searching and using bibliographic information
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Biblioteca/CRAI – Formación de usuarios
Searching and using bibliographic information
Ángel M. Delgado-VázquezLibrarian and Lecturer at Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Oct. 2016 @amdelvaz
“We could say that the university library is like a toolbox, with many gadgets and devices to get information and address other intellectual tasks. A box with very different tools for different purposes, that you should be able to handle a little ... That sometimes, the more rich and useful it is, the more complex it may seem ...”
MARTÍNEZ, L.J., 2016. Cómo buscar y usar información científica: Guía para estudiantes universitarios 2016. Santander. [Online] Available on: http://eprints.rclis.org/29934/7/Como_buscar_usar_informacion_2016.pdf
Meet your Library
LocationFacilitiesSchedulesServicesCollectionsAnd much more…
www.upo.es/biblioteca
Meet your library
https://www1.upo.es/cms1/export/sites/upo/biblioteca/documentos/guiagrado_en.pdf
https://youtu.be/v0YGyiZ-ukI
Searching and using information: the basi(c)s
Every previous scientific research has been recorded
We need information to build History. New research always use previous
We can find, access and use this records but…
We should know the different types of bibliographic documents (mainly monographs and journal articles)
Searching and using information: the basi(c)s
We ought to identify different information resources
It’s necessary to learn to use
We need recognize reliable and good quality resources
Finally, retrieved and selected document must be stored and organized
Where to search information?
Our discovery toolSearch simultaneously in catalogues, databases, journals portals, etc.
A unique tool for all
the documents*
Where to search information?
Our online public access catalogue (OPAC)Books (manuals, monographs, references…) and journals (the entire one)
Using CatCBUA you can obtain
documents from
other
Andalusian universities
Where to search information?
Bibliographic database covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada), focusing on the 15th century to the present
Search indexes specialized in
History
Where to search information?
Multidisciplinary portal of backfiles from acadamic journals in Humanities
Arts & Sciences Collections I,
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
When to use each one?
Searching for backfiles of academic journals (usually digitized)
Use it to retrieve the most specializated academic literature arround the world
Athenea provides information and access to all our books and from other libraries
Search in Eureka! if you want a complete picture about a particular topic
How to use it?Boolean search
How to use it?Practicing boolean search
How to use it?Indexes search
AuthorsTitlesAuthor’s keywordsAbstractsEditorsDocument typesTopics/SubjectsPeopleOrganizationsHistorical periodsGeographic terms…
How to use it?
Search or browse the index(es)
How to evaluate, select and access?
How to evaluate, select and access?
How to evaluate, select and access?
How to export, organize and analyze?
How to export, organize and analyze?
How to export, organize and analyze?
Learn more…
PRESNELL, J.L., 2007. The information-literate historian: a guide to research for history students. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195176529. 930.2 PRE inf
