information literacy aew - 22806 marine systems annemie kersten september 3, 2008

Information LiteracyAEW - 22806 Marine Systems

Annemie KerstenSeptember 3, 2008

Wageningen UR Library / Forum

Programme: Wednesday, September 3

13.30 – 14.15 Introductory lecture 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules in BB

Programme: Wednesday, September 10

13.30 – 14.15 Lecture: search strategy 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules BB and help in

setting up search strategies

Programme: Wednesday, September 17

13.30 – 14.15 Modules in BB 14.15 – 14.30 Break 14.30 – 15.15 Modules BB and help in

searching

Information Literacy

"To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information" (ALA, 1989)

Why should you be information literate?

– Later as a professional– Now during your studies

Information Explosion - Electronic http://www.isc.org

Information overloadhttp://www.uky.edu/libraries/FindIt

The Library and the Web

Information Literacy

Reliability of sourcesBrittanica http://info.britannica.co.uk/ <-> Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_PageGoogle Scholar http://scholar.google.com/<-> Scopus

http://www.scopus.com/scopus/home.url

What will you learn?

How to search for scientific information How to use the Wageningen UR Digital

Library How to use bibliographic databases on

different platforms How to set up a search strategy How to evaluate search results

Wageningen UR Digital Library http://library.wur.nl/

Wageningen Digital Library - Introduction

Portals: a guide to information resources by subject area and general reference

Search: frequently used information resources User info and services: information and support Log in: My Library a.o. off-campus access (staff

and students WUR)http://library.wur.nl/desktop/http://library.wur.nl.ezproxy.library.wur.nl/ - URL

after off-campus log in

Where do I find ?

books and journals in the library → Library Catalogue

Wageningen UR publications → Wageningen Yield (WaY)

the last issue of a journal → Electronic journals journal articles → bibliographies citations of articles → Web of Science / Scopus electronic reference sources → Virtual

Reference Desk

How can I ?

Find important resources in my field → Subject Portals

Find a list of all main resources → Databases A-Z or Databases by type

CrossSearch databases → MetaLib Find information on services → User info and

services use my personal Desktop Library a.o. off-campus

access→ Log in (My Library)

http://library.wur.nl/desktop/http://library.wur.nl.ezproxy.library.wur.nl/ - URL after

off-campus log in

Library Catalogue

To search titles of books, journals, reports in the library → Library Catalogue NOT TO SEARCH ARTICLES

Default: phrase searching All fields= words in author, title, publisher, place of

publication, series title, notes, keywords, abstract etc.

Search specific fields: title, author, keyword, category Wildcards: use an * to replace a string of characters

or a ? to replace a single character Keywords: use the Keyword lookup (thesaurus)

Bibliographic databases

To search journal articles, book chapters → bibliographies

General/multidisciplinary Web of Science (since 1945) Scopus (since 1960) Google Scholar

Bibliographic databases

Subject specificHealth: PubMed, Medline (incl. Veterinary

Science)Agriculture: CAB Abstracts, Agris, AgricolaBiology: Biological AbstractsZoology: ZooRecodAquaculture and Fisheries: ASFAMarine and brackish water environments:

Oceanic Abstracts Chemistry: SciFinder Scholar

MetaLib

MetaLib: Search multiple databases (bibliographies, catalogues, gateways) in one search QuickSearch (10 databases) MetaSearch (select databases by subject)

http://library.wur.nl/desktop/direct/

orhttp://library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/

BlackBoard course

After this introductory lecture, you start: Blackboard course ECS52901_2008_1:

A selection of modules / learning units Practical and self study

How to login to the BlackBoard Course?

WUR account and enrolled in BB: Login using your WUR account

Go to http://edu2.web.wur.nl/ Click on User Login button Enter Username and Password and click

on Login button Select ECS52901_2008_1

How to login to the BlackBoard Course?

WUR account, not enrolled in BB: Login using a guest account

Go to http://edu2.web.wur.nl/ Click on User Login button Enter Username user01 and password

user01 Select ECS52901_2008_1Guest accounts user01 through user16

Blackboard: Course Information

Select Course information and open AEW-22806 Marine Systems to see which modules and learning units you have to study

Where to get help?

User info and services: a.o. Courses and self instructionhttp://library.wur.nl/desktop/services/

Or ask for help in the Library

Where to get help?

Annemie.Kersten@wur.nl or (4)84501 Marianne.Roseboom@wur.nl or (4)83654