Overview of science research tools and resources for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies Presenter:

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Overview of science research tools and resources
forAntarctic and Southern Ocean
StudiesPresenter Richard Dearden, Science
Librarian
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these sessions aim to bring you up to speed about
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• Part 1 - Whats available
• major databases (what they are and whats in
  them)
• whats the difference? (when to use what)
• electronic journals
• Part 2 - How to get it
• database search principles (boolean logic and
  basic principles)
• tips for using ERL databases
• tips for using Current Contents

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What the Science Library does

• Traditional services
• Information skills training
• IASOS honours students
• staff and postgraduate program
• individual and groups on request
• Narrowing the gateway to tools and resources (eg.
  Web subject guides)
• Communication and promotion

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Recent Library initiatives

• Web Subject Guides
• New databases - INSPEC
• Electronic journal collection (Science online
  latest addition)
• Catalogue access to electronic journals
• Uncharged document delivery

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Major databases - what are they?

• Arctic Antarctic regions (COLD)
• Current Contents
• ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts)
• Chemical abstracts (Scifinder Scholar)
• Life sciences collection
• INSPEC
• Geobase (incl. Oceanographic Literature Review)
• Complete list of databases on main Library
  Homepage

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Arctic Antarctic regions

• Multi-disciplinary bibliography
• 934,000 records
• updated semi-annual
• Indexes literature from 1800 and earlier onwards
• Indexes
• journals, conference papers
• government reports
• theses, dissertations
• books
• Most comprehensive polar database

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Arctic Antarctic regionswhats in it

• Arctic Bibliography (to 1972) / American
  Geological Institute
• ASTIS / Arctic Institute of North America
• CASP / Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme
• C-Core / Centre for Cold Ocean Resources
  Engineering
• Cold Regions Bibliography
• Antarctic Bibliography CRREL
• Citation / World Data Center for Glaciology Snow
  Ice

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Arctic Antarctic regionswhats in it (cont.)

• SPRI / Scott Polar Research Institute
• USBGN Antarctic Place Names / US Board of
  Geological Names
• Boreal / University of Alberta, Canadian
  Circumpolar Library
• Boreal Northern titles

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Current Contents

• Produced by ISI
• Multi-disciplinary
• 7,500 high-impact peer reviewed journals
• Original intent as an updating service
• aims to index as quickly as
  possible - updates weekly
• view contents pages of journals
• alerting service

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Subject-specific science databases

• Life Sciences Collection
• INSPEC
• Scifinder Scholar (from 2001)
• Aquatic Science and fisheries (ASFA)
• Geobase

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Records retrieved from databases onkrill and
(southern ocean or antarctic) from 1996
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Records retrieved from databases onmodel and
antarctic and ice-sheetfrom 1996
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A bit about electronic journals

• Library policy to move toward electronic
  collections
• special funding for electronic journals
• 1999 boost to e-subscriptions
• participation in CAUL consortium deals
• commitment to improving access
• still lots more to do

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A bit about electronic journals

• Electronic journals are available through
• Suites
• by aggregater (ECO, Expanded Academic)
• by publisher (Springer, Elsevier, IDEAL)
• Individual titles
• We provide access
• via the Electronic journals list
• the library catalogue

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What next

• Web of Science (citation database)
• Scifinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
• More electronic journals
• Links to full text from databases
• OVID software - Current Contents, Medline
• Silverplatter Silverlinker (INSPEC, Life
  Sciences, ASFA
• EndNote training

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Resources

• Antarctic Southern Ocean Subject Guide /
  Science Library
• links to web-based research tools and resources
• http//www.utas.edu.au/library/science/antarctic.h
  tml
• Key guide to information sources on the polar and
  cold regions
• comprehensive guide to resources in all aspects
  of polar research
• Sci Ref G 593 .M54 1998

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