Bibliographic tools and beyond

Searching and finding scientific information

Organized: Library catalogues & online databases

Introduction
Databases from A to Z

• PsyInfo
• Sociological Abstracts
• PubMed
• Annual Reviews
• Web of Science

1a. Who used prof. P. Kenis's "How organizational field networks shape interorganizational tie-information rates" In: Academy of Management Review 27(2), 275-293, april 2002, as a reference in the periode 2007-2011?

1b. What's the latest publication that cites this article of prof. Vroomen: "Vroomen, J. & Degelder B. (1995). Metrical segmentation and lexical inhabition in spoken word. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance, 21(1), 98-108?"

2a. How often are prof. Van de Vijver's articles used as a reference for the periode 2005-2009?

2b. How often are prof. J. Paauwe's articles used as a reference from 2005 up to now?

* Journal Citation Reports (or via "All database A to Z")

Impact factor for a journal is calculated based on a two-year period, and can be considered to be the average number of times published papers are cited up to two years after publication.

3a. What is the most important journal on "Sociology" according to the JCR?

3b. What is the most important journal on "Management"?

H-index

Dutch Research Database (NOD)
Cordis

Organized & non-organized: The internet

Introduction:
• Blue Ball Machine

Academic invisible web
• Narcis

Search engines
• Scirus
What is the number of powerpoint presentations on "leadership" in the subject areas psychology, social and behavioural sciences and sociology for the last 5 years?

• Google Scholar
• Base

Alternative search engines
Q & A
• WolframAlpha
• Quora

Metasearch engines
• Exalead
• PolyMeta

RSS
• Homepage Tilburg University
• Science
• Google Reader

• RSS in Plain English (video)


Oldendorff Research Institute.
Scientific output as a management tool.
• Criteria for quantifying scientific output
• Mozis

Assignment
Draw up a bibliography/reference list, consisting min. 7 references, on the subject of your own research/interest, according to the APA style sheet and by using the right (traditional and Internet) sources, and write a short justification (1 A4 max) in which you explain how and why you came to that particular set of references.