Library Tutorial for

SC2208 Population & Societyhttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/sc2208

Hayati Abdul

Resource Librarian (Sociology)

clbha@nus.edu.sg

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SC2208 Library guide & Tutorial PPT in IVLE

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What You’ll Learn

Understand the research process

Find citations & full-text articles

Use advanced searching techniques

Search subscribed databases

Evaluate information sources.

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Get Started

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Exploring a Topic

Choose a topic that interest you personallyGet ideas from scanning books, encyclopedias, journal or newspaper articlesEnsure that your topic has sufficient resources Avoid topics that are too broad or too narrow.

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The Research Process

Explore

Identify main keywords

List synonyms, related words & variant spellings

Create search statement

Search for sources using LINC+/LINC & databases

Get more sources by checking references

Are there enough? Evaluate quality, currency, relevance, etc.

yes

no

Complete your assignment

Topic

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Information Sources Source Useful for How to Access

Books Overview of topics LINC+, LINC

Journal articlesIn-depth treatment of topics, usually current and scholarly. Some journals may be peer-reviewed

Citations: databases Full-text: LINC+, LINC

NewspapersRecent events, anecdotes, book reviews, interviews, biographical information, “data”

Factiva, LexisNexis, microfilms

Theses & dissertations Students’ exploration of topics

LINC+, LINC, Proquest Dissertations & Theses

Websites(.edu, .gov, .org )

Exploring the topic Search engines

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Evaluating Information SourcesAuthority: reputable publisher, society or organisation;

author’s credentials & institutional affiliation

Accuracy: methods of research; means to verify data; support by references

Objectivity: biasness

Currency: up-to-date

Scholarly: peer reviewed, cited

More info at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/03/

http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit09/

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Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed Journals

Scholarly journals contain articles written by and for experts in a discipline

Many scholarly journals use a peer review process before publishing an article

Note: not all scholarly journals go through the peer-review process, but a peer-reviewed journal can be assumed to be scholarly.

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S=scientistE=editorR=reviewer

The Peer-Review Process

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Create Search Statement

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1. Identify keywords/concepts that describe your research  topic:

Why aren’t Singaporeans having babies?

You have a topic and want to find books

and journal articles.

2.Think of synonyms, alternative termsBabies - childbearing, fertility, birth rateSingapore - Singapore

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More about Keywords

Keywords are distinctive words and phrases that you type into the search boxes of search engines.

Choose only the most important word(s) from your topic. Phrase searching narrows your search.

Databases cannot process words like article, pronouns, prepositions, etc.

Omit them as sheer frequency of these words can derail search.

Can also use formal vocabulary for appropriate keywords e.g. subject headings or thesaurus terms.

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3. Combine keywords/concepts using Boolean connectorsAND = both terms must be present → to refine search → fewer results

OR = either terms may be present → to broaden search → more results

NOT = excludes a search term → use with caution

AND

childbearing singapore

O Rchildbearing fertility

4. Group words to be searched together with round parentheses (  )

 (childbearing OR fertility OR birth rate)

5.Create a search statement searching all concepts & combining them with more than one Boolean operator:

(childbearing OR fertility OR birth rate) AND Singapore

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Wildcard (?) & Truncation ( * )

Used to search terms that have variant endings or spellings. E.g.

Health care financing for the ageing population

Search statement: health care AND financ* AND

ag?ing AND population financ* will find the terms finance, financial,

financially ag?ing will find the terms ageing, aging

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Databases

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Finding Articles: Search Databases

Method 3: Search by name of database e.g. Sociological Abstracts

Method 1: Browse databases by subject

Note: Most databases do not provide full-text articles

Method 2: Select a major database listed here

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Multidisciplinary Databases

Multidisciplinary

Indexing database (no full text)

Usually offers links to full text

Good design, useful tools and easy to use

Scopus

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Let’s search

#1: childbearing,

fertility, birth rate

Why aren’t Singaporeans having babies?Topic

Identify Keywords

#2: Singapore

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Let’s search

Click to add additional search boxes

Enter search terms

May limit search by Date, Document type, Subject Areas

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Search Results

View fulltext

via publisher

site

Toggle to LINC to access source title

Click to view abstract

Sort results by relevance

View abstractvia CSA databases

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Output Search Results

Mark records

Export selected records to EndNote

Create QuickBib

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Output selected Results

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Export selected records to EndNote

Alternatively, create QuickBib

Select EndNote

Create Bibliography (Scopus QuickBib)

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Introduction to EndNote

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Citations and BibliographyTwo places to cite the references you have used:

within a sentence (in-text citation)

at the end of the document (footnotes/bibliography/references)

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Workflow

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Step 1: Create an EndNote Librarya. All programs > EndNote > EndNote Program

b. Select Create a new library

c. Filename: sociology (*.enl)

d. Save

Note: no limit to number of references, but <100,000 is recommended

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Step 2: Add References to EndNote Library

MS Word/Open Office

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EndNote TutorialsFrom 1st to 4th Mar 2011.

Details available athttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/content.php?pid=96551&sid=723020

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Let’s search these topics…

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Let’s search “Can't live with them, can't work without them”:

foreign workers in 'global city' Singapore. Discuss.

#1:migrant workersforeign workers

#3:?

#2: singapore

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search “Migration has been responsible for the depopulation of rural areas and for the development of giant cities.” Comment.

#1:

#3:?

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search…Population aging has different health and social effects for males and females. Discuss some of these differences.

#1:

#3:

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search…

“International migration should not be regulated by governments because it is an issue of survival.” Discuss.

#1:

#3:

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search…

What happened to mortality rates and expectation of life at birth over the course of the demographic transition, and why?

