resources & tools for physics research
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Resources & Tools for Physics Research. Geok Kee [email protected] 22 Jan 2014. Chinese Library. Central Library. C J Koh Law Library. Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library. Music Library. S cience library. [email protected]. Medical Library. Outline. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Geok [email protected] Jan 2014
Resources & Tools for Physics Research
Central Library
Chinese Library
Medical Library
Hon Sui SenMemorial Library
C J Koh Law Library
Music Library
Science library
Outline
· Overview of library services & resources
· Ethical use of information & plagiarism
· Core research databases in Physics
· Tools for managing your research
Accessing NUS Libraries
Library card Library
Hours
Graduate Students
· Loan entitlementMax 30 items & 1 RBR
· Loan periodMain shelves books: 28 daysRBR: 2hrs/Overnight
· 3 online renewals for main shelves books
· Study Carrels(4 hrs per loan)
· Document Delivery Services (DDS)
· Intra-library Loan
· Inter-library Loan
Library Privileges Additional Services
Demo
E-forms
Resources
Services
Overview of Library Resources
Library Resources
Nielsen, Michael A., & Chuang, Isaac L. (2010). Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Demo
Citation of a book
Library Resources Citation of a book chapter
Chapter title
Book title Editors
YearAuthors
Fuka, V., Brechler, J. & Jirk, A. (2010). Modelling of
stratified and turbulent flow. In D. T. Mihailovic & C.
Gualtieri (Eds.), Advances in environmental fluid
mechanics (pp. 67-86). Singapore: World Scientific.
Library Resources
· Castro Neto, A. H.; Guinea, F.; Peres, N. M. R.; Novoselov, K. S.; Geim, A. K., The electronic properties of graphene. Rev. Mod. Phys. 2009, 81 (1), 109-162.
· A. C. Ferrari et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 187401 (2006).
Journal title/name: “reviews of modern physics”
Citation of a journal article
Library Proxybookmarklet
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet
· A browser plugin· Use it to quickly check if we have a subscription to the
journal & have full-text access to the article
Demo
Before Sep 2003 (Print)
After Sep 2003 (e-theses)
Purchased theses (Print, CD-ROM)
Theses & Dissertations
NUSMasters (by research)
& PhD theses
Non-NUS (Foreign)
LINC (Call nos. QC3 for Physics)
ScholarBank@NUS
Theses databases
Repositories of universities
LINC
Proquest dissertations & theses (Worldwide, UK & Ireland)
Guides: Physics, How do I find theses?
Springer theses
Demo
Can you return books at any of the NUS Libraries?Ans:
Main shelves books
RBR booksAlways return RBR books at the Loans Desk of the home library. Return through book chutes only if library is closed.
FAQs
Login IDs & passwords (FAQs )
Matriculation no. (e.g. A007111X)
& Library PIN· Check your library account
· Renew items online
· Reserve/Place hold
· Request items in closed stacks
· Borrow items at self check-out stations
NUSNET ID (e.g. A007111) & Password· Access NUS networked
services/resources, e.g. NUS mails, IVLE
· Log-in to library portal to use DDS, inter- & intra-library e-forms
· Access library subscribed e-resources (e.g. e-books, e-journals & databases)
Login Interfaces
NUSSTU/a007111
Ethical Use of Information & Plagiarism
Strictly for the purpose of research or study
Limitations for CopyingIn a nutshell, · Published books (> 10 pages)
Not more than one chapter or 10% of number of pages
· JournalsNot more than whole or part of one Article in a Journal unless the Articles relate to the same subject matter.
