Database Searching for CNM Graduate Students NM6770

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Database Searching for CNM Graduate Students
(NM6770)

• Gan Kim Hong (Ms)
• Librarian, NUS Central Library
• clbgkh_at_nus.edu.sg
• August 2008

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What shall we learn?

• Boolean Search
• Indexing Full-text Databases
• Setting Alerts
• DDS Service

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Databases

• Indexing Databases
• Communication Mass Media Complete
• Web of Science
• Proquest Dissertations and Theses
• Full-text Databases (e-journals)
• JSTOR
• Sage Publications
• Proquest

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CNM Subject Guide

• A brief description of databases relevant to
  CNM research is available on the library portal
• http//www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/sg/ss/cn/cnm.html

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Communication Mass Media Complete

• Excellent for topics on communication, mass
  media, public relations, and language aspects of
  communication
• Not so useful for new media topics
• Covers journals, magazines, conferences, books,
  book chapters, book reviews, editorials,
  interviews etc.

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Topic Political Campaigning via Internet

• Possible search queries
• 1. political campaigning and internet
• 2. political campaigning and Web
• 3. political campaigning and new media
• 4. political canvassing and internet

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(campaign or canvass) and (politic) and
(internet or web or cyber)
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Truncation

• Examples
• comput retrieves computer, computers,
  computing (anything that comes after comput)
• wom?n retrieves woman and women
• (symbol ? replaces one character)

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Boolean Operators

• or any of the terms may be present
• and all terms must be present
• not excludes specific search term

using and operator narrows the search
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Keyword Search using Boolean Logic

• Identify the key concepts
• enclose each concept in parenthesis
• string the concepts using and
• Within each concept
• list as many synonyms as possible
• string the synonyms using or
• Use truncation ()
• to capture variant forms of a search term

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Mechanics of Database Searching

• Formulate search query using Boolean logic
• Refine search (if necessary)
• Sort by relevance
• Mark
• Save

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HELP option In Databases
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Proximity Operators

• (political n5 campaign)
• Search both terms within 5 words of one another,
  regardless of the order entered
• (political w5 campaign)
• Search both terms within 5 words of one
• another, in the order entered

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• Searching Full-Text Databases
• (e-journals)

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Searching E-Journals for Citations

• Id like to do a topic search on cyborgs and
  society in the e-journals published by Sage.
• Access the Sage Publications platform via the
  library portal
• Library Portal ? E-Resources ? E-Journals ? By
  Publisher ? Sage Publications ? Search Publisher
  Site
• Do a search using Boolean logic

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• Setting Alerts

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Search and Journal Alerts (EbscoHost flash video)

• http//support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/How
  _to_Create_Search_and_Journal_Alerts.html

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Create An User Account
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Search Alerts (database)

• Id like to receive alerts from the CMMC database
  on the query Reproductive health and
  communication.
• Do a search query in CMMC database
• Look for the Alerts option
• You will be asked to sign in (register for an
  account if necessary)
• Save the search query as an alert

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Citation Alerts (journal)

• Id like to receive citation alerts on public
  relations and the internet from Sage journals.
• Access the Sage Publications platform on the
  library portal
• Look for the option Alerts (in this case, it is
  found under My Tools tab)
• You will be asked to sign in (register for an
  account if necessary)
• Do a search on your topic
• Save your alert request

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Searching for Journals in LINC
title of article

• Verser, Rebecca, and Wicks, Robert. (2006).
  Managing voter impressions. Journal of
  Communication, 56 (1). 178-197.

title of journal
In LINC opac, which title do we search?
journal title
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Document Delivery Services (DDS)

• A journal article I need is not available in NUS
  Libraries. What can I do?
• Submit e-form for Document Delivery Services
• Endorsement from supervisor needed for graduate
  students
• 3 to 5 days to process
• Service is free of charge

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Recommend Books for Purchasing

• Submit e-form for New Book
• Or email to clbfrm01_at_nus.edu.sg
• No endorsement from supervisor needed
• 1 to 3 months to process

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Intra-Library Loans

• How may I request to transfer a book in HSSML
  library to the Central Library as the pick-up
  location?
• Submit e-form for Intralibrary loan

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EndNote X2

• EndNote X2 is a desktop bibliographic tool for
  managing the many citations you have collected
• Training will be provided for our teaching staff
  and students in months to come announcements on
  the Library Portal
• http//libpweb1.nus.edu.sg/lion//e/endnoteguide.ht
  ml (EndNote X2 guide)

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Contacts

• Gan Kim Hong (Ms)
• Librarian, Central Library
• clbgkh_at_nus.edu.sg
• 6516-2022
• Rahimah (Ms)
• Assistant Librarian, Central Library
• clbrmm_at_nus.edu.sg
• 6516-2022

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Communication Mass Media Complete
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SmartText Searching
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Refine Search Narrow down your results by any
of the limit options on the left or right
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Article preview citation, abstract, full text
icon
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Mark records click on Folder View to download
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Print, Email, Save, Export