#1:

#3:

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search…Because of China’s 1979 one-child policy and a cultural preference for boys, there is now a shortage of marriage-age girls. How is the Chinese government and Chinese families dealing with this?

#1:

#3:

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search…Discuss the statement: “High levels of social integration and social regulation reduces suicide.”

#1:

#3:

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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More Databases…Sociological Abstracts

Coverage, 1979-Culture, social structure, social differentiation, social psychology, sociology of the arts, business, education, studies in violence and power and more……

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Note:Search LINC for full-texts

Access Sociological Abstracts from Portal

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Access Sociological Abstracts

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Let’s search

Why do you think more women and men are delaying marriage, or not marrying at all, in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?

#1:

#3:?

#2:

Identify Keywords

Topic

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Let’s search

Enter search terms in boxes

Boolean operators

May limit search terms to specific

fields e.g. keywords

Limit search by date range, journal articles, etc

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Search Results

Sort by relevance

View full record & abstract

Search for source title in LINC

Mark records

Output selected records

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Output Selected Results

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Select format

Select specific style

Save file to export to EndNote using Sociological Abstracts (CSA) filter

Create QuickBib

Locating full-text in LINC+

Select to access e-version

Select to view print volumes

Let’s now output results in Sociological Abstracts

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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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What about Google Scholar? Attempts to provide a single search engine for scholarly literature.

Note: Not all results come from scholarly sources

Good for quick research.May offer a number of versions of the same article depending on where it was found.Search results may include links to full-text articles freely available on the Internet.Many links take you to publishers' websites where access requires a subscriber login.

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Proxy Bookmarklet To access Full-text

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Note: It works only for source titles subscribed by NUS Libraries

What does a Proxy Bookmarklet do?

• Inserts the following NUS library proxy stem into the URL of an article:

libproxy1.nus.edu.sg

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VendorVendorYou want You want article Xarticle X

NUS Library NUS Library Proxy serverProxy server

Your web browser contacts NUS proxy server

Proxy server makes the "real" request from vendor

Vendor recognises NUS proxy & responds

You get article X

Install Library Proxy Bookmarklet to access full-text

Cite References

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Why Cite?

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The kinds of sources you need to cite…

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ASA (American Sociological Association) Citation Style

Journal Article (Single author)

In text

If author’s name is in the text:… in another study by Chuan (2010)

Reference list

Chuan, K. E. 2010. "Will Singapore's fertility rise in the near future? a cohort analysis of fertility." Asian Population Studies 6:69-82. 57

ASA Citation Style

Journal Article (Multiple Authors)

In textIf authors’ names are not in the text:(Frejka, Jones, and Sardon 2010)

Reference list

Frejka, T., G. W. Jones, and J. P. Sardon. 2010. "East Asian childbearing patterns and policy developments." Population and Development Review 36:579-606. Retrieved December 12, 2010 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/doi/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00347.x/pdf)

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ASA Citation Style

Book (Single Author)

In text (Newbold, 2002)

Reference list

Newbold, KB. 2002. Six billion plus: population issues in the twenty-first century: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc.

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ASA Citation Style

Book (Edited)

In text

Authors cited for the first time: Jatrana, Toyota and Yeoh (2005) Authors cited subsequently:

Jatrana et al. (2005)

Reference list

Jatrana, S, M Toyota, and BSA Yeoh, eds. 2005. "Migration and health in Asia." New York: Routledge.

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ASA Citation Style

Book chapter

In text (Leheny, 2006)

Reference list

Leheny, D. 2006. "A narrow place to cross swords: 'soft power' and the politics of Japanese popular culture in East Asia " Pp. 211-233 in Beyond Japan : the dynamics of East Asian regionalism edited by P. J. Katzenstein and T. Shiraishi. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.

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ASA Citation Style

Website

In textMedia Development Authority (2006)

Reference list

Media Development Authority. 2010. “Media classification: video games.” Singapore: Media Development Authority. Retrieved August 16, 2010 (http://mda.gov.sg/Public/MediaClassification/Pages/VideoGames.aspx).

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Search the Catalogue

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Finding Full-text: Search LINC or LINC+

LINC LINC+

Search one field (title, author, keyword, call no., ISBN) and location/collection Good for known item search (e.g.

journal titles)

Search many fields (title, author, keyword, subject) Good for browsing &

discovery

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Finding Full-text: Journal Record in LINC+

Our subscription

E-journal publishers/providers

Latest vol, issue

Click for complete listing of volumes in Bound Journals

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Tips

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Troubleshooting Search Results You may encounter:

too many results use AND, phrase search “ ”, more specific keywords, limit results by date, document type, etc.

too few results use OR, asterisk *, more general keywords, synonyms/related words

many irrelevant results exclude keywords that are too general

no results check spelling, use more OR & synonyms, or redefine your research topic

If you need help, check with your professor or ask a librarian!

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Let’s Recap…Use synonyms and related words

Create search statement using keywords plus AND, OR, NOT, ( ), *, “ ”

Select fields e.g. article title, abstract

Limit/refine search by type (article, books, reviews), date, peer-reviewed, etc

Sort results by relevance

Quality (Relevance) vs. Quantity

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More

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Appropriate UseLibrary resources are mainly for your research and study

Use them responsibly

Observe copyright guidelines for photocopying and printing- 10% or 1 chapter of book

- 1 article in a journal issue

Avoid excessive photocopying or downloading

Copyright violations may have serious consequences

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Getting Help

Phone: 6516-2029/30

Email: clbha@nus.edu.sg

askalib@nus.edu.sg (general queries)

Walk in: information desk (CL, level 5)

Others: FAQs

Library Instruction ONline (LION)

Subject Guide

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Happy Searching!

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