IM2655 - Intro to Nanotech
KTH Library
Information Search
Assoc. Prof. Muhammet S. Toprak
Functional Materials Division - FNM
Royal Institute of Technology - KTH
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KTH Electronic Library
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http://www.lib.kth.se/main/eng/
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http://www.lib.kth.se/infosokkurser/eng/
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http://www.lib.kth.se/infosok/eng/infosok.
asp?filename=introduction
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http://www.lib.kth.se/infosok/eng/infosok.asp?filename=you_can_search_here#
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Search in the Web
http://www.lib.kth.se/infosok/eng/infosok.asp?filename=web_searching#
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http://www.lib.kth.se/main/eng/bibliographic_databases.asp?dbtyp=subj
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How to evaluate a search
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When you search through a library
catalogue, you often have a fairly
clear picture of what you are looking
for. Evaluation of the material that
you find is done successively as you
obtain it. However the process is
different when evaluating references
obtained from a database or an
Internet search. This section provides
you with some important things to
think about before you evaluate your
references
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Quality
Are you searching in a database?
The material in the databases is assessed, evaluated and scientifically
scrutinised. Many of these databases can be accessed via Internet.
Are you searching on the Internet?
One of the main disadvantages with the Net is that the information is not
subject to scientific scrutiny. Anyone can publish whatever they like on
the Net. In addition, the same search can provide different results with
different search tools and at different times. Not infrequently searches
on the Net can lead to dead links to Web pages that have disappeared
from cyber space like dying stars.
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How to find original documentation?
There are several ways to find original documentation.
You may search in:
– library catalogues, for example the KTHB katalog or
LIBRIS,
– electronical journals or books,
– SAMSÖK.
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How to search the library catalogue
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the KTHB Catalogue , which is an example of a local
catalogue, and
• the LIBRIS Catalogue which is the joint national
catalogue for most of the public research libraries in
Sweden.
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http://www.lib.kth.se/infosok/eng/infosok.asp?filename=the_kthb_catalogue
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http://www.lib.kth.se/infosok/eng/infosok.asp?filename=libris
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KTH Library – New Design
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Libris
http://www.kth.se/en/kthb/litteratursokning/libris-1.270415
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How to search electronic journals
• An increasing number of journals are now available in electronic
form. From 1995 many of them are available only in electronic form
Check the e-journal database. By clicking "E-resources" and then
"E-journals" at the KTHB Web page you can access thousands of
electronic journals in full text.
Most of our E-journals are also accessible in LIBRIS, the joint
national catalogue. Click on E-resources in LIBRIS in order to
exclude printed material.
Freely available E-journals can be found by clicking on Full Text
Archives.
Anyone visiting the KTH main library or branches has direct access
to E-journals.
If you want to access the KTHB E-journals from your home, visit
Access to Electronic Resources on and off KTH Campus.
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Search the portal SAMSÖK
http://focus.lib.kth.se/login?url=http://samsok.libris.kb.se/V/?func=quick-1&new_lng=eng
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Search portal Primo…
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KTH Library Assisstance
• http://www.kth.se/en/kthb/tjanster/kurserinformationssokning/kursmaterial-1.274082
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http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/
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http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/indexdemo.html
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http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/demopath.html
How to write a reference list?
• Using the material of others without providing the
source is theft and therefore a punishable offence.
• The aim of the reference list is to make it possible for the reader to
find the publication, that is the original document you are referring
to. Therefore the written reference must contain particular details.
By clicking on "E-resources" and "Reference Works" at the KTHB
Web page you can find instructions on how to write references
under the heading "Writing".
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Printed material
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Publications are referred to in various ways. A book requires different information
than a newspaper article, a conference presentation, a report or a patent. There is a
however a general scheme to follow that covers the basic details required for being
able to find the original document. These basic details are:
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author,
year of publication,
title, and
source.
Source varies according to the publication:
• books - provide the name of the publisher, the publishing area, part, volume or
print/reprint and ISBN;
• journal articles - journal title (abbreviated according to the accepted praxis),
volume, number/issue, page reference and ISSN;
• reports - publisher, publishing area and report number; and
• conference presentation - conference name, title, venue, date, pages, publisher,
ISSN/ISBN.
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Web material
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The Web "lives" you ought to provide the date that you found the Web page.
Web pages are being constantly updated, and it is not definite that you will
be able to find the same Web page again. Use greater than and less than
symbols as brackets around the Web address.
When referring to an article on the Web include the following:
• the author(s),
• the title of the article within quotation marks,
• the original publishing date/latest update of the Web page,
• the name of the organisation that owns the Web page,
• the date you visited the Web page, and
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the URL (Web page address).
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Vancouver system
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References are numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text –
they are identified by Arabic numerals in parentheses (1), square brackets
[1], superscript1, or a combination[1]
Journal articles
Standard journal articles
Leurs R, Church MK, Taglialatela M. H1-antihistamines: inverse agonism, antiinflammatory actions and cardiac effects. Clin Exp Allergy. 2002 Apr;32(4):489-98.
Books
Personal author(s)
Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM, Moore PK. Pharmacology. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill
Livingstone; 2003.
Electronic material
Website
Drug-interactions.com [homepage on the Internet]. Indianapolis: Indiana University
Department of Medicine; 2003 [updated 17 May 2006; cited 30 May 2006]. Available
from: http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
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ACS Style
Journal Citations
Deno, N. C.; Richey, H. G.; Liu, J. S.; Lincoln, D. N.; Turner, J. O. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. 1965, 87, 4533-4538.
Book Citations
Asmus, K. D. Recent aspects of thiyl and perthiyl free radical chemistry.
In Active oxygens, lipid peroxides, and antioxidants; Yagi, K., Ed.;
Japan Scientific Societies: Tokyo; CRC: Boca Raton, Fl.,1993; pp
57-67.
Online Journal
Deno, N. C.; Richey, H. G.; Liu, J. S.; Lincoln, D. N.; Turner, J. O. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. [Online] 1965, 87, 4533-4538.
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http://chemistry.library.wisc.edu/writing/acs-style-guidelines.html#print-editions
Plagiarism
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Avoiding plagiarism
• The availability of text in digital form increases the
possibility of accidentally using someone else's material
without acknowledgement
• Make sure you record all the details of the material you
make notes on at the time so that you know who’s it is
later
• By all means use quotes and paraphrased material but
cite it properly
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Plagiarism
För studenter / For students
• Refero - an Anti-plagiarism Tutorial
• Refero – antiplagieringsguiden
• Curtin University of Technology, student guidelines book
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Do you need assistance?
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