Library resources

LIBRARY WEBSITE:

woodward.library.ubc.ca

FIND ARTICLES:

• Web of Science Indexes over 7000 science journals and conference proceedings.
• more options for discipline-specific databases, see: Research Guides e.g. biology, chemistry, environmental studies/sciences,  forestry, microbiology, nutrition, physics, etc.

CITATION MANAGEMENT

RefWorks web-based citation management program that enables you to automatically format citations and bibliographies.

• RefWorks Guide Create a RefWorks account  here.
• RefWorks videos  Learn to Use RefWorks in 20 Minutes or less

HOW TO EVALUATE INFORMATION

• Evaluating Information Sources

Research & CItation HELP:

• Katherine Miller contact info
• Online Guides includes guides to how to cite
• Woodward Library Map > Information Desk hours (in-person or phone help from experts 7 days a week)
• AskAway (live ONLINE chat with a librarian, available most days until 9 PM)

SUMMARY OF TIPS FROM SEPT 16/13 LIBRARY RESEARCH CLASS

Search Strategies:

• “” phrase searching  e.g. “climate change”
• Think of synonyms for your concepts and join them with the Boolean operators OR  e.g. “climate change” OR “global warming”
• Broaden your search with Truncation/wild card *  e.g. forest* = forest, forests, forestry, etc.
• Filters for content type: articles, books, review paper etc
• Snowballing- references list at bottom paper, following up those papers
• Search by the scientific name as well as the common name e.g. “pine beetles” OR “Dendroctonus ponderosae”

Best Sources:

• Use Library Research Guides to familiarize yourself with discipline specific indexes & databases. e.g. http://guides.library.ubc.ca/forestry (by using the research guide you would also know about a core forestry database: CAB Direct)
• Ask your professor
• Ask your librarian
• UBC Library website: Summon
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science – try a Times cited sort
• PubMed
• JSTOR
• UBC Library Indexes & Databases – more discipline specific databases