Title: Instructor:Shayna Keces
1Accessing Canadian Newsdisk, Canadian Business
and Current Affairs, and Canadian Periodical
Index from the Ottawa Public Library web page
2Agenda
- What is a journal index?
- Basic general search techniques
- Introduction to Canadian Newsdisk
- Introduction to Canadian Business and Current
Affairs (CBCA) - Logging on to these databases
- Searching Canadian Newsdisk and CBCA
- Logging on to Canadian Periodical Index
- Searching Canadian Periodical Index
- Other available databases
3What is a Journal Index?
- Index to newspapers and magazines (use keywords
to find specific article) - Can be automated or manual
- Indexing can be selective or complete or
combination (eg. Canadian Periodical Index
indexes the Globe and Mail but only certain
sections) - Full-text indexing means search mechanism
searches entire text of article - Full-text database means that database will
provide citation as well as text of article (may
or may not include pictures) -
4Basic general search techniques
- Think of keywords which describe the information
you are looking for and which should be found in
the article. - Try to be as specific as possible
- Think of alternative words
- Use the word and to narrow a search and or to
enlarge it - Decide if it is important to have Canadian
content - Think about what forms of information would suit
your needs (newspapers, magazines, TV news shows)
5What is Canadian Newsdisk?
- Automated full-text index and database for 14
Canadian newspapers and transcripts of many CTV
and CBC television news programs - Coverage starts in 1994 to present with a 1-3
month time lag - Indexes Ottawa Citizen
6What is Canadian Business and Current Affairs
(CBCA)
- Indexes over 750 periodicals, mostly Canadian and
includes full-text of more than 300 sources. - Is updated twice a month
- Includes an index to Globe and Mail but not full
text
7Logging on to Canadian Newsdisk and CBCA
- Go to librarys webpage (www.library.ottawa.on.ca)
- Click on English
- Click on Electronic Info
- Click on Canadian Newsdisk or CBCA
- Type in the new 14 digit library barcode in the
box provided and press Submit
8Searching on Canadian Newsdisk
- Choose which sources you would like to search.
Default is all but you have buttons on top which
allow you to select all current sources (i.e.
post 1998) or all backfiles (i.e. 1994-1998).
To select just one source click on the button for
deselect all and page down until you find the
source you do want and click on the appropriate
box. - After choosing your sources, page up to top or
down to bottom and click on button labelled Go
to Search Screen
9Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
- If your keywords are very distinctive you can
input them into the Search Words Anywhere box
keeping in mind that the words will be looked for
anywhere in the article - Often when searching newspapers, using the
Search Lead Paragraph box is a better idea
since the actual subject of an article should
appear in the lead paragraph - You must use the Boolean terms and, or, and
and not to separate words otherwise the words
will be searched as a phrase
10Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
- For fields that have an Index button, it is
usually wise to click on Index as it will give
you a list of all the items in that category so
you will be sure you have the right form - Newspaper/Transcript will give you a list of all
the news progams which are covered by this
heading - Byline/Host gives you an index of all the
bylines which exist in the sources you have chosen
11Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
- At the bottom of the page you can limit by date
- You can also limit the number of hits you get
(the default is 200). If your search exceeds the
number of hits, you should redo the search
because you have just found the first 200 not the
best 200. - You can also choose how the results should be
sorted (publication date is usually a good choice)
12View your documents
- Since everything in Canadian Newsdisk is full
text, to view a document, just click on the title
and you will get the full text minus any pictures - When you are finished, click on the button
labelled Back to Results to see the rest of
your list - You may then click on the buttons print or email
to print or email the full text - If the results arent what you anticipated, you
can also click on Refine Search to change your
keywords
13Practice
- 1. Find a story in the Ottawa Citizen written by
Gay Cook in the past year about a Lebanese
takeout called Really. - 2. Find a book review for the book No great
mischief by Alistair Macleod. - 3. Find the name of the business which had its
window broken during protests in Ottawa during
G20 summit in November.
14Hints for Practice
- 1. Restrict to Ottawa Citizen and use byline
field. - 2. Can use type of article field or use lead
paragraph. - 3. Restrict to Ottawa Citizen. Make sure you
do not include too much information. Use date
limit.
15Searching Canadian Business and Current Affairs
(CBCA)
- Has more items by which can restrict search.
However most heavily used would be Publications
Directory where you would use Index feature. - The subject index can also be useful but is not
used for the Full-text business titles. - Can restrict by date range using a menu covering
things like last 3 months or last year, or can
specify particular dates
16Searching CBCA cont.
- Like Canadian Newsdisk can specify a limit for
no. of results which you should try to keep high
enough to get all your hits. - Divides database up by Business vs. Reference
and also by date. Click on boxes beside those
you dont want to turn selection off. - Since CBCA has full-text as well as regular
indexing, you can choose to limit your search to
full text articles keeping in mind you will
eliminate newspaper citations available in
Canadian Newsdisk.
