Resource type

Name of
resource
Google Scholar

Results
(no. of hits)
13 results

Comments on the search process on this resource type

Requirements

A search conducted through Google Scholar using the search

term Ethical Library with a limited publication date of 20122016 yielded 13 results. Not all of them were available to view

Nil

online.

1 search engine

1 meta-crawler

Google

Dogpile

3,640,000

A basic search in Google using the words library AND

results

philosophy resulted in over 3 million results.

Unnumbered,

I then customised the date range to 2012-2016 which resulted

narrowed

in a narrowed but unnumbered result but led me to a very

result

interesting and, I believe, credible blogger.

Unnumbered

Tried various searches: Ethical research in the library industry,

Nil (clear search

results

Ethical research in the library industry pdf with little relevant

tearms)

results. Then tried ethics in library research this produced more

relevant results though I couldnt find a way to restrict the
copyright or publication dates.
Dogpile (again)

results

I tried another search within Dogpile this time with the search
term public library ethics and was able to find a resource on the
first page.

Unnumbered

I conducted a third search using the terms school librarian ethics

and the top result was a relevant and current resource from an
established association.

Unnumbered

results

1 directory

1 online database
resource

LookSmart

Academic Search
Complete

DigitalCommons@
University of
Nebraska Lincoln

5 pages of

A search conducted through LookSmart using the search

results

terms Library research' AND 'ethics' resulted in 5 pages.

2,275 Results

A search conducted through Academic Search Complete via

the National Library of Australia eResources using the search
terms Library AND Ethics found 2,275 results of varying
relevance. By them narrowing the publish year to between,
2012-2016 the results were also narrowed to 314 current results.
A search for Ethical AND library AND research in the
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska Lincoln yielded
757 results this was further refined:
Ethical AND library AND research under the discipline of Library
and information science.

314 narrowed
results.
757 results

165 narrowed
results.
843 results
180 narrowed
results.

Trove

Emerald Insight

79,000 results

79 narrowed
results
35 results

A search for Ethical AND Library retrieved 843 results which

was further refined under the discipline of Library and
information science.

A search for Library ethics with the status of available online,

this had no date limitations and needed refining:
I added a publish date range of 2012-2016 and changed the
search term from Keyword to Subject and got a better set of
results.
I carried out a search in the Emerald Insight database under
Journals & Books, I selected the subject of Library &
Information Science which resulted in 35 publications coming

Nil

National Library of
Australia
membership

Nil

Nil

to light.

1 conference paper

1 library catalogue

IFLA/FAIFE
Satellite Meeting

State Library of
South Australia

133 narrowed
results

I then selected the publication Interlending & Document

Supply which resulted in 133 issues of the publication.

32 narrowed
results
N/A

From within those results I searched for the term ethics and
received 32 articles
A search through Google Scholar brought me to the global
association (Globalethics.Net) that is about the ethics of
research and access to knowledge. The document found
Ethical Dilemmas in the Information Society: Codes of
Ethics for Librarians and Archivists is relevant and dated
November 2014.
A search conducted through the State Library of South
Australia: articles Academic Search Complete using the
search term library ethics found 779 resulting articles.

779 results

27 results

A search conducted through the State Library of South

Australia: articles Academic Search Complete using the
search term Ethical research in the library found 27 resulting
articles.
-these 27 results however were not relevant to the project.

15 results

A search conducted through the State Library of South

Australia: articles Academic Search Complete using the
search term library research ethics found 15 resulting articles.

Nil

State Library of
Australia
membership

1 online newspaper
article

South Australian
Public Libraries

85 results

The Guardian

932 results

The Australian
Library Journal
Library Journal
- The Digital Shift

1 online journal
article

1 reference from a
professional
association

Library
Philosophy and
Practice
Public Libraries
Online

231 results

3,660 results

40 results

American Library
Association (ALA)

12,100 results

Australian Library
and Information
Association
(ALIA)

17 results

A search conducted through the South Australian Public

Libraries catalogue resulted in 85 options however none were
relevant.
After accessing The Guardian newspaper online I conducted a
search using library AND ethical research, the site was able to
find 932 articles with varying relevance and publication dates.
Using the search term ethics in the online platform for Taylor &
Francis Group hosting The Australian Library Journal
resulted in 231 articles of varying published dates.
Searching the website Library Journal led me to a collection of
resources within the site called The Digital Shift from here I
performed a search for the terms library AND ethics and
received 3,660 articles, most of which had free access to.
Library Philosophy and Practice is an e-journal published in
the University of Nebraska Lincoln Libraries Digital
Commons.
Public libraries online is the companion website to the bimonthly print publication Public Libraries, the official
magazine of the Public Library Association. A search of this
site using the term Ethics retrieved 40 results. The resulting
articles are short and pointless.
Through the use of the search terms Ethical research in the ALA
website I was able to access 12,100 records for ALAs blogs,
wikis and other websites. This led me to the Librarian and
Researcher Knowledge Space (LARKS) website.
The first resource I sort after was ALIA and a quick search of
the web site resulted in 17 credible and relevant documents
using the search term of ethics.

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International
Federation of
Library
Associations and
Institutions (IFLA)

8 pages of
unnumbered
results

A quick search in the IFLA website drew many policies, codes

and articles using the search term of ethics.