Searching for literature online

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Searching for literature online

• Today we will go through some ways of obtaining
  published papers directly from the internet
• These are articles that have been published in
  hard-copy journals but have been scanned and made
  available to users at UON
• You may not be able to access these resources
  off-campus

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Accessing the eLibraryGateway
http//www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/
Click here
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Using the eLibrary Gateway
Use your University/ Novell login to access this
facility
Have a look at the short introduction to find
out how to use this service
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Choose your databases
From the subject category select Science select
Psychology as a sub-category and click the Go
button
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Choose resources

• You can add resources to your own personal
  space by clicking the buttons

• This shows that the resource is already added to
  your My Space area

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Start your search

• Choose the MetaSearch tab to search across
  multiple databases
• Mark the ones you want to search
• E.g. Medline PsychInfo
• Put in your search terms
• And get results!

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Results getting more info
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Using to obtain FULL-TEXT articles
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Follow the link full text until you get to the
point where you can display the full .pdf The
number of steps to get there may vary, depending
on the publisher providing access.
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Search tips

• Choose your search terms carefully to make sure
  you find what is out there
• The better the journal, the more stringent the
  reviewing process, the more likely that the
  article is any good
• Start by putting in general terms, then narrow
  and refine your search until you get what you
  want
• or, put in an author name

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Using Web Of Science (Knowledge)
Point browser to http//wos.mimas.ac.uk
Click here to log-on
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Logging-on
Click here to access WoS
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Choose the search type
Lets use an EASY search!
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Choose information type
This field can be used to search for information
on a specific topic/subject
Type in search terms combining with AND, OR if
needed e.g. Attention AND emotion
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View results mark those you want to save
Click on a blue link to read abstract etc.
Tick results that you are interested in and then
click SUBMIT MARKS
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Viewing the marked list
Click here to view the list of the articles that
you have ticked/marked. You can then e-mail the
abstracts/article information to yourself, or
save the list as a .txt file, or even export the
list into a reference manager program such as
ENDNOTE
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Working with the marked list
Make sure you select ABSTRACT if you want to
output this!
You can print, save, export or e-mail the output
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Cited Reference Search
You can search FORWARD from a specific classic
paper (for example) using the CITED REF SEARCH to
dig out articles/books which refer to a
particular reference
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Remember the

• Remember that when you see this symbol
  you can
  click it to see if a full-text version of the
  paper is available electronically!

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Presentation Skills

• Before you begin
• Know your audience
• How long do you have to talk?
• How will you present?
• Individually or in groups
• What is the goal of your presentation? What do
  you hope to achieve? What is your purpose?

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Presentation Skills

• Handouts/ Visual Aids/ Supporting Materials
• Do you need these materials? If so, why?
• Will you present using PowerPoint?
• Will you use an OHP/acetates?

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Four Levels of Communication
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Tips for making slides

• How many slides should I use?
• 1 slide for every 1 to 3 minutes
• Each slide addresses only 1 main point

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Tips for making slides

• Font
• 24 points (at least)
• Some recommend 32 points
• Upper and lower case (ALL CAPS are difficult to
  read)
• Italics rather than bold or underlining
• Single style bullet

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Tips for making slides

• Avoid using flashy graphics
• Only use animation if it emphasises or clarifies
  a point
• Only use graphics which compliment your slides
• Avoid sounds unless they clarify something

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Things to check

• Font type, size and colour are consistent across
  slides
• Text is large enough to be read from a distance
  (at least 24 point)
• No more than 12 lines of text per screen
• Text is clearly organized (e.g., using bullets or
  numbering)
• Supportive text only!

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Practise your talk

• Practise is good because it gives you an idea of
  timing!
• Keep an eye on the time as you are presenting, so
  that you can control flow
• Skip slides if time is running out!