literature search: social sciences
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University Library
UBT
Vibeke Bå[email protected] 2015(Culture and social sciences library)
Part of the seminar series Take control of your PhD journey: From (p)reflection to publishing
The physical library
• Printed books and journals
• Reference books
• Reading areas on all 3 levels.
• Public terminals
• Free printing, copying and scanning
• Open network
• Information desk: 12 pm - 2 pm
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The electronical library
• UBT subscribes to 250 databases,
more than 30.000 e-journals and
more than 750.000 e-books. All in full text.
• The UB subscribes to Library PressDisplay, a full text
database containing more than 2000 newspapers from 92
countries in 48 languages.
• Free access on campus and at the student homes.
Elsewhere: connect to the VPN (see UB’s homepage)
• You may borrow iPads/Galaxy at the library.
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Where to search for
documents?
• Starting point: http://uit.no/ub
• Library search (uit.oria.no)
contains information on
books, e-books, e-journals,
articles, theses etc.
Where to search for databases
in your field?
• Library search (Oria) → Find databases → Category→ : e.g. Social sciences → Sub-category →e.g. Peace studies → Find databases
• Political science (36)
• Sociology (29)
• Social Anthropology (28)
• Peace studies (30)
• Education (25)
• Indigenous peoples studies (25)
• Economy (15)
• Religious studies (15)
• History (32)
• Philosophy (18)
• Archaeology (16)
• ALL
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Some useful databases
• Library Search (Oria): all library documents
• MUNIN: fulltext, digital archive from UiT (master- and doctoral
theses, etc.)
• PROQUEST Research library: fulltext articles from
international journals etc. Contains 36 databases, like
Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science,
Eric (education), Historical abstracts, Philosophical
abtracts, Proquest Dissertations etc.
• JSTOR: fulltext digital archive back to first issue
• Web of Science (ISI)(Social Sciences Citation Index):
international citations and articles
• SCOPUS:the world’s largest abstract and citation
database(peer-reviewed and quality web resources).
• CIAO: international affairs
• Cambridge Histories Online
• Oxford reference- History
• Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
• Guide to the United Nation Human Rights Documentation
• Contemporary Women’s Issues: multidisciplinary
• Index islamicus: islam, muslims, the Middle East etc.
• Anthrosource: anthropological resources
• High North Research Documents: open access documentsrelevant to the Arctic area.
• The World Fact Book: updated public information
• Encyclopedias, dictionaries
• Ordnett.no (ordbøker)
• Public information (Odin, Lovdata, SSB etc.)
• Google Scholar: ”academic” google
• Etc.
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How to qualify assure your search?
Search: terrorism and norway (terror* and norw*)
• Google: 5 020 000 (104 000 000)
• Google scholar: 43 200 (18 100)
• UB database (e.g. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts):
75 (71 peer-reviewed) and 133 (115 peer-reviewed)
Which one would you prefer?
Subject librarians in social sciences at UBT
• Per Pippin Aspaas: history, archaeology,
religion, greek and latin
• Erlend Hagan: indigenous studies, sami and
russian
• Vibeke Bårnes: sociology, political science,
social anthropology, education, peace studies
Textbook- where to find information
- search tips
- source criticism
- plagiarism and cheating
- quotations, citations and references
- referencing tecniques
- citation examples
- writing papers
Bårnes, Vibeke and Mariann Løkse (2014): Information literacy: How to find, evaluate and cite sources. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk. (NOK 249,-)