Search result retrieval was compared across eight research literature databases (AGRICOLA, AGRIS, BIOSIS, CAB Direct, FSTA, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science) for three topics from different agricultural disciplines to compare retrieval results based on searcher experience. Precision, recall, and uniqueness were analyzed by rating search results (~2400 citations) for relevancy. A generalized linear model statistical analysis determined that AGRICOLA ranked highest for precision and was statistically more likely to produce a relevant result than four other databases. CAB and Web of Science ranked highest for recall and both overlapped with AGRICOLA for statistical likelihood of producing a relevant result. Google Scholar retrieved the most unique content, but almost half of that content was not judged relevant. AGRICOLA, BIOSIS and CAB retrieved the most unique and relevant content. This study will help researchers and librarians working in the agricultural disciplines to select the bibliographic databases that will provide the most relevant search results and are most likely to meet their research need. It may also serve as a template for future bibliographic research in other disciplines.
对来自不同农业学科的三个主题的八个研究文献数据库（AGRICOLA、AGRIS、BIOSIS、CAB Direct、FSTA、Google Scholar、Scopus和Web of Science）的搜索结果检索进行了比较，以根据搜索者的经验比较检索结果。通过对搜索结果（~2400次引用）的相关性进行评级来分析准确性、召回率和唯一性。广义线性模型统计分析确定，AGRICOLA的精度最高，在统计上比其他四个数据库更有可能产生相关结果。CAB和Web of Science在召回方面排名最高，在产生相关结果的统计可能性方面均与AGRICOLA重叠。谷歌学者检索到了最独特的内容，但几乎一半的内容被认为不相关。AGRICOLA、BIOSIS和CAB检索到了最独特、最相关的内容。这项研究将帮助农业学科的研究人员和图书馆员选择能够提供最相关搜索结果、最有可能满足他们研究需求的书目数据库。它也可以作为其他学科未来书目研究的模板。
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Data visualization is rapidly evolving and difficult to define. As a result, a research library’s role in supporting this work can be ambiguous. With infographics, for example, standard definitions do not exist, and there is not yet any consensus from the data visualization community around best practices for their creation. This column attempts to clarify some of this confusion by highlighting the spectrum of tools and techniques used for infographic creation.
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{"title":"Vision Science Resources on the Web","authors":"Catherine V Johnson, Scott Y Johnson","doi":"10.29173/istl45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/istl45","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39287,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41707828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science curricula in academic settings increasingly emphasize the importance of fostering students’ science communication skills through coursework and projects. One technique used to build students’ multimedia communication skills is digital storytelling. Digital storytelling allows students to tell a subjective story that engages audience’s interest and empathy using a mixture of visual and audio cues. In the process, students develop their own skills building an emotionally engaging narrative through the interaction of words and imagery, skills that are not usually exercised in a STEM curriculum. At some institutions, instructors of this technique have partnered with librarians, who can offer valuable assistance in the form of copyright support, resource guidance, and technical support. This paper will discuss how science librarians can provide support for digital storytelling in the curriculum.
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Industry standards are used in many disciplines, including science and technology areas. To date, little research has been conducted regarding the citing of standards in scholarly publications. The aim of this study was to answer two questions: Are standards being cited in scholarly publications? And, if so, what are the characteristics of the publications citing standards? We postulated that the answer to these questions would be of use to science and engineering librarians for collection development and research assistance purposes. A cited reference search was conducted using Web of Science Core Collection™ (WOSCC) to determine if standards are cited. Our research focused on three major standards organizations: ASTM International, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The study was limited to publications published from 2015-2017. The results confirmed our hypothesis that standards are cited in scholarly publications in science and technology fields. In addition, we discovered that standards were cited in publications from nearly 100 countries. Funding agency and institutional affiliation were also analyzed. The data from the study confirmed the international reach and broad utility of standards in a wide range of disciplines.
行业标准被用于许多学科，包括科学和技术领域。迄今为止，关于学术出版物中引用标准的研究很少。这项研究的目的是回答两个问题：学术出版物中是否引用了标准？如果是，引用标准的出版物有什么特点？我们假设这些问题的答案将对科学和工程图书馆员的收藏发展和研究援助有用。使用Web of Science核心收藏进行引用参考文献检索™ （WOSCC）来确定是否引用了标准。我们的研究集中在三个主要的标准组织：ASTM国际、国际标准化组织（ISO）和欧洲标准化委员会（CEN）。该研究仅限于2015-2017年发表的出版物。研究结果证实了我们的假设，即科学技术领域的学术出版物引用了标准。此外，我们发现来自近100个国家的出版物中引用了这些标准。还分析了筹资机构和机构隶属关系。该研究的数据证实了标准在广泛学科中的国际影响力和广泛实用性。
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Collection maintenance, including weeding, is a key component of my position as an academic science librarian. In an ideal world we receive perfect data that are clean and ready to use. But unfortunately, that is not always the case. In large deselection projects you might receive holdings and circulation records in separate files which, once combined, may contain many undesired duplicated line items. I will demonstrate how you can effectively and quickly use the facet row feature in OpenRefine to deduplicate data. The benefit of this method is that you select which of the duplicated items will be kept and which will be deleted. Once OpenRefine is downloaded and opened, you work in a web user interface to upload your data, clean and transform the data, and then download from the browser to a CSV file in Excel. With practice, I have found that this only takes a few minutes for thousands of line items, and ensures I am able to select the data I want.
