EEEWorkshopSocBehav2006

EEE Workshop - November 15, 2006
The UCI Libraries' Social & Behavioral Sciences Article Databases

Julia Gelfand, Applied Sciences Librarian - jgelfand@uci.edu - 824-4971

Christina J. Woo, Research Librarian for Cognitive Sciences, Education, etc. - cjwoo@uci.edu - 824-4974

Goals:

Create more effective and efficient search strategies
Manage output (e.g., citations, abstracts, full-text) more systematically, taking advantage of in-database features and RefWorks

Starting Point: http://www.lib.uci.edu (Libraries' home page)

Basic background details

Set up your computer for remote access - details at How to...Connect from off-campus [in left frame on Libraries home page]
Today's focus is on 2 user interfaces--CSA Illumina and Web of Science. For a wider array of databases for a particular discipline, click on Subject Guides
Research Librarians can save you time, improve your searching, answer your library questions:

Social Ecology
Criminology, Law & Society	Brian R. Williams	brianrw	824-0473
Environmental Health, Science, and Policy	Julia Gelfand	jgelfand	824-4971
Psychology & Social Behavior	Julia Gelfand	jgelfand	824-4971
Planning, Policy, and Design	Julia Gelfand	jgelfand	824-4971
Social Sciences
Anthropology	Pauline Manaka	pdmanaka	824-4969
Chicano/Latino Studies	Christina Woo	cjwoo	824-4974
Cognitive Sciences	Christina Woo	cjwoo	824-4974
Economics	Daniel Tsang	dtsang	824-4978
Linguistics	Christina Woo	cjwoo	824-4974
Logic & Philosophy of Science	Sheila Smyth	smyths	824-7021
Political Science	Daniel Tsang	dtsang	824-4978
Sociology	Pauline Manaka	pdmanaka	824-4969
Southeast Asian Archive	Anne Frank	afrank	824-4968
Social Science Data	Daniel Tsang	dtsang	824-4978

For the full list of Subject Librarians, from the Libraries' home page, click on Contact Us, then on Subject Librarians

Databases:

PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, ERIC (Education), Criminal Justice Abstracts, PAIS (Public Affairs) -- all use the CSA Illumina interface. This interface includes a direct download link to RefWorks; these databases also have EndNote filters.
Web of Science (includes Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). WoS has a direct download link to a web-based version of EndNote.
Google Scholar - for comparison & treatment
Other obvious resources - for lack of time, these will not to be covered in this session but on a variety of different platforms with a range of coverage and functionality

What's in this database?

Each CSA Illumina database has a link to a several-screen description. Once in the database, at mid-screen, click on the

, as in:
Now Selected:

PsycINFO

These database descriptions include a link to the journals/sources/serials indexed--in PsycINFO, this is a long list--over 2,000. When the list is short--as in PsycARTICLES, Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection, Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection, etc.--all of the titles indexed are listed on the first screen.

To cruise through the descriptions of several CSA Illumina databases, from any CSA Illumina search screen, click on Specific Databases
Click on the

next to each database name to see its description. This list includes all of the databases we subscribe to from CSA Illumina.

For Web of Science, at the first screen, click on

(bottom).
Also on the first screen and useful for getting started is Information for New Users (upper right).

Database Basics

Indexing & abstracting functionality

Coverage & scope, some overlap among databases (e.g., journals are often indexed by more than one database)

Illumina as a platform; CSA as a platform

Different types of searching available:

CSA: Advanced Search vs. Quick Search
WoS: General Search, Cited Reference Search, Advanced Search

Search fields: keyword, author, etc.

Truncation / wildcard -

CSA: the asterisk (*) may be used at the end of a word or within a word to search for zero-unlimited number of letters. The question mark (?) is the single-character wildcard for finding alternative spellings. See examples and more details at Help & Support (upper right of any CSA screen); under Advanced Search, click on Wildcard Symbols.
WoS: Same as CSA, with the addition of the dollar sign ($) for 0-1 character.

Backward vs. forward searching (references vs. times-cited records)

In CSA Illumina databases, see "Cited Reference Linking" described at http://www.csa.com/help/index.html#Advanced_Search/cited_reference.html
In WoS, click on and then on for a description of "Cited Reference Search."

Searching several databases concurrently ("federated searching"): advantages, disadvantages

WoS searches its component databases (SCI, SSCI, AHCI--one, two, or all three). Searching across Web of Knowledge (WoK) databases, of which WoS is one, uses "CrossSearch" - At the top of any WoS screen, change the database name to CrossSearch; click on Go. The databases to be "cross-searched" are listed at the top. Click on CHANGE PRODUCTS TO SEARCH to remove customize the list.

