PF2105 Research Method
: Discovery of NUS Libraries Resources
2012/2013 Semester 2
PF2105 Tutorial classes for Prof. George Ofori
Tutorials (2 hours) @ Central Library Training Room
Week 3
•Mon 28 Jan 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm
•Wed 30 Jan 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon
•Fri 1 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 4
Presented by:
Loo Lay Yen
Building Resource Librarian
•Mon 4 Feb 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm
•Wed 6 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon (by Steven Chow)
•Fri 8 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
CA 10% @ Central Library Training Room
(Conducted during 1st hour of classes below. Class will resume after the test)
Week 5
•Mon 11 Feb 2013, Public Holiday (please attend any of the classes below)
•Wed 13 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon
•Fri 15 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 6
•Mon 18 Feb 2013, 4.00pm to 6.00pm
•Wed 20 Feb 2013, 10.00am to 12 noon
•Fri 22 Feb 2013, 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
OBJECTIVES – CA
1. How to write citations in APA style
– American Psychological Association (APA) 6th
– “Author-Date” style
2. How to do research in Library Portal
1. APA CITATION STYLE
Journal article
• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article.
Journal Title, volume(no), pp-pp.
Book
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of book (x ed.). Place of
publication: Publisher.
Book chapter
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of chapter or entry. In A.
Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Place of
publication: Publisher.
Examples of citations in APA style
Types of citation
Low, S. P., & Quek, T. C. (2006). Environmental factors and work performance of project
managers in the construction industry. International Journal of Project Management,
24(1), 24-37.
Journal article
Rosen, H. J. (1998). Construction specifications writing : principles and procedures (4th
ed.). New York: John Wiley.
Book
Boyle, A. J. (1999). The collection and use of accident and incident data. In J. Ridley, &
J. Channing (Eds.), Risk management (pp. 57-95). Boston: Butterworth Heinemann.
Book chapter
Writing APA citations 1/2
• Handwritten
Daghigh, R., Adam, N. M., Sopian, K., & Sahari, B. B. (2009). Thermal
comfort of an air-conditioned office through different windows-door
opening arrangements. Building Services Engineering Research &
Technology, 30(1), 49-63.
Writing APA citations 2/2
• Book vs Chapter

Journal vs Article
Journal title
(Source)
Chapter
titles and
authors
In this
edited
book
Article titles
and authors,
& co-authors
Page number
of each
article
one of the issues
of this journal
2. LITERATURE RESERACH
Resource
Data Source
Types of literatures
FAQ
2.1 ScholarBank
NUS
Institutional
Repository
•Scholarly output of NUS.
•Journal articles, conference papers, patented work.
•Master’s (by Research) and Ph.D theses - Sep2003 to present
(those which are conferred).
•SDE Dissertation Space (only open to SDE students and staff)
•https://lib.sde.nus.edu.sg/dspace/
http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg
/faq
2.2 LINC
Library
INtegrated
Catalogue
•Acquired and subscribed contents available in NUS Libraries
•Books, journals, magazines, AV materials
•Print and electronic formats
http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/a.php
?qid=6046
•Google-like search.
•Books, scholarly journals, newspaper articles, E-Books, theses
and dissertations, conference proceedings, and numerous
contents in academic databases indexed in Summon.
•Covers content in NUS institutional repository (SB) and catalog
(LINC), as well as subscribed electronic resources.
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/co
ntent.php?pid=333052&sid=2
888588
Content
providers /
Publishers
•Specialised subject specific journal articles, conference papers,
datasets, newspaper, reports, etc.
•Full-texts
•Abstracts & Indexes
•Statistical data
http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/a.php
?qid=190832
Google
Scholar
•Google's search engine that covers "scholarly material"
including a lot of free or open access material but may present
results you have no access to.
http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/a.php
?qid=158438
(real time data)
2.3
FindMore@NUSL
Summon™/
*NUSL
*Due to time-zone
difference, there is
a time lag of 24-48
hrs, for NUSL data
to be refreshed in
Summon indexes.
2.4 Databases
(subscribed)
2.5 Other search tools:
•Google Scholar
•etc
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/co
ntent.php?pid=227106&sid=1
889246
FindMore@NUSL
vs.
