Post on 26-Jun-2015
GOOGLE and Beyond:Librarian’s Expert Advice
on Research
Karen Quinn-WisniewskiMichele Meisart
Elizabeth GodwinDebra Sambuco
Erika Hodge Harris
Getting Started• “For over three-fourths (84%) of the students surveyed, the most difficult step of the course-related research process was getting started.”
•“…far more students in the sample reported having difficulties with steps during course-related research (41%) than with everyday life research (21%). (28)”
How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age, Project Information Literacy, 2010, 3
There are more than a trillion URLs in Google‘’s index.*
*CNN Tech http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/01/04/
Most students skim the surface
Only sources that have been indexed by Google’s crawler technology canbe accessed.
Other sources never appear in the search.
Meet search10The library has partnered with DeepWeb Technology to provide a federated search of the Library catalog and 9 subscription research databases.
Different kind of search
search10 provides a ‘Google-like’ access point to some of our biggest/most-useful databases that meet students expectations for simplicity and efficiency in searching and capitalizes on their comfort and confidence with technology.
Unlike Google, it leads them to a relatively smaller collection of high quality academic resources.
What are the 10?1. Library Catalog2. Ebsco Academic Premier3. ProQuest Central4. Credo5. Lexis Nexis6. Gale Virtual Reference 7. Opposing Viewpoints in Context8. Biography Reference Bank9. Science Direct 10. CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature)
ResourcesScience Research: Journey to Ten Thousand Sources Abe Lederman, President, Deep Web Technologies http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2009/SciResJourneyTenThouSources.pdf
•What is Google Scholar?
•"Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature"
Why use Google Scholar?• Simple natural-language searching
• Indexes peer-reviewed and scholarly journals
• Database is multi-disciplinary in nature
• Also indexes non-journal material:BooksPatentsCochrane Systematic Reviews State and federal court cases
Disadvantages of Google Scholar
• Much of the material indexed is not available as full-text except with a fee
• No list of materials indexed is available, so it is unclear what exactly is in the database
Searching the Google Scholar database
Google Scholar offers several operators to help refine your search
• Author Search
• Publication and Date Restrict
• Legal opinions and journals with Jurisdiction Restrict
JSTOR highlights
JSTOR, acronym for journal storage.
An interdisciplinary archive of over 1200 full-text scholarly articles, primary sources and citation references.
CCBC Library subscription consists of one module, The Arts & Sciences II Collection
Module content: economics, history, archaeology, classics, linguistics, literature and various multi-cultural disciplines.
JSTOR benefits & limitationsCCBC users can access over 127 journal titles
JSTOR is expanding to include current scholarship citations within the same interface.
MyJSTOR allows customizable content access: • saved searches • email /RSS alerts • citation exporting • Google Scholar searching/multi-media • social networking via Facebook
Limited/no ability to link to related articles with controlled vocabulary and many articles are not full-text.
SciVerse/ScienceDirect highlightsSciVerse is an expanded suite of research tools and products for technical and scientific content.
ScienceDirect, the major component SciVerse, is a leading information database for full-text information in science, technology, medicine and health sciences.
ScienceDirect is a vast journals and ebooks collection spanning several disciplines including social sciences.
SciVerse/ScienceDirect benefitsSciVerse contains a rich body of knowledge tools, white papers and various resources for users.
CCBC users can access enriched content that often overlaps and/or exceeds information that is found in other databases.
Many enhanced content management tools are available by customizing settings in a personal account:
• Downloadable application tools for mobile phones, PCs and laptops
• Favorites links, saved searches & custom search macros• Document and citation alerts
Content sharing and topics features allow collaboration