Some unique database features:

CSA databases	Date Coverage	Types of publications	Some unique features
Criminal Justice Abstracts	1968- updated quarterly	international journals, books, reports (governmental and non-governmental, dissertations, and unpublished papers,	Covers historical and contemporary issues related to crime, criminal justice, and related applications from psychology, sociology and law enforcement. Most records link to full-text coverage.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)	1966- updated monthly	articles in scholarly and trade journals, reports, government publications, books, theses, dissertations, conference papers, audiovisual media	Approx. 60% of the records are for journal articles (indicated by EJ and 6 numbers); the rest are for other types of education literature (see list at left). For this latter group (ED and 6 numbers), nearly all materials back to 1993 are available online in full-text. Earlier years may be requested via InterLibrary Loan. A UCI-specific guide to ERIC is at http://course.lib.uci.edu/ERICviaCSAIllumina.pdf
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)	1972- updated monthly	journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material. No newspapers or newlsetters.	PAIS indexes materials from over 120 countries. In addition to English, some of the materials indexed are in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Topic coverage is unusually wide and interdisciplinary. Examples: child labor, child sexual exploitation, citizen militia, climate change, counterterrorism, cybercops, disaster relief, ethnic cleansing, female circumcision, genetic engineering, globalization, intellectual property rights, Neo-Nazis, ozone depletion, political persecution, privatized space exploration, recycling, terrorism. A lengthy guide to PAIS is available online--after clicking on the , look in the left column for the Database Guide.
PsycARTICLES	varies by title, ranging from 1985- to back to only 2002 and 2004. Updated weekly	articles from 28 APA journals, 17 APA Educational Publishing Foundation journals, 3 Canadian Psychological Assn. journals, and 5 Hogrefe & Huber journals	Indexes only 53 journals, but all articles are available online in full-text, usually in both pdf and html formats. Each record has a link to the Table of Contents (TOC) for the issue containing the article. While full-text is attractive, searching PsycINFO will be far more productive than searching PsycARTICLES alone, since PsycINFO indexes all of the PsycARTICLES journals and in most cases for many more years. Full-text of many articles indexed by PsycINFO will be available from sources other than PsycARTICLES.
PsycINFO	1806- updated weekly	articles in professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses, dissertations	Abstracts begin in 1967. "Empirical Study" and "Literature Review" may be selected as a Methodology limit. A UCI-specific guide to PsycINFO is at http://course.lib.uci.edu/ss/psych/PsycINFOviaCSAIllumina-S06.pdf . Beginning in 2001, records for journal articles include lists of references (with embedded links to abstracts, times-cited, and full-text, where available). PsycINFO indexes all the journals in PsycARTICLES and for more years.
Sociological Abstracts	1952- updated monthly	articles in professional journals, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers	Beginning in 2002, many records from key journals include the list of references, often with embedded links to abstracts, times-cited, and full-text online where available. The conference papers are challenging to find and usually require contacting the author for a copy. A lengthy guide to Soc Abs is available online--after clicking on the , look in the left column for the Database Guide.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	1975- updated monthly	journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, film reviews, software reviews	As of Nov. 2005, over 1,500 journals are indexed, of which 67% are published outside the U.S. For article records from core journals added since 2001, the lists of references have been added, some with embedded links to abstracts, times-cited, and full-text where available. A lengthy guide to WWPSA is available online--after clicking on the , look in the left column for the Database Guide.

Web of Knowledge (WoK) databases	Date Coverage	Types of publications	Some unique features
Web of Science comprises Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	SSCI: 1956- SCI: 1900- AHCI: 1975-	Journals across all disciplines: SSCI: over 1,725 journals across 50 disciplines SCI: 5,900 major journals across 150 disciplines AHCI: 1,144 leading journals, plus selective indexing of over 6,800 major science & social science journals for relevant articles.	Cited reference searching is the primary strength of this huge database. Author searching uses surnames but not first names--only first and middle initials. No thesaurus, so productive results require skillful keyword searching--think of all variant and synonymous terms. Logical operators include AND, OR, NOT, and SAME. For a description, click on Information for New Users (upper right) or , then on , and select Search Operators. The default setting for searches is across all WoS databases--SSCI, SCI, and AHCI--so be sure to un-select those not needed at the beginning of a search.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) JCR Social Sciences Edition JCR Science Edition At the first Web of Science screen, use the pull-down menu to select Journal Citation Reports	1999-2005	JCR Soc Sci Ed contains data from over 1,700 journals JCR Sci Ed contains data from over 5,900 journals	JCR editions are published annually; each year is searched separately. Journals indexed come from over 60 countries. JCR is a comprehensive and unique resource for evaluating and comparing journals. It is the only source of citation data on journals, such as the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field. Read the description--click on Information for New Users (upper right) or , then on , and select "Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely."

Output: Working with your search results

Links to full-text: on-screen, via UC-eLinks, in ANTPAC, etc.

Not at UCI: InterLibrary Loan via Melvyl Request (in UC-eLinks window)

Capturing and Recalling

Downloading
Printing
Emailing
Bibliographic Management Software: EndNote, RefWorks, Pro-Cite, Reference Manager, etc. UCI has a campus-wide site license to RefWorks--at http://www.refworks.com click on Login and "Sign up for an Individual Account." No need to get a Trial Account.

CSA databases feature a RefWorks link for direct downloading of records
WoS features a web-based version of EndNote (to debut at end of Nov. 2006). It is compatible only with EndNote X.

Saving a search for later use

Creating an automatic Alert (search strategy based on a topic, on an author, on a journal--what is new each time the database is updated?)

Using lists of references within CSA records--embedded links to abstracts, times cited, full-text

Wrap-Up and Related Issues

Scholarly Communication issues
Economics
Born digital
New products
Preprints, author's rights
Institutional repositories
Grey literature