FindingInformationintheAtmosphericandOceanicSciences.ppt

Finding Information in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences February 2005, AOS 405 Jean Phillips Schwerdtfeger Library Space Science and Engineering Center Discussion Threads MadCat overview Subject databases Finding dissertations Searching Google Evaluating what you find Citation guides Recap MadCat Overview The Library catalog, used to find books, government reports, journal titles and their locations Journal articles or contents of books (specific chapters) ARE NOT in MadCat – find them in appropriate database, then search for journal or book title in MadCat or use Schwerdtfeger Library holdings in MadCat My MadCat Account Patron Information Update address/contact information Check for patron blocks View and renew items checked out Check on requests pending or items available (important) Check fines and fees Place Request: Dynamics of the Atmosphere Recall or Retrieve ID, Pickup Desk, Submit Request Basic Search: IRS ‘84 Guided Search: IRS ‘84 Results Searching Plan your search Remember variant word endings, Boolean connectors and synonyms Limit search terms to specific fields (title, subject heading), within a certain proximity to each other, year ranges To narrow a search: limit by theoretical approach, one aspect of subject, by time, by geographic location To broaden a search: generalize your topic, check more databases, limit jargon, check Web or newspaper databases if topic is too new Note controlled vocabularies Perform search, review results, refine search, search again, refine search, search again, export results Finding Journal Articles UW-Madison Libraries have licensed many databases for your use Information cannot be accessed by using Google Emphasis is on finding literature related to the atmospheric and oceanic sciences After finding specific articles, search for the journal title in MadCat for location on campus Some databases may have links to full-text Links to databases from our home page Subject Databases Meteorological and Geoa