. publications.
Use special databases to search for specific info:
Communication and Mass Media Complete, International
Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, OECD
(statistics)…
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Databases for Anthropology
 Specific: Anthropological Index Online
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
 Bibliografic: Francis / Intern. Bibliography
of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/
Sociological Abstracts
Citation Index: Web of Science: Social
Science CI and Arts and Humanities CI
Databases for
Media and Communication
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
and Business Source Premier / Communication
and Mass Media Complete
 Bibliographic: Francis / Intern. Bibliography of
the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology
/ Sociological Abstr. / Social Services Abstracts
 Citation Index: Web of Science: Social
Science CI and Arts and Humanities CI
Databases for Political Sciences
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
/ Business Source Premier / Intern. Political
Science Abstracts (IPSA), Greenfile
 Bibliografic: Francis / Intern. Bibliography
of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/
Sociological Abstracts
 Citation Index: Web of Science:
SSCI and AHCI
Most important databases: Sociology
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
and Business Source Premier /
 Bibliographic: Francis / Intern. Bibliography of
the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology
/ Sociological Abstr. / Social Services Abstracts
 Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI
 Specific: Social Care Online
Statistics & News
 Statistics: OECD i library and info SBIB-
website (searching our collections)
 News: Mediargus, Westlaw, Balkan Insight,
Agence Europe, Current digest of the Postsoviet press
 Other
library catalogues: ECLAS,
Unicat, WorldCat
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Example International Political Science
Abstracts
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Native interface database
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Results list
More info or link
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Librilinks:
full text / other library? / other article?
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Full text collections in Leuven
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E-books:
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OECD
Springer
Individual titles
Journal
archives/collections:
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JSTOR
Muse
PAO
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collections:
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Cambridge UP
Elsevier
Emmerald
Oxford UP
Sage (also backfiles)
Springer
Taylor &Francis
Wiley-Blackwell
Westlaw: international news
Details: more info
View online: access
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Westlaw: Newsroom
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Statistics: OECD iLibrary
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Homepage > choose tab statistics
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Search term: Belgium
export
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Other statistics: Searching collections
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Other catalogues: searching collections
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Access to e-sources at home
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Proxy-server: popup!
Eduroam (laptop): to use your own files and esources on your own devices
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http://bib.kuleuven.be/english/ub/access-anduse/access/access-to-e-sources/wifi
Alerts
Three types of electronic alerts:
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TOC alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed about articles published in a new journal issues
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Search alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed about new results for a saved query in a specific
database after a specified period
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Citation Alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed when a specific article has been cited
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!To register for e-mailalerts (= choose a password)
! Some problems with RSS feeds are due to the stuiterproxy
Example 1: search for a specific journal
(TOC alerts)
Link to the full text
Select “tools”
Activate alerts for one or more journals
or subjects
Example 2: save your search alerts
Select advanced search
Select set > save > register (free)
Example 3: create citation alert
Lirias.kuleuven.be
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Political Science: Greet Louw
Other units: researchers
Anthropology: Kathleen Geens
IO: Inge Vermeulen
Mediastudies/centre: Françoise Van Dessel
Social Policy: Sophie De Rijck
Validator: Kris Scheys
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New acquisitions
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Website SBIB: right side: Quick to:
Website SBIB: left side: research: practical info
Book orders (selections):
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Contacts:
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Anthropology: F. De Boeck (IARA) and P. Devlieger (IMMRC)
Media and Communication: G. de Meyer (Media Studies), K. Roe (Mass
Media)
Political science: Niels Matheve (Centre Pol. Research),Yf Reikers
(International-European Politics)
Public Management Institute: Inge Vermeulen
Sociology: V. Dekocker (labour), K. Hermans (Soc. Policy), R.
Laermans (Theory), G. Loosveldt (data), R. Schepers (Medical), S.Van
Assche (family), J.Van Bavel (demogr.).