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Launch pad for literature searches

Contents (click to jump to a section)

• Library details: Find a library and opening hours
• Library catalogues: Find a book (including journals)
• Does a book or journal exist?
• Citation metrics
• Databases of published papers: Find a paper's details

Library details: Find a library and opening hours

• Glasgow University libraries   GUL   ASB   All
• Glasgow Caledonian
• Strathclyde
• All Glasgow libraries
• All Glasgow libraries

  Library catalogues: Find a book (including journals)

• Glasgow University library   WWW   telnet  
• Strathclyde university library   Entry to both   WWW   and telnet (login "library")
• Glasgow Caledonian library   WWW   telnet
• Some other sources via, but outside, GU library
•   List of all other academic libraries in Glasgow
• Search for journals over many Scottish libraries at once
  (Click "login" (no password needed); then (just) the library group box "Glasgow")

  Does a book or journal exist?

• Big libraries (check if a book exists)   British library (fast)   Cambridge
• Bookshops/ book in print?   Amazon book shop:   USA   UK
• Identify a (psychology) journal?   Searchable list
• list of science journals
• ERIC list of education journals
• Brit. list of education journals

  Citation metrics

• H-index (wikiP)
• WebOfScience (h-index) (search on author name; use small button for h-index on results)
  • Press "web of science" tab
  • search on author name "draper,s*"
  • Open "Authors", select "draper SW", press "refine"
  • press "create citation report" for h-index on results
• Quadsearch for h-index
• Impact factors of journals
• Alternative impact factor calculator (eigen factor)
• How important is a journal (in terms of citation)?   Lib entry   External service   Help

  Databases of published papers: Find a paper's details

• Use Google scholar
• BIDS   WWW   telnet   fallback
• PsycLIT   WWW   fallback
• A list of other databases
   

  WWW

• http://www.altavista.com/
• http://www.euroferret.com/ (European web sites only)
• Lists of search engines:   One list   Another list

• Search Glasgow university web sites
• UK psychology depts
• UK universities

• Electronic journals (UoG library's list)    See also my list
• Television (my list)
• Newspapers (UoG library's list)

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