Please list three things you learned during today’s session.

1. how to access databases of internet in my field.  2. How to access electronic journals in my field.  3. How roger, melvyl, cdl, circuit, sage relate to one another.

Sage, UC e-links, Alerts

That NY times from 19th century, online as well as .  How widely available alert services are and how to use sage at resources more efficiently.

1. Better understand UCSD library resources. 2. Proxy- how to set up my PC @ home.  3. Good reference handouts.

Good course esp. for beginners like me.  As I start using these tools I'd like a refresher. Nice to know your all approachable if further help is needed.

I especially value how to find articles on databases. The electronic journals would have been better if we could have explored a bit more.

I found the practice with introduction to databases A-Z + Electronic journals.  I spend too much time photocopy from hard copies, NO more!

1. Using SAGE, I can access a set of Lab procedures, (current protocols) that are useful for biomed/ biomaterial research.  2. Melvyl catalogs (text), periodicals. This can be used for both.  3. How to use e-links as an alternative to other searches (there are just so many)

Proxy, pull down on subjects, e journals

How to access E journals. 2. how to access historical materials. 3. How to place an i.l.l. on line.

I learned about SAGE. I learned about UC e-links. Became more familiar with process.

Accessing info from home, setting up alerts based on searches, who my bibliographer is for Latin Amer. Studies. (Karen)

1. How to access journals. 2. how to access newspapers. 3. How to navigate UCSD libraries.

1. Navigation skills- organization of resources well explained. 2. Use of UC e-links. 3. quick way to access Inter library loan online.

Learned to access site by proxy, to access full-text databases. Learned what SAGE is.

It is good to follow handouts. It seems they're all new to me.

How to do alerts service. How UC e-links works.

Library Express. Databases in Linguistics. What SAGE really does.

I use roger personally, but everything else was new.

Please list three questions you still have about research or library services.

1. What are all the different tools, (roger, melvyl, cdl, circuit, sage, etc.)? What are they for? How do they relate to one another? (Goal is to help me pick the right tool for the job.) 2. A sample Literature search on a question or topic of interest. (Goal: to help me get a sense of how to begin and how to proceed, using the tools in ? #1.

I'll send an email should questions arise. This was a very good introduction.

Still need help re: my user id/password (need to confirm). Structuring searches.

Mainly I need to try out all of these possibilities and then I'm sure I'll have more questions.  This was very helpful as an initial introduction.

1. database that will best suit my project. 2. How to locate materials that are not online. (too old) 3. How to narrow my search -my problem really to frequent.

For paper copies of ILL articles can I keep the paper copy since the lender has it online? For web delivery of ILL articles, will the link expire after a set sue date? Are there any jobs open at the library during the summer?

I want to find out if any databases can export references in bib format, for use by bibtex and latex.

Help on using OVID: do you plan a workshop on it? Can I order papers from the biomedical library or have them delivered to the main library? How? Dose the proxy work with wireless cards with varying IP-addresses?

Is it possible to search for the title list of classic, literature books, such as famous Japanese fiction in middle 1800's?

Whether I can use alerts with particular databases or journals where it is not obvious from list. Whether I can access ISI web of science via EndNote front-end and have the web proxy recognized? Whether there are any access privileges for alumni once you graduate?

1. Aren't there any other databases for linguistics? 2. I would like to know more about Course reserves; this is a service that has not been sufficiently advertised. 3. Are there any citation indices one can consult?

I am the MSO of (sshl academic department) and I wanted to learn more about e-references.  I am encouraging the faculty to use this service in instruction.

Please list three things you learned during today’s session.

Status

Best places/resources for journal articles.  Where to look for various search tools.  Where to look for current news.

Graduate

All the buttons on the website! It's great! It's great to have guidance to this, since it is often confusing and complicated.  I learned a lot about the different types of data bases.  I learned how Roger, circuit and Melvyl is different!

Graduate

The DMOZ wed directory-I hadn't been aware of this.  All the coverage of WorldCat.  Noodle Tools as a portal to finding web stuff.

Graduate

Going to different database.  How to search links, and websites.  How to find journal articles.

Graduate

I learned about WorldCat.

Graduate

Overview of tools, especially difference between. Them and how to access them. Some specific indexes were new info. For me.  Knowing how to use SAGE.  How to request items using UC e-links.

Faculty

Extended Academic ASAP.  Search directories.  SAGE

Graduate

Learned to decipher what the different types of tools consist of.  Learned about new search engines and research resources.

Staff

1. Where LLBA is. 2. Infomine.  3. That Ethnic Studies/ Hispanic Americans have a very limited/ weak collection. (and all the links for H.A. go to that list.

Faculty

I learned about WorldCat, Sociological Abstract database, and gained a better understand to the journal collection and how they're all related. I discovered the news services UCSD subscribes to which is great because I don't have to pay for them and I wish to use the most out of the available resources.

Undergraduate

How to use, WorldCat, Databases, Circuit.

Graduate

1. New databases available.  2. Where to start.  3. Research tools comparison.

Undergraduate

How to search WorldCat. How to use UC e-links.  How to use SAGE.

Graduate

1. About World Cat (its existence). 2. Lexis-Nexis has non-English text. 3. Expanded Academic ASAP/Newsbank as databases. 4. DMOZ and Infomine.

Graduate

1. I learned what sage dose/How it can help me. 2. How quickly I could get resources from other campuses. 3. How to find transcripts from news shows, ect.

Undergraduate

WoldCat. UC e-links. Infomine.

Graduate

Access to news sources is found at the Reference Shelf Link.  Access to journals at Databases A-Z.  UC e-links provides access to the article.

Undergraduate

The difference and different tools to use to access books vs. Articles.  How to refine a search by using the different tools, Roger. etc.  How to get to the library website through prox.

