cs 101 students presented by ken ryan winter, 2008 getting the most out of the library out of the...
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CS 101 Students
Presented by
Ken Ryan
Winter, 2008
GETTING THE MOSTGETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE LIBRARYOUT OF THE LIBRARY
Agenda
Openers
The Library website and navigating it
Design a search engine
How to find stuff here
Using the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2
Agenda
Openers
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
alreadyNow here I am ^ nagging at you …• Did you get your NIS Account?
IF NOT, go to Library Palmer WingITS Help Desk and register NOW!
Why? NEEDED FOR ACCESSING ALLCAMPUS COMPUTERS STARTING
2008(and for remote and wireless
access). •Have you been using the campus student e-mail system?
http://mymail.calstatela.edu
Why? BEST FOR E-MAILING ATTACHMENTS AND FOR RECEIVING OFFICIAL CAMPUS E-MAIL.
Steps of Library Research
Catalog
Need books?
InterlibraryLoan
InterlibraryLoan
NoNo
Library stacks YesYes
Getitem inyour
hands!Need articles?
Databases
PrintPrintNoNo
Full-text
Full-text
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
The Library Website
Important menu & other links
•Library hours•Floor plans•People•Policies•Jobs•Services•Help•Campus links
Really important links …
Search for: Articles in journals, newspapers,
magazines (Article and Reference Databases)
Journals, newspapers & magazines byname (Journal Name Search)
Books and other library materials Course materials on reserve
… on the Library main website
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
A database is
A collection of information organized for easy access and searchable by specific fields like author and title.
A search engine is …A computer program that
electronically searches the contents of a database to locate specific information
www.library.arizona.edu/rio/glossary.htm
A computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Now that you know a couple of definitions for a search engine, you are going to be given the opportunity to design YOUR ideal information-seeking tool or system.
• List a few characteristics YOU think theIDEAL search engine should have.
• Report what your group came up with.• Then we’ll look at ACTUAL databases and
the search engines they use.• Draw your own conclusions – better
or worse than your IDEAL design?
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff here
Using the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
And now, some live examples …
Goliathus regius
AND NOW, SOME LIVE EXAMPLES …
Basic Search
KEYWORD: “ global warming ” AND ( technol* OR engineer* )
KEYWORD: “ computer programming ”
Journal Search
Does the Library subscribe to Computer Music Journal?
Advanced Search
KEYWORD / LOCATION: comput* AND Thesis
Collection
Search Examples
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
TIME EVENT
WebTV/Radio
One day later
Days
Newspapers
Magazines Journals
Real time
Weeks
Books
Months Years
Government Publications Reference
A Timeline of InformationAdapted (2002) from “The Lifecycle of Information,” Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington. Thanks to C. Haras.
Flow of Scientific Information
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.htmlhttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/acs800/structs.html
Timeline0
1-2 years
2-3 years
2-3 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
7-10 years
Journal or Magazine?What’s the difference? And who What’s the difference? And who
cares?cares?
Journals = research references
(bibliographies)abstractsauthor information
Examples: Journal of Scientific
Computing
Science
ACM Transactions on …
Journal of the Association for History & Computing
Magazines = info, news, entertainmentNO bibliographiesMANY advertisements
Examples:
Technology Review
Newsweek
PC Quest
Wall Street Journal
Both are published periodically.
Formulating an Article Database Search
See handout: “Search Strategy Development Worksheet”
Ask a question containing the search concepts: How do I get articles about the management of
software development projects?
Join concepts with Boolean operators: OR broadens a search
either term may appear in the same record terms are similar in meaning
example: develop* OR manag*
AND narrows a search all concepts must appear in citation terms differ in meaning
example: software AND ( develop* OR manag* )
Formulating a Search (Graphic View)
A = develop*B = manag*C = software
Result SetA+C, B+C,
A+B+C
develop* AND software
develop* ANDmanag* AND
software
manag* AND software
Database Finder
Select or limit by type of resource
Select by database and get one-click
access
Select by subject areas and get list of
recommended databases with
details
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
Academic Search Premier
Articles from 4,200+ journals, all subject areas; 3,200+ are full-text; most are “peer-reviewed” or “scholarly” or “academic”
Citations / Text can be downloaded e-mailed to campus or commercial
account printed (Library workstations & OALs)
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2Using Engineering Village 2
Computer Source
From the same friendly folks who bring you Academic Search premier …
Articles from about 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.
Citations / Text can be downloaded e-mailed to campus or commercial account printed (Library workstations & OALs)
Agenda
OpenersOpeners
The Library website and navigating itThe Library website and navigating it
Design a search engineDesign a search engine
How to find stuff hereHow to find stuff here
Using the Library CatalogUsing the Library Catalog
How to borrow stuff, here AND thereHow to borrow stuff, here AND there
How to find articles in databasesHow to find articles in databases
Using Academic Search PremierUsing Academic Search PremierUsing Computer SourceUsing Computer SourceUsing Engineering Village 2
CompendexCovers 5,000+ engineering journals & conferences;references and abstracts; 1970 to present; includes:
• chemical and process engineering• computers & data processing• applied physics • electronics & communications• civil, mechanical and materials engineering
INSPECCovers 5,000+ sci-tech journals & conferences; 1969to present; includes:
• electrical & electronic engineering• physics• information technology• computer & control systems
1. Title of article2. Author3. Journal name (often called “Source”)4. Volume (and issue) number5. Date 6. Page(s)
* Print or e-mail your citations (or accurately write them out)
Article Citations …
Don’t leave your databases without them!*
Remember …
Remember … most of the World’s total knowledge resources are ONLY available in print form in books and bound journals.
Don’t be misled into wrong thinking that because it’s in a book, it’s passé, or that “old” journal articles are worthless.
Also remember … not everything is on the Web!
A couple of words to the wise …
-- Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Floor, Library NorthFloor, Library North
- Read online help screens & tutorials
- Read handouts (in bins by Reference Desk)
- Ken Ryan (STEM Librarian)323-343-4943kryan@calstatela.edu
Still going around in circles?
That’s all, folks!
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