{"id":13290,"date":"2024-07-17T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/?page_id=13290"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:05:12","slug":"literature-search-eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/scientific-literature-eng\/literature-search-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Literature Search<\/strong> is the search of sources focused on a selected topic. The product of literature search is a<strong> list of specialized literature<\/strong> on a specific topic based on a user\u2019s request. The list refers to existing sources of information (books, articles in magazines, almanacs, etc.). This service is most often used by high school and university students writing scientific papers, essays, or theses, or by researchers acquiring primary documents. Literature search is a <strong>special library service<\/strong>, which is why it is a paid service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Regional Library in \u017dilina charges for literature search (in accordance with the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/price-list-of-services-eng\/\">price li<\/a>s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/sluzby\/cennik\/\">t<\/a><strong><u>)<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>processing within 7 days \u2013 <strong>7,00 \u20ac<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>processing within 24 hours \u2013<strong> 12,00 \u20ac <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What to do when requesting literature search in the Regional Library in \u017dilina?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main condition is to be a registered library user with a valid library card.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is suitable to visit the Scientific Literature Department (1<sup>st<\/sup> floor) personally \u2013 it is where the literature search workplace is located.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The user must fill out a <strong>Literature Search Request Form<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/okniz\/dok\/RESeng2024.pdf\">the form for download<\/a> or one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/scientific-literature-eng\/literature-search-eng\/online-literature-search-form-eng\/\"><strong>online form<\/strong><\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Topic title<\/strong> \u2013 in the case of final thesis, one must fill out the whole thesis title (if the name of your thesis is Online Communication in a Selected Company, you should also write down the selected company or at least the company\u2019s focus).<\/li>\n<li>One of the most important things when requesting literature search is the <strong>right key words<\/strong>. Key words are used when searching for informational sources and are the key to a good quality literature search. If the key words are insufficient, the following may happen:\n<ul>\n<li>no or little number of key words = insufficient possibilities to find sources, so there will be little results which may be irrelevant,<\/li>\n<li>only general terms = the resulting list may contain too many documents which reference the topic partly or do not contain detailed information,<\/li>\n<li>narrowly specified terms = when searching for narrowly specified terms, the problem of insufficient amount of literature, or none at all, arises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Name and email<\/strong> \u2013 for definite identification of the user and the final literature search sending.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date <\/strong>\u2013 important to schedule the literature search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lower part of the form serves for document selection:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>there are two kinds of available documents: <strong>books<\/strong> and magazine <strong>articles<\/strong> \u2013 you can choose one, but we recommend both options,<\/li>\n<li>given you have <strong>time restriction of sources<\/strong>, you are to write down the \u201coldest\u201d document year possible,<\/li>\n<li><strong>sources in English<\/strong> or other languages are acquired from foreign databases, so the key words must be in English or the other languages,<\/li>\n<li>we browse:\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>Collective Catalogue of Slovak Libraries<\/strong> \u2013 which means that the searched sources are available in Slovakia, however, there is no guarantee that they are available in our library. There is an option to request literature search from the Regional Library in \u017dilina collection only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Note: We do not have access to foreign EBSCO resources, as the nationwide license of this database was canceled in 2017. Access to foreign GALE resources has been canceled since January 2022, as the nationwide license of this database has also expired.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Example of a correctly filled out literature search form with an example of the result sources:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/sluz\/odborna\/goodSeng.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/sluz\/odborna\/goodSEAeng.jpg\" alt=\"pr\u00edklad dobr\u00e1 re\u0161er\u0161\" width=\"50%\" height=\"50%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Example of an insufficiently filled out literature search form:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/sluz\/odborna\/badSeng.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/sluz\/odborna\/badSEAeng.jpg\" alt=\"pr\u00edklad zl\u00e1 re\u0161er\u0161\" width=\"50%\" height=\"50%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0What to do after acquiring literature search results?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find literature search records in our <a href=\"https:\/\/zsk.tritius.sk\/?lang=EN\"><strong>catalogue<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>You may search for <strong>books<\/strong> by the title or the <strong>author<\/strong>, or do a combined search by <strong>ISBN,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>individual <strong>articles<\/strong> are not individually categorized, therefore one must search for <strong>the title of the periodical<\/strong> which the article is in. After opening the record, you may check the periodical\u2019s years and issues which are available in our library,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">if you do not have time to search the catalogue on your own, you may request <strong>preparation<\/strong> of selected <strong>literature search documents<\/strong> in the Scientific Literature Department for the fee of <strong>0,20 \u20ac\/1 document \u2013 book, article, online source,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">if you are interested in books\/articles which are not available in our collection, you may use another service of ours \u2013 <strong>Interlibrary Loan Service<\/strong> (ILS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literature Search is the search of sources focused on a selected topic. The product of literature search is a list of specialized literature on a specific topic based on a user\u2019s request. 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