Graduate

1. I learned how to search for journal titles and articles. 2. I learned the quick, meet "home-grown" tool of UC e-links. 3. I learned about WorldCat!

Faculty

Roger,SAGE, Melvyl

Faculty

Please list three questions you still have about research or library services

Graduate

I wish I knew more tips about how to search, especially in Psych Info- I put in authors names and nothing comes up. How do you search for more than one author?

Graduate

I was hoping this workshop would show us how to do specific advanced Journal article Searches.  I guess that'll be the next workshop, for me, was too basic. (i.e. learning how to use Roger, Circuit, melvyl, Lexis-Nexis, Sociological abstracts, etc. That I use all the time.)  Please, in the future promotional emails, make it really clear whether or not the workshop will be basic of for more advanced researchers.  I made a special trip to campus today just to attend this, and it wasn't worth it for me, although I'm sure it was helpful for the undergrads.

Graduate

Info on importing to Endnote: info about filter files, connection files.  Subject areas are Communication and Education.  Melvyl, Roger, Expanded Academic, Eric.

Faculty

Who are the major vendors? (I hear certain names over and over.)  What is UC e-links.  How can we know beforehand if a particular database is up to date.

Graduate

How to put in appropriate Key words.  How can I download citations, a.) into Endnote b.) into a file.

Faculty

1. Would sill like to know the best key words to use to search for my topic-but I think this is something I'll have to play around with!

Undergraduate

None for now.

Graduate

I have none at this time and need to sift through all the information provided through this carefully structured workshop.  The research tools Comparison clarified my understanding for searches and was a useful component in this session.

Undergraduate

I will come to the next session to learn about advanced search techniques.

Faculty

I will come to the 2nd workshop.

Faculty

Please list three things you learned during today’s session.

Status

1. How to use Boolean operators. 2. The difference between keyword and subject search. 3. That there are truncation and wildcard and proximity tools!

Graduate

1. Subject Heading thesaurus. 2. Proximity search. 3. the term "source field."

Graduate

Truncation, Proximity, Wildcards

Graduate

adjacency searching, proximity, subject-descriptor-searching.

Graduate

How to use Boolean operators. Difference between keyword and subject. How to use truncation, wildcards, proximity operators.

Undergrad

1. I had heard of Boolean operators but never knew how to use them. 2. Field searching to narrow search! 3. I learned how to do "phrase searching" and "proximity" searches.

Faculty

google has an advanced search screen role of parentheses in Boolean searches.

Graduate

Constructing a good search statement. Better use of Boolean operators. How a keyword search differs from a subject search.

Graduate

What is a Boolean search. Difference between keyword and subject. How to work through the specific strategies of a search engine, e.g. find wildcards, adjacency, proximity.

Faculty

Stop Words, Boolean operators, Proximity.

Undergrad

Boolean operators, truncation, wildcards, proximity, thank you; I knew nothing about this before I came to this workshop.

Undergrad

Boolean operators, wildcards, proximity.

Visitor

Boolean operators, wildcards, truncation.

Graduate

How to use boolean operators. Difference bet. Keywords and subject headings. How to use truncation and wildcards.

Faculty

CSA- which I never attempted to use because it seems confusing. Connectors/ wild cards/ truncation. Lexis-Nexis- newspaper article search that I didn't know existed.

Graduate

Different ways to search using boolean. How to use keyword to find subj. search terminology.

Staff

1. Wild card usage. 2. To think about topic before searching. 3. About UCSD's extensive database. Thank you.

Staff

Proximity.

Faculty

1. Building a search statement. 2. Use quote marks to ensure that your words of a phrase are searched together: "mass media."  3. Use of library jargon, roger, wildcard, proximity, ect/

Faculty

truncation, wildcard, proximity

Graduate

I liked wildcard, truncation, boolean algebra.

Faculty

Boolean operators Truncation/wildcards, proximity

Faculty

Boolean, Truncation, Stopwords

Faculty

Boolean operators, proximity, adjacency. Using index tip and help guidelines. Better sense of why use different fields in searching.

Faculty

library jargon. How to build a search statement. Katy's web site

Faculty

boolean operators. Wilcards. Field searching

other: ICL

truncation. Wildcards. Proximity

Graduate

how to better access sites and narrow subject

Undergrad

Please list three questions you still have about research or library services

Status

How can I specify "Audio CD" or other type of material in a catalogue, e.g. UCSD libraries?

Graduate

I just wanted to say thank you so much for providing this service. I thought it was "hopeless" for me to learn-I feel that far behind. Katy did an outstanding job of not making any questions seem stupid. She was not at all condescending, and was very comfortable and adept at teaching us. Very clever idea of strategy to teach us the concept of "field searching." I really enjoyed this session and learned a lot from it. I would like further information about library workshops, if any, available. Thank you.

Faculty

Do these techniques also work for foreign language materials, i.e. are wildcards international? How to use databases within library? How to find catalogues for books easily, e.g. Floors, Library of Congress, British Museums?

Faculty

What does URL stand for? Will conducting a search by "subject" will it always broaden my search? What is the name of the Library of congress subject headings book.

Graduate

Not a question but request for more classes on library issues, i.e. searching, database usage in locating organizing material found while searching.

Staff

How can I access UCSD library catalogs from my home PC (a dell)? Is any of the information covered in this class available form the library in digest/booklet form online?

Faculty

I need to have more practice.

Faculty

Thanks still trying to find info on: H.S. Math students who copy down the problem then wait to copy down the answer once it is provided. There paper is complete but the work is not really their own.

Faculty

thank you!

other: ICL

No questions at this time. Thank you very much.  I would like to be informed of future workshops. Great job!

Graduate