ENG Masters Kirsi Heino Information specialist Learning center beta

Contents of the lecture Part 1 ALLI database + demo Nelli search portal + demo Theory on information searching SCOPUS database + demo Part 2 Theory on citing Part 3 MyCourse exercises

Borrowing Order library card –PIN number=12345, change asap! Loan periods 24h, 2 / 4 weeks

Databases ALLI – library’s collection database (Otaniemi, Töölö)ALLI - Printed resources and e-books - Location service - Arabia collections through universal borrowing Aaltodoc – archive for all electronic Aalto publications (theses, conference papers, reports…)Aaltodoc Melinda – union catalogueMelinda - University libraries’ collections

Available through NELLI search portal (1) NELLI = National Electronic Library (Search) InterfaceNELLI Remote use with Aalto account Scientific journals –Many journal titles Quality portals –Many abstract, indexing and full-text databases

Available through NELLI search portal (2) Standards Other resources –E-books –Dictionaries (MOT) –Electronic theses etc.

SCOPUS Large multidisciplinary reference database (full-texts through sfx-link) Includes also the amount of citations (=links to citing articles)

Factors of a successful search Determining of goals, the topic of the search Identifying key concepts related to the topic Choosing of sources (IMPORTANT!) Formulation of the search (selection of search terms and their combinations, limiting options) Analysing results

Too many search results Use more specific terms Add another concept to make search more specific Search titles or index terms only Limit the search with –Language –Document type –Year Always avoid too generic terms!

Too few search results (or none) Too many concepts combined Too long a phrase Insufficient truncation Wrong terminology Typing erors Variant spellings Wrong database

Search diary Date Used resources or the source Search words and how they were combined (=search logic) Results (the saved files etc) Evaluatíon of the results Measures to be taken Other information and comments

Eri Searching for Scientific Information (2 cr) A course about information retrieval and scientific communication Will be in myCourses, now in Noppa portalNoppa portal Next course starts on 27th October Sign up in WebOodi

Why you have to cite With the help of the references the reader can easily locate the sources used Foundation pillar of scientific communication You show what the original information is You can show how well you have studied the topic

When to cite Don’t copy other person’s texts as your own Separate your own thoughts and cited information from each other Engineer’s basic data without references You can attach pictures to your thesis without a personal permission from the author Direct quotations in ”quotation marks”

How to cite Be consistent – use always the same style in your text references and bibliographic references Use guides for making the references Don’t copy ready-made references

Reference systems Harvard system a.k.a. name-year – system ISO 690 number system Vancouver system Footnote system Many other systems

Text reference (1) Harvard system: Jones (1997, p ) has presented that… According to a report (Smith et al. 2001, p. 50) data security has…

Text reference (2) Vancouver system: Jones [1] has presented that… According to Smith’s report [2] data security has…

List of references - Harvard system (1) References in alphabetical order Year right after the author’s name If same author has several publications during the same year the references are marked with a, b, c…

List of references - Harvard system (2) Kauranen, Ilkka & Mustakallio, Mikko & Palmgren, Virpi Tutkimusraportin kirjoittamisen opas opinnäytetyön tekijöille. Otaniemi TKK. 109 p. ISBN X. Laakso, Timo Näin kirjoitan diplomityön. Opas diplomityön kirjoittajalle. Otaniemi TKK, Sähkö- ja tietoliikennetekniikan osasto. [ Cited 24 Sep 2006]. Available at: Nykänen, Olli Toimivaa tekstiä. Opas tekniikasta kirjoittaville. Helsinki. 212 p. ISBN X.

List of references - Vancouver system (1) References in chronological order i.e. the same order as they are in the text Year after the publication information

List of references - Vancouver system (2) [1] Laakso, Timo. Näin kirjoitan diplomityön. Opas diplomityön kirjoittajalle. Otaniemi TKK, Sähkö- ja tietoliikennetekniikan osasto, [ Cited 24 Sep 2006]. Available at: [2] Kauranen, Ilkka & Mustakallio, Mikko & Palmgren, Virpi. Tutkimusraportin kirjoittamisen opas opinnäytetyön tekijöille. Otaniemi TKK, p. ISBN X. [3] Nykänen, Olli. Toimivaa tekstiä. Opas tekniikasta kirjoittaville. Helsinki, p. ISBN X.

Bibliographic reference to an electronic article Vancouver system: Lassalle, V. L. & Failla, M. D. & Vallés, E. M. & Martin- Martinez, J. M. Chemical modification of styrene- butadiene-styrene co-polymer by grafting of N-carbamyl maleamic acid. Journal of adhesion science and technology. Vol. 18: P [Cited 14 Feb 2005]. DOI: / ISSN

DOI DOI = Digital Object Identifier A permanent identifier for an electronic article Does not change although the publisher may change DOI-system search in Nelli portal

Tools for reference management RefWorks – available at Aalto University EndNote ProCite RefManager Citavi Zotero CiteULike Mendeley JabRef…

Useful guides Citation guide E-book Guide Guide to Information Retrieval

Exercises in MyCourses Six questions on databases –MyCoursesMyCourses –Problems: