Information Literacy for MAKS Hans Fransen information specialists, Library Wageningen UR Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.
Information Literacy (why?) Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet)
Internet growth
Information Literacy Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet) Scientific information Library info (Digital Library)Digital Library
Information Literacy Information explosion (overload) Electronic (Internet) Scientific information Library info (Digital Library) Problem with reliability Brittanica WikipediaBrittanicaWikipedia Scopus Google ScholarScopusGoogle Scholar
Information Literacy Why should you be information literate? –Later as a professional –Now during your studies
Information sources Know your information sources (BB) Formats and quality of sources (primary sources) Books, scientific journals, professional journals, encyclopedia, proceedings, maps, reports, etc.Booksscientific journalsprofessional journals proceedingsreports Databases specific for your research field (secondary sources) Search engines? Google, WoS, Google ScholarGoogleWoSGoogle Scholar
Searching…… and finding ;-) Knowing how to search efficiently effectively basic search strategies special databases
The Library How to use the Wageningen UR library the physical library (Forum, Leeuwenborch) the virtual library (Digital Library)
Physical and Virtual Library
Physical Library
Library stacks
Journals in the library
The Library How to use the Wageningen UR library the physical library (Forum, Leeuwenborch) the virtual library (Digital Library)Digital Library E-journals, e-books
Other skills Referring, citing, quoting literature lists Plagiarism No more cut/copy and paste!
Working in BlackBoard Access problems? How does it look like? What can you do? What must you do? Modules Your own responsibility…… ….but quizzes & my signature
Search example Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Aspect 1 wetlands Aspect 2 degradation Aspect 3 policies Aspect 4 eastern europe
Keywords 1. wetland*, marsh*, bog*, swamp* 2. degradation, contamination, pollution, 3. policy, policies, government, politics, authorities 4. eastern europe, central europe, poland, etc.
Search profile Within aspect: OR Between aspects: AND Make sets per aspect, or use parentheses Adjust during search
Final search Scopus 1.Wetland* OR marsh* OR bog* OR swamp* 2.degradation OR contamination OR pollution 3.policy OR policies OR government* OR politics OR authorities 4.eastern europe OR central europe OR poland OR belarus OR slovakia OR hungary 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4
Managing the results Selecting references Print, download, Export to database management software Endnote (& MS Word) Getting the paper: link, catalogue, request