INFORMATION SEARCH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES ISARA LIBRARY

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1 INFORMATION SEARCH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES ISARA LIBRARY 2019

2 Methodology of information search Information needs Retrieval tools Information evaluation Dissemination of information and quotation

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4 Questions about your subject Where Why Subject Who What When

5 Search strategy One or more words specified by a user in a search engine text box Keywords Query Boolean operators Formed by combining simple terms for the purpose of limiting or qualifying the search

6 Boolean operators Search results will include resources about both vegan and vegetarian diets Search results will include resources about vegan diets, vegetarian diets, and ressources about both of them Search results will include resources that only discuss about vegan diets

7 Boolean operators and other search tools AND OR NOT NEAR/X * Used to narrow a search and retrieve records containing all of the words it separates Used to broaden a search and retrieve records containing any of the words it separates Used to narrow a search and retrieve records that do not contain the term following it Used to narrow a search by specifying a proximity relationship of fewer than X words between search terms Used to search for an exact word or sentence Used to truncate words or character strings Used to broaden a research

8 Analyse your keywords After your first search Too many results? Not enough results? Be more specific, use technical langage Use search operators Use more general langage Lighten your query

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10 Quick / simple Search

11 Advanced Search

12 Search engines A search engine is a web-based tool that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web

13 Catalogs A library catalogue is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or network of libraries Doc.ISARA Digital libraries An ebook is an electronic version of a printed book that can be read by using a personal computer or an ebook reader ScholarVox

14 Databases A bibliographic database contains bibliographic records (references) Open archives A data repository generated via scientific research and teaching, freely accessible online, that contains pre-publications and official publications (under conditions defined by publishers)

15 Our library s online resources

16 How to find documents with added value Choose carefully your keywords and retrieval tools Use boolean operators and the advanced search Bounce from one document to another

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18 Information evaluation Consider your results with an open but critical mind and with discernment RELIABILTY of the information source RELEVANCE to the subject QUALITY of the contents

19 Information evaluation URL Level of information Source Evaluation Date Author

20 Information evaluation : Current news

21 Information evaluation : Academic literature

22 Information evaluation : Websites

23 Information evaluation: Websites : What the suffixes mean?

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25 Bibliography : do I have to? Respect intellectual property Show the quality of your research Why do we cite? Identify information sources Locate information sources

26 Short quote An exception to copyright to use an excerpt of a work without asking permission from the author Use the exact text or data from the original information source Insert the quoted sentence(s) into the body of your text using quotation marks: Pay attention to the length of the quote (extract size / personal work size) How do I quote? Make sure to associate the quote or the reformulated sentence with the source it comes from Paraphrase A reformulation operation consisting in developing an idea from another source To repeat in one's own words the idea expressed by another Change the sentence structure, do not settle for synonyms Make sure to respect the meaning of the original text, to be understandable

27 To quote or not to quote YES = OK Using your own words? YES : Your own ideas? NO : Using quotation marks? NO = Paraphrase YES = OK Short quote NO = Plagiarism!

28 Citation Link between your quote in your text and its precise bibliographic reference Identified in the text body using either : the author s name and the publication year between brackets : (Debiez, 2018) Harvard system Or numerals in the text: [1], (2) Numeric system The full bibliographic reference appears in the final list of documents (the bibliography) When a document has more than 2 authors, mention the first one then use «et al.»

29 What is a bibliographic reference? Data describing a resource or part of a resource, precise and detailed enough to identify it and to enable it to be located Some elements are mandatory Name of creator(s). Date. Title. Edition, place and publisher. Digital document : online resource, web page Mention [online] inserted after the title Mention of the reading date : [viewed 3 September 2006] and the full URL after «Available from :» Other elements may be used for other document types or specific medium : Medium designation, availability, access or location information ISBN (standard identifier) and number of pages for a book Series title and numeration for a journal Duration of a movie

30 The bibliography A list of information resources references, consulted and used during your research Arranged in alphabetical order by author s surname or by numerical order in a numbered list eventually by document type Present at the end of your document Homogeneously written using the same citation style within a document = one uniform format and punctuation schema for all bibliographic references, regardless of the particular citation style being used

31 Examples (ISO-690 style) Book BAUMER, Michel, Le rôle possible de l agroforesterie dans la lutte contre la désertification et la dégradation de l environnement. Wageningen : CTA, Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et rurale. ISBN Article WEZEL, A., BELLON, S., DORÉ, T., FRANCIS, C., VALLOD, D. et DAVID, C., Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review. In : Agronomy for Sustainable Development [online] Vol. 29, n 4. [Viewed 10 March 2018]. DOI /agro/ Available from : Thesis HOURBETTE, Danièle, Genre et usages des technologies de l information et de la communication : une étude de cas : une école d ingénieur en agronomie [online]. Thèse de doctorat en SIC. Paris : Paris 5. [Accessed 15 May 2018]. Available from : Website FAO, Agroecology Knowledge Hub. In : Food and Agriculture Organization [online]. 15 May [Accessed 16 July 2018]. Available from: NBSC, General Assembly adopts World Statistics Day Resolution. In : National Bureau of Statistics of China [online]. 5 June [Accessed 15 July 2018]. Available from:

32 Reference management software ZOTERO (free and open-source)

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