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1 AU Library Search Reference software Plagiarism Databases Article databases Advanced article search

2 Google

3 Must typically identify and analyze several aspects and views about your problem. Need to identify the most (all the) relevant literature in your topic. The Information is found in many large databases! This calls for high degree of reflection throughout the search process! Must be able to make ADVANCED searches in RELEVANT databases

4 Access books, e-books & articles (Search) Order books & articles (Self-service) Book a Librarian Access to Master Theses Access to Databases Remote access to nearly all databases Use username & password from AU login

5 Search Contents: Search books and e-books Searching full text in journals Advantage Covers all books & journals Fantastic for specific topics Problems Huge database too many hits No advanced search function Impossible to search for general topics

6 Reference management is how you organize the references you use in your written papers e.g. It is to cite correctly in your papers, assignments etc. You can do all this manually or by using a reference management tool You can download references from our databases to eg. Refworks

7 It is plagiarism when you knowingly cheat - but it is also plagiarism if your references to sources are imprecise and incomplete It s all about using citations RIGHT

8 Course literature In your textbooks you will often find chapters or parts that will be relevant for the choosen subject. In such chapters there will often be references to other relevant books or articles. Use theese references as an inspiration for your further information search. Theses Go to and try to find theses within the subject (or close to) and check for relevant references. Many references will often be usefull readings which also might be the basis and inspiration for your further search for articles. Articles Databases

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10 Access to journals - covering all sciences Problem: Not one single database Article databases: ABI/Inform check other databases in ProQuest Business Source Complete check other databases in EBSCO Citation databases Web of Science Scopus Publishers Science Direct Emerald Sage (a.o.) SEARCH (book, article and journal database)

11 Access to Newspapers world wide International Factiva Lexis Nexis Retriever (Norway and Sweden) Danish Infomedia

12 Title Abstract Keywords Full text References

13 Uncontrolled Controlled The articles use different keywords All articles use the same keywords COMMERCE, Electronic CYBERCOMMERCE E-business E-commerce E-tail E-tailing EBUSINESS ECOMMERCE ELECTRONIC business INTERNET commerce INTERNET retailing INTERNET selling ONLINE commerce ONLINE selling WEB commerce WEB retailing

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15 Title, abstract, keywords Subject search Full text search Type, Date, Length Any combination of this!! Use search history - remove duplicates Citation search Web of Science Scopus

16 Contents Database with high quality journals in economics and access to magazines, newspapers and market- and company reports. Documentation Subjects Subject search: all articles classified by the Thesaurus Advanced search options Combine several searches (remove duplicates) Date, length, peer rewieved Free text search Citationsearch and referencesearch

17 Advantages: Inspire to choise of keywords Limit or specify large search results Use for general subjects Disadvantage Limited use when new, rare or controversial words Examples Outsourcing is called contracting out Mergers & Acquisitions is called CONSOLIDATION & merger of corporations Reverse Marketing do not exist

18 When: Use when larger search result is needed Search for very specific subjects Search for models or theories Search for new, rare or controversial words/subjects Operators: Near Operator (N) N5 find the words within 5 words of each other no order. W5 find the words within 5 words of each other precise order.

19 Based on the assumption that there is a subject relation between the articles and the publications referenced 2 methods Reference search: Find articles, using the same references (both forward and backward in time) Find articles that are referred to (back in time) Citation Search: Find articles that have used a specific article (forward in time)

20 At the beginning of an assignment to: get started find alternative or different terms find other relevant authors who write about the same During the process to: find articles from alternative research areas find articles that evaluate or supplement your source find the latest in the research world

21 Contains Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present) > 35 millions articles Only metadata (few fulltext) Covers more than journals Majority of scientific literature Majority of American journals Primarily English-language articles

22 > 33 millions articles Only metadata (few fulltext) Covers more than journals Better coverage of European and social science journals Still majority of scientific literature Primarily English-language articles Only citations from 1996-

23 GS is a useful supplement to information search, because of its access to unique publications. But no documentation problem in relation to scientific work. Be Careful - lots of errors and incomplete contents. Not for advanced article search Not for citation search.

24 Search Strategy No Perfect Search Always pros and cons Use the advanced search options Using the right words and lots of words Update your search words Choise of database Advanced search: BSC, Science Direct, Scopus, WOS Simple search: Search and Google

25 Dow Jones Factiva is a unique database which combine global news with firstclass company information. Very good at global news search and for search on market- and company information. Factiva contains more than 20,000 sources from 159 countries on 22 languages: More than 600 continuously updated newswires. More than news papers, with same-day and archival coverage More than business and industry publications. Financial information from more than private and public companies.

26 News Remember that you are searching in a special type of uncontrolled language, and that you have to be critical. Use the nearn and atleastn operators nearn carlsberg near5 market share atleastn : type atleast5 carlsberg Guide is to be found under support Enter support, choose learning and then learning documents. Here you find a list of documents you can download.

27 The overall driver is your information need!! Ask the right questions!! Pay attention to different kind of information. Who made it and how is it written. Information is complex and dynamic. Remember Complex information need calls for complex information search.

28 Using many different databases Combining (And, Or, Near, Atleast) Several Different Search steps (Subjects, Title, Free text, Financials, Products, Business etc.) Using many different words