{"title":"Cleaning Collections Data Using OpenRefine","authors":"Elizabeth Sterner","doi":"10.29173/istl30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/istl30","url":null,"abstract":"Collection maintenance, including weeding, is a key component of my position as an academic science librarian. In an ideal world we receive perfect data that are clean and ready to use. But unfortunately, that is not always the case. In large deselection projects you might receive holdings and circulation records in separate files which, once combined, may contain many undesired duplicated line items. I will demonstrate how you can effectively and quickly use the facet row feature in OpenRefine to deduplicate data. The benefit of this method is that you select which of the duplicated items will be kept and which will be deleted. Once OpenRefine is downloaded and opened, you work in a web user interface to upload your data, clean and transform the data, and then download from the browser to a CSV file in Excel. With practice, I have found that this only takes a few minutes for thousands of line items, and ensures I am able to select the data I want.","PeriodicalId":39287,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.29173/istl30","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45410028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Stapleton, Melody Royster, N. Bharti, S. Birch, J. Bossart, Shannon Butts, T. Cataldo, S. Gonzalez, Valrie Minson, Samuel R. Putnam, Christine Yip
Motivated by a desire to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies, librarians at the Marston Science Library (Marston) at the University of Florida (UF) developed Girls Tech Camp (GTC), a summer camp designed to introduce middle-school girls to creative technologies used in these fields. This week-long summer day camp launched in 2016, and continued in the summers of 2017 and 2018. Each year, the camp brought twenty-two 6th-8th grade girls into an academic science library to build experience with emerging technologies and increase interest in pursuing further studies or a career in STEM. The camp introduced the girls to a range of technology including 3D modelling, 3D printing, augmented reality, Arduino microcontrollers, light sensors, digital video production, computer coding, and conductive crafts. Through hands-on activities, guest lectures, and campus field trips youth interest and confidence in using technology expanded and participants experienced student and research life at a university.
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Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is a chemistry resource compiled and distributed by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC). CSD contains a highly-detailed and complete record of all published organic and metal-organic small-molecule crystal structures. CSD is considered the authoritative source for finding and sharing structural chemistry data (Groom et al. 2016). WebCSD, the online implementation of CSD, is freely available on the internet, although a subscription and individual account is required for advanced searching. The CSD Software System, which includes ConQuest, IsoStar, Mercury, PreQuest, Mogul, and Python API, is available for annual subscription.
剑桥结构数据库(CSD)是由剑桥晶体数据中心(CCDC)编制和发布的化学资源。CSD包含所有已发表的有机和金属有机小分子晶体结构的高度详细和完整的记录。CSD被认为是查找和共享结构化学数据的权威来源(Groom et al. 2016)。网页政府统计处是政府统计处的网上服务，在互联网上免费提供，但需要订阅和个人帐户才能进行高级查询。CSD软件系统包括ConQuest、IsoStar、Mercury、PreQuest、Mogul和Python API，可按年订阅。
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T. Cataldo, Kailey Langer, Amy G. Buhler, Samuel R. Putnam, R. Elrod, Ixchel M. Faniel, L. Connaway, Christopher Cyr, Brittany Brannon, J. Valenza, Erin M. Hood, Randy A. Graff
This paper explores how students judge scientific news resources, as they might find through a Google search. The data were collected as part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded project. Students used a simulated search engine that ensured study participants found the same search results while seeking information for a science-related school project. The 116 students from high school, community college, undergraduate, and graduate communities evaluated three online news resources for their helpfulness, citability, credibility, and container. Analysis of quantitative data from the study indicated that students may find news resources helpful for a science project, but do not always consider them citable. Students appeared to focus on the organization that produced the news resource (i.e., source) when judging its credibility. Not all students identified the resources’ containers as news, even when the source was widely known. The researchers note differences in judgment between educational stages. Differences were especially pronounced between high school and higher education students, with high school students more likely to find news sources worthy of citing for school projects.
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As information professionals, we have different reasons for focusing our attention on e-learning (learning online or through electronic media). Some of us struggle with a high demand for our services and seek alternatives to face-to-face teaching and one-on-one support. There are also expectations for digital just-in-time content, as individuals have an increasing number of educational opportunities to choose from. We may wish to take advantage of technologies to improve engagement and motivation, such as through gamification, the application of game design to different contexts.
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