James Buczynski
April 27 th , 2009
LIBRARY SEARCHING SKILLS TUNE UP

CONTENTS
Data Being Searched
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Library Catalogue
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Journal Title Finder (SFX Link Resolver)
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Google Scholar
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Ulrichsweb.com
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Publisher Web Sites
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Article Search (MetaLib)

IDENTIFYING WHAT EXISTS ON YOUR TOPIC
Search Options
10 to 20 Years Ago
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Ask someone
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Look at references in a book, article
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Search library catalogues
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Use an abstract and index search tool

Texas Christian University Libraries

Texas Christian University Libraries

IDENTIFYING WHAT EXISTS ON YOUR TOPIC
Today
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Ask someone
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Look at references in a book, article, website, etc.
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Search 1000’s of Library Catalogues
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Use an abstract and index search tool (print)
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Search 1000’s of online indexes (“databases”)
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Google, or other web search engines

MORE TOOLS, EASIER INTERFACES, BUT…
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Data being searched is more complex.
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Library Catalogue
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Journal Title Finder
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Article Search (MetaLib)
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Ulrichsweb
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Google Scholar
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Worldcat.org
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Libraries don’t have a master index of all their collection materials like Google.

LIBRARY CATALOGUE
In Catalogue
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Stand alone books
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Most ebooks
Print serials
Most Electronic serials
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Ebooks we don’t have
Serials we don’t have
Web sites
Government docs
Databases
Absent from Catalogue
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Most book table of contents.
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Book reviews
Full text of books
Many ebooks in collections
Ebooks in databases
Many electronic serials
Course reserve items

EBOOKS IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
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154

EBOOKS
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IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
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Oxford Reference Online Titles (150+)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (30+)
Ovid eBooks
ScienceDirect ebooks (10)
CRC EnvironetBase (350+)
National Academies Press Digital Library (500+)
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Newest open access Netlibrary eBooks
Newest Books24X7 eBooks
Newest Safari Tech Books Online eBooks

DATA NOT SEARCHED IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
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Fulltext of books
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Table of contents
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Book reviews
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Book summaries

MARC records loaded June 1 st and December 1st
MARC records we buy are absent

BIBCAT – NO WEEDING, NO MARC LOADS

LIBRARY CATALOGUE
In Catalogue
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Stand alone books
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Most ebooks
Print serials
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Most Electronic serials
Ebooks we don’t have
Serials we don’t have
Web sites
Government docs
Databases
Absent from Catalogue
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Most book table of contents.
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Book reviews
Full text of books
Many ebooks in collections
Ebooks in databases
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Many electronic serials
Course reserve items eISBNs, eISSNs

SERIALS IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Print Only (674 Unique Titles) Print + Online Subscription + Databases
Online Subscription + Databases
30 000+ Titles
???? Serials we don’t have
Ex. Environment
Complete
Online Government Document - Serial
???? Serials are missing
Ex. CEDROM

SERIALS
NOT
IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
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Magazine, journals and newspaper titles added to our online library since the last bulk load of
MARC records.
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New titles in aggregator databases; EBSCO, PQ,
Gale.
Business Source Premier
• Journal of ABC added
• Fear Research added
• Biotech VC deleted
• Business models deleted
SFX
Knowledgebase is undated
Journal Title
Finder
MARC
Records
Exported
MARC
Records
Added to Voyager

JOURNAL TITLE FINDER – LINK RESOLVER
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Access to 30 000+ titles across 120+ products
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Accesspoints:
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Journal Title Finder
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Search box at top of website
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Within databases (results list or record view)
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Article Search (MetaLib)
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Google Scholar (on campus or via Firefox Extension off campus)

Who makes these subjects?

Find It Button on the Record
Appears whether or not we have access to Fulltext

Find It Button on the Record

Find It Button on the Record

Find It Button on the Results List

Connect to the resource:
-Article itself
-List of issues
-Resource search screen
Check our SFX
Knowledgebase
Searches 120+ collections of magazines, journals and newspapers for you!

BAD DATA EXAMPLE
ProQuest says fulltext coverage is:
Title: Freeman
Issn: 1559-1638
Coverage: June 1998 to present
1559-1638 Actually is:
Freeman: June 1998 to Dec 1999
Ideas on Liberty: Jan 2000 to Nov 2003
Freeman: Dec 2003 to present

JOURNAL TITLE FINDER
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Print and Online holdings (Subscribed and Open Access)
Government serials, grey literature not tracked.
(ex. Trade-marks journal, PubMed Central)
U.S. Centric in database/resource coverage.
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Knowledgebase Errors (Technical or Vendor)
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False positives – says we have when we don’t.
False negatives – says we don’t have when we do.
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Report issues to: LibraryTechHelp@senecac.on.ca
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Connect to Resource Errors
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Missing citation data (no issn, no volume, no issue)
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Newspapers, weeklies, dailies
ISBN, eISBN, ISSN, eISSN searching.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR
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If on campus, the IP number of your computer is recognized by Google, and your results will include:
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Find it: Seneca Libraries link or possibly
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If off campus or using the regular Google, install the Following Firefox or IE Extension:
 http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=1E1D56E9 .

ULRICHSWEB.COM
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Find out which databases index a specific serial title.
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Find out which databases have fulltext of a specific title.
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Find out if a title is peer reviewed.

Pulled Ulrichs Peer Reviewed Info Into Bib Records for Print

Which products cover the title?

JOURNAL, MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER WEBSITES
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Some titles are not indexed by any of our databases.
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Check the title’s website to find a search engine.

ARTICLE FINDER
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Cross product, cross vendor search tool.
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Accessed from:
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Search Box at the top of the website
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Article Search link on the website
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Subject Guides
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MySeneca: My.Research Tab

Wilson
HOW ARTICLE SEARCH WORKS
Oxford
JSTOR
PubMed
Oxford
Ovid
Books24X7
Highwire
Press
ACM Digital Library Library
Catalogue
EBSCO
ProQuest
Gale
CSA
ScienceDirect
Safari Tech
Books

WHAT ARTICLE SEARCH IS NOT
Search Query -> Index -> Results -> Link Resolver
WHAT ARTICLE SEARCH IS
Index 1
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Index 2
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Search Index 3 30 Results->Link Resolver
Query Index 4 30
30
30 Index 5
Index 6

QUICK SETS

NARROW SUBJECTS & CUSTOM SETS

NOT AVAILABLE YET OR FOREVER
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AccessScience
AP Images
Associations Canada
Auto Repair Reference Centre
Canada Statute Service
Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Canadian Literary Centre
Career Cruising
CEDROM (EUREKA)
Culturegrams
Current Biography (user limitation)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography eCPS, e-laws, eStat
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Corporate Profiler
Lawsource
Lexis-Nexis
Marketline
NFPA Codes
Scotts Directories
Teen Health and Wellness
Thesis Canada Portal
Toronto Star Pages of the Past
VetMed (forthcoming)
Weissman Online

WHAT ARTICLE SEARCH IS NOT
Search Query -> Index -> Results -> Link Resolver
WHAT ARTICLE SEARCH IS
Index 1
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Index 2
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Search Index 3 30 Results->Link Resolver
Query Index 4 30
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30 Index 5
Index 6

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