Finding the Literature: Libraries, Social Media and Online References

A 90m presentation for MA Media and Communications students in January 2017, covering the main resources students should use for researching their dissertation topics, as well as an introduction to Zotero, the online reference management software

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1. FINDING THE LITERATURE: LIBRARIES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE REFERENCES Kevin Wilson, Subject Librarian for Media and Communications, January 2017
2. WHAT WE WILL COVER ▪ How to find and use a range of resources for research, both within Goldsmiths and outside ▪ How to use online referencing software to save references and create in-text citations and bibliographies
3. A HYPOTHETICAL RESEARCH SCENARIO Imagine we are writing about the role that social media played in the ‘Arab Spring’ AK Rockefeller (2012) Tahrir Flags. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/cmgFu7 (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
4. WHICH KINDS OF INFORMATION WOULD WE LOOK FOR? ▪ Books ▪ Journal Articles ▪ Newspapers and other news ▪ Dissertations ▪ Video ▪ Photographs and Images ▪ Social media ▪ Government publications Alan Habbick Photography (2016) Busy Bees. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/Dmjn2E (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
5. BOOKS ▪ Search Goldsmiths library catalogue or… ▪ Dawsonera (for ebooks not owned, can be rented) ▪ Senate House (use Goldsmiths card for borrowing) ▪ COPAC (requires SCONUL Access) ▪ Search25 (requires SCONUL Access) Bric (2014) Books. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/k5YBcE (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
6. JOURNAL ARTICLES ▪ First option: Article Search+ to search across our journals subscriptions ▪ Second option: Subject Guides for a more nuanced search ▪ Third option: Senate House for databases/journals not held at Goldsmiths ▪ Fourth option: Google Scholar – change settings to include Goldsmiths ▪ Fifth option: institutional repositories – check author’s university! ▪ Sixth option: there are usually a few ‘cheats’ dlylibrarian (2007) Bound Journals. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/393Qgw (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
7. NEWSPAPERS Goldsmiths has access to: ▪ Full text of UK national/regional newspapers since 1997 (ProQuest) ▪ Extensive access to the New York Times Longer or global access might be available at: ▪ British Library Newsroom ▪ Senate House ▪ Guildhall Library ▪ Public libraries because_just (2009) Newspaper. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/6SP7oC (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
8. OTHER NEWS Online national and international news: ▪ ABYZ News Links (links to news sources, arranged geographically) ▪ BBC News (searches all content, restrict to news) ▪ Euronews (international news from a European p.o.v) ▪ Google News (news feed aggregating content, can be personalised) ▪ Zona Europe (links to websites of European newspapers) Television and radio news: ▪ Box of Broadcasts (freeview channels from 2008-) ▪ TRILT (sometimes possible to request as far back as 1999-)
9. DISSERTATIONS MA level dissertations not always easy to find/readily available (some are on the VLE) Goldsmiths PhD theses can be found: ▪ Hard copies in the reserve stack (ask at the issue desk) ▪ Online versions in the institutional repository – Research Online PhD theses from other institutions can also be available: ▪ EthOS (redirects to repositories of other universities) Jono Hey (2008) The Dissertation. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/4RRF9j (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
10. VIDEO Goldsmiths has extensive access to online video streaming collections: ▪ Art Films (films/documentaries on media, new media, digital art, television) ▪ Asian Film Online (films/documentaries on Asian culture and society) ▪ Box of Broadcasts (freeview radio and television programmes) ▪ Film Platform (documentaries, many rare/little seen) ▪ Kanopy (arthouse and documentary films) ▪ Media Plus (images/sound from ITN, Getty, Wellcome etc) Philip Laing (2007) Film. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/3K3o9j (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
11. PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES Make sure images you use are copyright-cleared! ▪ Art Museum Image Gallery (licensed from museum collections) ▪ CC Search (searches range of websites) ▪ Flickr (shared by individuals and institutions) ▪ Google Advanced Image Search (set usage rights) ▪ Wikimedia Commons (freely usable media files) The British Library (2013) Tallis's Illustrated London: in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of ... 1851. ... With historical and descriptive letter-press, by W. G. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/i7rkrE (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
12. SOCIAL MEDIA Get Twitter analytics e.g. tweets/retweets/replies, hashtags (#egypt #libya), also individual users: ▪ Brand24 (paid for – free trial) ▪ Hashtracking (paid for – free trial) ▪ Twitonomy (freemium) ▪ Twitter Analytics (for your own profile) Use Statista for information on social media usage e.g. by country Sean MacEntee (2010) Social Media. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/8WnyVB (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
13. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Not usually held in university libraries – free/online rather than paid/print: ▪ UK Government (filter by publication type, department, etc.) ▪ UK Parliament (bills and legislation presented for debate) ▪ Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland parliaments/assemblies also available ▪ Constitute (full text to all current constitutions) ▪ Yale Law School (links for countries, some to paid-for services) Glenn Aronow (2009) Legislation. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/q3rRq6 (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
14. ONLINE REFERENCING SOFTWARE Different products… ▪ EndNote Web ▪ Mendeley ▪ Zotero Same functions… ▪ Save resources into an online library ▪ Create in-text citations/bibliographies in Word Valley Library (Oregon State University) (2011) Zotero New Homepage. Available at: https://flic.kr/p/ag2C4x (Accessed: 16 January 2017)
15. A ZOTERO TUTORIAL From Cal Poly Pomona University Library