Ocn 1010 special assignments (fall 2014)

OCN 1010 Special Assignments:Library Resources

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Assignment #1:Find peer-reviewed articles from Science or Nature.

Since you already know the journal title, use A-Z Journals.

Science!

from 1997 – present.

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You can browse the current issue, or

perform an Advanced search to fine-tune

results easily.

Limit to the Science journal, enter your

keyword/s, and scroll down…

Searching Articles Only and choosing Original

Research limits results to peer-reviewed research

articles.

One result – you might need to revise

keywords to expand your search.

This article is just fine…

Citation information –

check formatting requirements.

Save the PDF! References are

usually on the last page.

Nature!

Check dates and choose a source. The Nature

Journal Archive database covers 2006 to the

present.

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Browse issues or enter a keyword for a more specific search.

Remember Evans Library holdings are from 2006 to the present. Select Research and limit by Publication Date for

full-text access.Click the title to

view the PDF and citation

information.

Receipt and acceptance dates are a clue to peer-

review.

Download the PDF.

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Assignment #1:Make sure your article is peer-reviewed.

Peer-reviewed Journal: Check UlrichsWeb (http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/)Article Title - very detailed, usually a summary of the article's contents, most likely contains technical termsAuthors - include credentials (university affiliation) and email addressesAbstract - brief summary of the article and its problems, findings, and conclusions that lets you know quickly if the article is useful to your researchIntroduction - presents the thesis and goals of the research, and sometimes a literature reviewPublication information - sometimes a citation to the published article is included, sometimes just the journal title, and sometimes no publication information at allData - charts, graphs, and equations are included to help explain scientific researchArticle text - often highly technical, and may be broken into subheadings such as Argument, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Further StudyConclusion - a summary of the results of the researchReferences - citations for the articles referenced within the paper, excellent for additional research on the article's topic

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Enter journal name!

Referee’s jersey indicates a refereed

(a.k.a. peer-reviewed) journal.

Detailed Article Title

Abstract

Author Info

Introduction

Publication Information

Data

Technical text

ConclusionReferences

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Assignment #2:List number of citations

for article 4 in 2007, in total and by month.

This assignment requires you to do two things:1. Find full-text articles referenced within the bibliographies of your

Assignment #1 article and two others.• Journal titles are typically italicized in citations. • If the journal title is abbreviated, use CAS Source Index to find

the full title. • If you know the journal title, begin at A-Z Journals.• Repeat the process that you used to find Article #1 until you

get your 4th article.

2. Analyze citation information for article #4 using Science Citation Index.

Science Citation Index!

Science Citation Index is part of the

Web of Science database.

Search for desired paper.

Your paper!

Click on number of times cited.

Click on “Create Citation Report”

Limit years to 2007, then click

“Go”

Review list of citing papers, determine number for year and by month.

Questions?

Rob SippelEvans Library – 123rsippel@fit.edu321-674-7585