LIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLS FOR SEMINAR 19 October 2012 by Mdm Norzelatun Rodhiah Hazmi, IIUM Library

Outline How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research Searching for Journal Articles Databases – Online Version Digital Services - IIUM Publication Library Catalog – Print version Journal Citation

Example: The Application of 4G Technology in Communication Refer to dictionaries, encyclopedias, or textbooks to obtain a better understanding 1. IDENTIFY THE KEYWORDS CONTAIN IN YOUR TOPIC

Example: The Application of 4G Technology in Communication Refer to dictionaries, encyclopedias, or textbooks to obtain a better understanding 1. IDENTIFY THE KEYWORDS CONTAIN IN YOUR TOPIC

Example: The Application of 4G Technology in Communication 2. EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE KEYWORDS Concept 1 4G Concept 2 Technology Concept 3 Communication Mobile Phones Cellular Telecoms Innovative Application Network Technical Comm. Human Comm. Industrial Comm.

3. COMBINING TERMS – BOOLEAN SEARCHING While searching in OPAC or Databases to find journal articles – construct search queries using Boolean AND – to narrow a search OR – to broaden a search NOT – to exclude

Combining 2 keywords – using AND AND network technical communication AND network technical communication

Narrowing down a search – using AND AND network technical communication innovative network technical communication innovative

Broaden a search using OR OR mobile phone cellular cellular mobile phone

Excluding terms not needed – using NOT NOT innovation technology innovation technology

How to narrow a search ? If too many results are found: choose a more specific or precise keyword e.g. ‘equalizers’ instead of ‘circuits’ add another concept to your search, use AND e.g ‘equalizers’ AND ‘electric filters’ AND ‘network’

How to broaden a search ? If only a few results are found: Try searching with alternative keywords Choose a broader, less specific terms e.g ‘transistors’ instead of ‘phototransistors’ Select another information source, book, database, index or encyclopedia

Example of wildcards: Use ? to replace a letter or letters in a word. e.g analy?e will pick up analyze and analyse e.g col?r will pick up color and colour 4. Extend the power and precision of boolean searching via truncations, wildcards or double quotation marks

Example of truncations: Use * to truncate a word: e.g. cell* will pick up: cell, cells, cellulose, etc. e.g. carbon * will pick up: carbon, carbonates, carbonization, carbonylation, etc.

Example of double quotation marks: “enzyme degradation” – the database should look for an exact match of the word “product” – get exact match of the word without stem variations (base word plus varying endings including plurals, -ion, etc.

Identify the key concepts or ideas contain in your topic List alternative keywords for each concept construct search queries using Boolean Use truncations, wildcards or double quotation marks while searching online databases Decide your topic STEPS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH

Outline How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research Searching for Journal Articles Databases – Online Version Digital Services - IIUM Publication Library Catalog – Print version

What is an Online Database? It provides online information such as books, journals or magazines articles, thesis, etc. There are more than 60 databases subscribed by IIUM Library to support study and research needs of this University The online databases are accessible via the IIUM Library homepage

Online Databases for Engineering Database Publishers/ Names Producers 1.Academic Search PremierEBSCO 2.Emerald Management Xtra EMERALD 3.ScienceDirectELSEVIER 4.SpringerLinkSPRINGER 5.IEEE XploreIEEE

Types of Databases Bibliographic – indexes providing citation to articles and abstract – no complete text Full text – provides complete textual content of the print version

How to access the online databases?

Click ‘Online Databases’

List of Online Databases Subscribed by IIUM Library Arrange d A-Z

Article title Journal title + sources Author(s) of the journal article Database Record Interpretation Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks Computer Communications, Volume 31, Issue 17, November 2008, pages 4220 – 4229 Wweng, J-F, Chen, J-C, Cheng, K-W

1.ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. Subjects : Economics, Engineering, Human Science, Medical, Science

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Search for journal articles that contains the keywords GSM AND UMTS GSM UMTS

Results: 28 documents found!

Full-text article: save/print/

Emerald FullText is a collection of over 42,000 articles from over 100 of the most prestigious journals, complete with full text archives dating back to 1994 and abstracts back to EMERALD MANAGEMENT XTRA

Click here

Click “Advanced Search”

Click Journal

Search for journal articles that contains the keywords “night vision” AND technology “night vision” technology

6 results found!

VIEW FULL TEXT ARTICLE : PDF Format Save/ print

3. IEEE Xplore IEEE Xplore is an online delivery system providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. IEEE Xplore contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications.

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Click ‘Advanced Search’

Search: ‘RFID’ AND ‘technology’ AND ‘finding system*’ RFID technology Finding system*

Content Types IIUM Library subscribes to Conferences, Journals and Standards only.

Results : 8 documents found!

Journal Article: save, print or

4. SpringerLink SpringerLINK Online Journals is an electronic journal data source from Springer (includes Kluwer) in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities and economics etc.

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Search for articles that contains the keywords “image segmentation techniques” “image segmentation techniques”

Results: 470 Book Chapters and Journal Articles found!

Book Article: save/print/

Outline How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research Searching for Journal Articles Databases – Online Version Digital Services - IIUM Publication Library Catalog – Print version

On the Library Homepage, click ‘Digital Library’

Under Digital Library, click ‘IIUM Publication’

electrical Key in any keyword(s) in the search box

6 documents found! Click to get the metadata records

Click on title to get the full text Metadata records

Full-text journal article: save/print/

What to do as there is no full text?

Outline How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research Searching for Journal Articles Databases – Online Version Digital Services - IIUM Publication Library Catalog – Print version

TO FIND PRINTED JOURNAL ARTICLES (Using Library Catalog)

Click ‘Advanced Catalog Search’

Radioelectronics and communications systems Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse-switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp

2. Finding Fulltext in Printed Journals Retrieve the correct year/volume/issue from the shelves. j TK5101A1I99A v54 n8 Sorochak, A. M. (2011). Pulse- switchable microwave resonator on a basis of monocrystal hexaferrite. Radioelectronics and communications systems, v. 54, n. 8, pp

The following citation was found in Engineering Village 2 but the full text is not available. Find out if the following article is available as print format in the library, give the call no.: j TK5105.5W798W 2007v15Sept-Dec

What to do as there is no full text?

Submit to the Library Staff

 Citation is very important in academic paper  How to cite? a. Use a standard format – i.e APA Citation Style b. Use example available at Library Information Desk, Level 1-4 Don’t Forget to Cite

Outline Citation of Journal Articles How to Develop an Information Search Strategy for Research Searching of Online Databases to Find Journal Articles for Research

HOW TO CITE A JOURNAL ARTICLE? Article from Printed Journal Weng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W. (2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), Article from an Online Database Weng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W.(2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), Retrieved January 28, 2011, from Science Direct database.

HOW TO CITE A JOURNAL ARTICLE? Article from Printed Journal Weng, J.-F., Chen, J.-C., Cheng, K.-W. (2008). Comparative study of broadcast and multicast in 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. Computer Communications, 41 (17), Article from an Online Database Retrieved October 14, 2011, from Science Direct database.

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