LINC & Databases
• LINC:
– As of Dec 2012, FindMore@NUSL covers over 330 million records,
which compares to about 1.7 million records in LINC/LINC+
• Databases:
–
(0.5%)
Library Portal - better chances of getting good
academic resources for your research
2.1. ScholarBank – search NUS scholarly output
• Demo
2.2 LINC – search for library collections
• Demo
• Library INtegrated Catalogue
• Default – Keyword search
– Switch to By Title to search for a known title.
–
What would you get in LINC? 1/4
• Books (print)
• Keyword: Construction project management
What would you get in LINC? 2/4
• Search for known items - Use Title search in LINC
Eg:
• Rosen, H. J. (1998). Construction specifications writing :
principles and procedures (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley.
• Title: Construction specifications writing
What would you get in LINC? 3/4
• Books (electronic)
What would you get in LINC? 4/4
• Journals (print and/or electronic)
• Journal title level search
– Unable to search at article title level.
– Hence, LINC will not retrieve results for journal
articles.
• Title: International journal of project management
LINC Exercise:
Find the call numbers and locations
• Fisk, E. R., & Reynolds, W. D. (2010). Construction project
administration (9th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall.
• Kempton, W. (1991). Lay perspectives on global climate
change. In E. Vine, D. Crawley, & P. Centolella (Eds.), Energy
efficiency and the environment: forging the link (pp.29-66).
Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy.
LINC Exercise:
Find the online article
Try this Title. Can you retrieve anything in LINC?
Evaluation of contaminant concentrations and air flows in a multizone model of
a building
Why not?
Journal title vs Journal article title
Articles are not indexed (limitations in LINC)
Find this online article in LINC
Waters, J. R., & Simons, M. W. (1987). Evaluation of contaminant concentrations and air
flows in a multizone model of a building. Building and Environment, 22(4), 305-315.
(Basic steps: Title search in LINC > Look for location & call number for print volume / Click to publisher’s webpages
> Navigate to the required volume/issue/page > Retrieve PDF)
Solution:
Use FindMore@NUSL
> find the exact article in just one click!
Research Exercise:
Find more relevant articles for a topic
• Conduct a literature review on the topic:
Construction project management in Singapore.
Which place would you start FIRST?
Well, there is no right or wrong answers, one
suggested way would be
5> ScholarBank
4> LINC
1> FindMore@NUSL
2> Use subject specific databases
3> Google Scholar with Find It!@NUSL
2.3 FindMore@NUSL
– one-stop search for academic sources
• Get more/less results..
–
• Use “quotes” and Booleans (AND, OR, NOT, *, ?)
• Advanced Search
• Refine Search
• Eg.
construction “project management” AND Singapore
Compare number of results
Advanced Search
Refine Search
What would you get in FindMore? 1/7
What would you get in FindMore? 2/7
What would you get in FindMore? 3/7
What would you get in FindMore? 4/7
What would you get in FindMore? 5/7
• Refine: Add results beyond your library’s collection
Question:
If we were to search in LINC instead of
FindMore, would we have missed this
article which the library has a print
copy?
What would you get in FindMore? 6/7
• Get additional resources
What would you get in FindMore? 7/7
• Database recommender
2.4 Databases – other research tools
• Topic:
– Eg. Construction project management in Singapore
• Possible databases to use/try
– ABI/INFORM Complete
– PERIND
– Factiva
– Engineering Village
– Scopus
– Web of Science
2.5 Google Scholar – another search engine
• Find It!@NUS Libraries is using OpenURL linking
to get to the full texts which NUS subscribe.
• Setting up the linking from Google Scholar
– http://scholar.google.com
– Settings > Library links
– Search for NUS > Tick NUS > Save
Getting Full-Texts from Google Scholar
Click “Find It! @ NUS Libraries”
3. BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT TOOL
•
Upcoming EndNote
X6 sessions
– More updates on upcoming events
in the library portal
•
Features
– Compile bibliographic citations
– Cite While You Write
– http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/a.php?qid=71683
– http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote
– http://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining
•
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlnvmDnPzs0
4. OTHER CITATION STYLES
• IEEE
– Numbered style
Other citation styles
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
– “Author-Title” style
Other citation styles
• Harvard
– “Author-Date” style
Thank you.
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