Copying of Library Materials
Electronic MaterialsNot more than· 10% of the total number of bytes in the Work; or
· 10% of the total number of words in the Work or 10% of the contents of the Work; or
· One chapter of the Work, where it exceeds any of the limits set out above
Copying of library materials
E-Resources Appropriate Use Policy
No excessive copying or downloading
Avoid Plagiarism
“In NUS, it is defined as the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for English Language Communication
NUS plagiarism prevention websitehttp://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention
Plagiarism prevention service
Citation & Bibliography
Two places to cite the references you have used(i) Author-date system
In-text citationWithin a sentence
Bibliography/References At the end of the document
e.g. APA style (American Psychological Association)
Citation & Bibliography
(ii) Numerical system
In-text citation
References
e.gs.ACS style (American Chemical Society)AIP style (American Institute of Physics)
Citation styles guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/citation
Tools for Managing Your Research
Comparison of reference management software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Bibliography Management Software
Video
JabRef (LaTeX users)
• An open source reference management software (Free)
• Current version 2.9.2, http://jabref.sourceforge.net
• Java-based -- platform/OS independent
• Uses BibTeX files (*.bib) as its native format
• Provides a easy-to-use GUI for editing BibTeX entries
• Provides filters to import other file format (e.g. *.ris) and data from databases such as Medline, JSTOR, etc
EndNote
· Stores and organises references from many sources
· Inserts these references in a Word document
· Formats references automatically accordingto a predefined citation style
EndNote Guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote
Demo
Ways to add references to EndNote library
EndNote Library
Direct export
Online search
Import PDF
Manual input
Import file
Core Research Databasesin Physics
Core Physics Databases
· Subscribed by NUS LibrariesINSPEC (Physics, electronics & computing, 1896 --)
Compendex (Engineering, 1969 --)
Web of Science (Multidisciplinary, 1900 --)
Scopus (Multidisciplinary, 1960 --)
· Preprints: arXiv.org
· Free: Google Scholar
Subject Guides: Physics
BREAK(5mins)
Web of Science
List search terms1 Form search
statement2 Choose a database3
Keywords, synonyms, alternative words
Web of Science Core Collection
One of the largest citation index52 million papers, 800 million citations
MultidisciplinaryOrganised into 250 categories covering Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Content: Journals, conference proceedings
Year coverage: 1900 -- present
Updated weekly
(Thomson Reuters, 2013)
Citation Network in Web of Science
2000
Times CitedCited
References
1999
2000
1988
2006
2004 2009
20051997
20002001
Related Records
Topic
Study of electronic structure of graphene using spectroscopic ellipsometry and ultrafast pump-probe techniques
Operators FunctionAND Results must contain all search terms (To narrow searches)
waves and interference
OR Result contains either of the search terms (To broaden searches)handphone or mobile phone or cellular phone
Truncation*, ?, $
enzym* enzyme, enzymes, enzymatic, enzymology (zero to many characters)
synthesi?e synthesise, synthesize (one character)colo$r color, colour (zero or one character)
Phrase searching “ ”
Search for exact phrase“electromagnetic field”
Proximity OperatorsNEAR, SAME
Used to specify search terms appearing in the same sentence.fiber NEAR composites
Parenthesis ( ) Use for grouping of words/phrases & to specify order of search
Managing search results
Read review articles for historical development of a subject
Refine by subject, etc
Identify high impact papers
Trace research progress using citations
Current Awareness
Consider subscribing to
Publisher & journal alerting services
Database alerting services e.g. Saved search alert
Citation alerts
RSS feeds
Journal Impact Factor
Average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year
Impact Factor = Cites in 2012 to 2010 & 2011 articlesNo. of articles published in 2010 &2011
(2012)
A journal having an Impact Factor of 2.5 means on average, the articles published one or two year ago have been cited two and a half times
Journal citation reports
Journal citation reports
Journal immediacy index
· Average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published
· Indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited
Immediacy Index no. of citations (in current year)
no. of articles (in current year)(in current year) =
Library Links in Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Importing to EndNote
Library Portal, http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg
• LINC (Library online catalogue), http://www.linc.nus.edu.sg • FindMore, http://nus.summon.serialssolutions.com/
NUS Libraries guides, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/libraryhelp • Physics subject guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/physics • Library proxy bookmarklet, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet • How to search for theses?, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findthesis • FindMore guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findmore • E-Books guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/ebooks
Library FAQs, http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/ ScholarBank@NUS, http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/ NUS plagiarism prevention website, http://
www.cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention
Links to resources
Postgraduate Student Resources (Compiled by NUS CDTL)http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/pg/resources/
EndNote training (Thomson Reuters)http://endnote.com/training
Web of Science training (Thomson Reuters)http://www.youtube.com/user/WoSTraining
Early Career Researchers (Elsevier)http://www.elsevier.com/early-career-researchers/home
Other Links
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