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IRL Session 5
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- 1Academia & communicationpublic also thinks that this topic important (cf. March on Science, Linguistics Blog)
- 2Why? The rationale of literature and information research In the context of academic and professional life you need to• Find academic literature for papers
• Keep up-to-date with language teacher and language learning research for your professional practice
• Know the best resources you can access for achieving these goals - 3Types of typical academic publicationjournal
– journal articles in journal
– disciplinary, interdisciplinary
Monograph
– One or more authors; on one topic
– book
Edited volume
-One or more editors of a book
-book articles by individual authors - 4Journals
- 5Literature and information research as strategic exploration"Searching for information is often nonlinear and iterative, requiring the evaluation of a range of information sources and the mental flexibility to pursue alternate avenues as new understanding develops.
- 6What to do"determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
• "identify interested parties, such as scholars, organizations, governments, and industries, who might produce information about a topic and then determine how to access that information;" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
• "utilize divergent (e.g., brainstorming) and convergent (e.g., selecting the best source) thinking when searching;" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
• "match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools;" (ACRL 2015,
• "design and refine needs and search strategies as necessary, based on search results;" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
• "understand how information systems (i.e., collections of recorded information) are organized in order to access relevant information;" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
"use different types of searching language (e.g., controlled vocabulary, keywords, natural language) appropriately;" (ACRL 2015, 7.)
"manage searching processes and results effectively." (ACRL 2015, 7.) - 7Web of Science Citing articles
- 8Citation search 1: Cited by/references
- 9Citation search 2: related records
- 10Citation= Snowball system, Pearl Growing Why snowball/pearl growing?
- 11Bibliographic database Search with indexing terms Use keyword search & subject terms to find references to useful literature
- 12Narrow down or refine results
- 13Keyword Words picked by you, could occur anywhere or in a specific field, e.g. title
- 14Subject term (descriptor, Schlagwort)
- 15Search Strategies How to save results? save query?• Using search terms 1: Keywords
Using search terms 2: Subject Terms (different databases)
save result: add page to e-shelf
save query --> mail alert - 16Information Seeking Model by Carol Kuhlthau (1993, 2004)
- 17Information Seeking is a process: Information Seeking Model by Carol Kuhlthau (1993, 2004)
- 18Literature Search for a paper: steps towards a product
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- Kacke IRL Flashcards on IRL Session 5, created by Lisza Neumeier on 05/06/2017.
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