17Viewing Your Documents
- Like Canadian Newsdisk if you dont like the
results you can use Refine Search to change your
keywords - When you look at your list of results only those
articles with green checkmarks under the box
labelled FT have the full text of the article.
To see the full text click on the title. - When looking at the article you will see the
citation and as you scroll down, you will see the
text of the article.
18Viewing Your Documents cont.
- When looking at a document you will have the
same choices to return to results, refine search,
print or email that you had in Canadian Newsdisk. - Although you can mark items and then just email
the marked items, you will only get the
references and not the full text.
19Practice
- Find some articles on the effect of divorce on
children. - Find some book reviews for Alistair Macleods No
Great Mischief - Find some articles about judging controversies in
ice dancing
20Hints for Practice
- Use subject index to look at subject heading
dealing with children - Use article/event type to specify book review or
review - Use subject index to look at subjects for skating
and figure skating and use wildcard for dancing
and judging
21What is Canadian Periodical Index
- Mainly Canadian database which indexes about 400
English and French journal about 160 of them are
full-text. - Includes Globe and Mail full text minus Sports
and Business sections - Has a few American journals
22Logging into Canadian Periodical Index
- Go to librarys webpage (www.library.ottawa.on.ca)
- Click on English
- Click on Electronic Info
- Click on Canadian Periodical Index
- Type in the new 14 digit library barcode in the
box provided and press Submit
23Searching in Canadian Periodical Index
- Default is keyword search. Entering two words
together will loosely be treated as a phrase
where the words only have to be within two words
of each other - You can also use and, or and and not.
- You can use asterisks as a wildcard, eg.
computer for computer, computers or computerized
24Searching in Canadian Periodical Index cont.
- You can also use subject guide if you think you
know the subject - Advanced search will help you build a Boolean
search - You can also narrow your search by limiting it
to full text articles, by limiting it to a
specific year or by specifying a certain
periodical (can select up to 10 at a time) - Default is to search for terms in title, citation
or abstract but can choose to search terms in the
text of the article as well.
25Viewing Results in Canadian Periodical Index
- When looking at list of citations,
- means go to next page and
- means go to last page
- A red maple leaf indicates that the article is
full text otherwise it is a reference only and
you would have to see if we had the periodical by
checking our catalogue or some of our other
databases. - To view full text click on the blue underlined
words View text and retrieval choices
26Viewing Results in Canadian Periodical Index cont.
- Once you view an article or citation (click on
words View extended citation and retrieval
choices after the article or citation you will
see a list of general subject headings you may
want to explore. - Below the subjects you have an opportunity to
email the citation or article to someone or to
reformat it for easier printing.
27Practice
- 1. Find all the articles on skating in Macleans
magazine and Sports Illustrated since 2000 - 2. Find a book review of Alistair Macleods No
great mischief - 3. Find an article in the Globe and Mail on
health reform in Alberta written in 2002.
28Practice hints
- 1. Use Browse to find Macleans and all issues of
Sports Illustrated for the limit by journal.
Limit by date. Use subject search for skating. To
increase amount do keyword search using skat to
retrieve skating and skaters. - 2. Use subject search for phrase No great
mischief. - 3. Put Globe and Mail in box limiting to
specific journal and use keywords in entire
article content for Alberta and health reform.
Limit by date. -
29Evaluating your results
- If the number of articles you get is too high you
can limit or narrow them by - Adding new keywords
- Limiting keywords to title, citation or abstract
- Finding appropriate subject and using advanced
search to specify keyword under specific subject - Limit by date
- Limit to articles with text
30Evaluating your results cont.
- If you do not get enough hits, expand your list
by - By adding keywords using the operator OR
- By searching the text of the document instead of
the default of title, citation, abstract
31Other databases available from home
- Literature Resource Center (critical essays on
writers and their works) - Alt-Health Watch (database focused on
complementary, alternative and integrated
approaches to health care and wellness) - Biography Resource Center (Biographical
information on more than one million people from
throughout history, around the world, and across
all disciplines and subject areas)
32Other databases available from home, cont.
- CanCorp Financials (Financial data on more than
12,000 Canadian Companies) - MasterFILE Premier is a large full text index to
more than 1800 magazines as well as an index to
another 2200 periodicals - Canadian MAS FullTEXT Elite provides full text
index to nearly 190 periodicals as well as an
index to another 460 magazines
33Other databases available from home, cont.
- Health Source Consumer Edition provides full
text indexing of nearly 160 health journals as
well as indexes another 180. - Novelist is a readers advisory tool to help you
find novels on specific subjects or other works
by specific author. - Electric Library Canada is a full text database
of more than 540 periodicals and 200 newspapers
from around the world. Includes the Ottawa Sun
current to the previous day.
34Other databases available from home, cont.
- Grolier New Book of Knowledge (childrens
encyclopedia) - Grolier Lands and Peoples (encyclopedia on
countries) - Grolier New Book of Popular Science (science
encyclopedia)