Slide 2 BIOL 320 STUDENTS Fall 2012 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE
LIBRARY OUT OF THE LIBRARY Slide 3 Agenda Information Flow Finding
& Getting Books, etc. Finding & Getting Journal Articles
Science Databases Journal (Known-Item) Search Citing Sources (CSE
style) Slide 4 Flow of Scientific Information
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/acs800/structs.html Timeline 0 1-2
years 2-3 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 7-10 years Slide 5 Steps of
Library Research Catalog Need books? Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary
Loan No Library stacks Yes Get item in your hands! Need articles?
Databases Print No Full-text Slide 6 Slide 7 Good Starting Point
Databases Academic Search Premier 4,200 journals, about 3,200
full-text; all subject areas; with abstracts Applied Science &
Technology Classical coverage; limited full-text, about 200; with
abstracts ArticleFirst About 16,500 periodicals; all subject areas;
NO abstracts General Science 150 core publications in all areas;
limited full-text; with abstracts Slide 8 Better / Best Databases
Next Tier Medline / PubMed Premier bio-med source; nearly 10,000
journals; abstracts; also on the Web as PubMed; coverage 1966
current Biological Abstracts Premier bioscience source; over 4,000
journals; coverage 1969 current Biological & Agricultural
Full-Text Over 360 journals from the 1980s onward; with abstracts;
~100 in full-text from 1997 onward Slide 9 Better / Best Databases
Top Tier Web of Science Web-based version of Science Citation
Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities
Citation Index; over 8,000 titles in all areas; abstracts; tracks
citations (times cited and cited references) ScienceDirect Over
1,700 full-text journals published by Elsevier in all areas of the
sciences Wiley Online Library Over 2,000 full-text journals
published by Wiley, mostly science, medicine and engineering
subject areas, but also covering social sciences ACS Publications
Full-text online coverage of all 30+ journals published by the
American Chemical Society from initial volumes and years (back to
the late 1800s) to present Slide 10 MEDLINE versus PubMed One
database Remote access requires NIS account Thru campus servers
Coverage back to 1965 Find It! links to full- text articles AND
print titles held in Library Several databases Free on Internet no
NIS account needed No campus connection Coverage back to 1950s
Links to full-text articles GENERALLY ONLY if on campus & no
links to print journals in Library Slide 11 1. Title of article 2.
Author 3. Journal name (often called Source) 4. Volume (and issue)
number 5. Date 6. Page(s) * Print or e-mail your citations (or
accurately write them out) or use Article Citations Dont leave your
databases without them!* Remember Slide 12 you wont have to plunge
too deeply into the primary literature to discover a bewildering
array of variations (McMillan, p. 118) LEE, T. D., and F. A.
BAZZAZ. 1982. Regulation of fruit and seed production in an annual
legume, Cassia fasciculata. Ecology 63: 1363- 1373. [American
Journal of Botany] 1. Sen, R. & Baltimore, D. Cell 47, 921-928
(1986). [Nature] [1] Auerbach, S., Zhou, F.C., Jacobs, B.L., and
Azmitia, E., Serotonin turnover in raphe neurons transplanted into
rat hippocampus, Neurosci. Lett., 61 (1985) 147-152. [Developmental
Brain Research] Low, M. G., and Saltiel, A. R. (1988). Structural
and functional roles of glycosylphosphatidylinositol protein
anchors. Science 239, 268-275. [Cell] (examples from Victoria E.
McMillan Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences 3 rd Ed., pp.
118-19) JOURNAL CITATION FORMATS VARY WIDELY! Slide 13 Those Pesky
Journal Abbrevs CSE Style prefers the use of journal title
abbreviations. You should NOT attempt to guess at the abbreviation.
You can get the correct, standardized abbreviation via the PubMed
journals database. Google PubMed to get the address, or type in:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals Enter the journals
database (if not already there) Type in the (full) name of the
journal PubMed will give you the official abbreviation Conversely,
if you need the full name of a journal, type in the abbreviation
Slide 14 CSE Name-Year System Journal Article, Single Author
Bannier S. 2009. Overweight after deep brain stimulation of the
subthalmic nucleus in Parkinson disease: long term follow-up. J
Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 80(5): 484-488. Sample text citation:
In Banniers (2009) study of Parkinsonism Slide 15 CSE Name-Year
System Online Article Savage E, Ramsay M, White J, Beard S, Lawson
H, Hunjan R, Brown D. 2005. Mumps outbreaks across England and
Wales in 2004: observational study. BMJ [Internet]. [cited 2007 May
31]; 330(7500):1119- 1120. Available from:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi /reprint/330/7500/1119
doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1119 Sample text citation: Savage et al.
(2005) described Slide 16 DOI? DOI: Digital Object Identifier is a
unique permanent web address of a journal article; it can therefore
be hosted in ANY database. Using a DOI for retrieving an article:
Go to http://dx.doi.org Type or paste in the DOI If the Library
subscribes to the journal and the article is available in our
holdings, the complete full-text article will open in another
window. Slide 17 CSE Name-Year System Article or Chapter in an
Edited Volume Beer RD. 2009. Beyond control: the dynamics of
brain-body-environment interaction in motor systems. In Sternad D,
editor. Progress in motor control: a multidisciplinary perspective.
New York: Springer. p. 7-24. Sample text citation: A recent study
by Beer (2009) Slide 18 CSE Name-Year System Book Gilbert AN. 2008.
What the nose knows: the science of scent in everyday life. New
York: Crown. Sample text citation: Gilbert (2008) provides an
interesting Slide 19 CSE Name-Year System Website What is autism?
an overview [Internet]. New York: Autism Speaks; [updated 2009;
cited 2009 11 April]. [about 3 p.]. Available from
http://www.autismspeaks.org/whatisit/index.php Sample text
citation: A current overview of autism is available online (What is
autism2009). Slide 20 you wont have to plunge too deeply into the
primary literature to discover a bewildering array of variations
[in citation formats] Victoria E. McMillan Writing Papers in the
Biological Sciences 3rd Ed., p. 118 Slide 21 is a web-based
bibliography and database manager which allows you to create your
own personal database. References can be imported from library
catalogs, online databases, text files, websites and more. Why Use
It? Gather, store, manage and share references or citations
Generate bibliographies in numerous citation formats such as CSE,
APA, MLA, Chicago, and many others, including those used by
hundreds of journals Store references online and have access to
them anywhere using your web browser.
http://calstatela.libguides.com/refworks Slide 22 Setting up your
account Creating file folder(s) Indirect exporting from a database
using RefWorks search features (PubMed) Direct exporting from a
database (MEDLINE & Biological Abstracts) Creating
bibliographies (CSE or whatever) Slide 23 Ask at the Reference
Desk, 1st Floor, Library North Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st
Floor, Library North Read online help screens & tutorials Ken
Ryan (STEM Librarian) 323-343-4943 [email protected] or check
out the other options listed on the Ask a Librarian page at the
following URL: http:// www.calstatela.edu/library/asklib.htm Still
going around in circles? Slide 24 And now time for some exercise!
Set up your account in and practice importing citations, setting up
files and creating bibliographies. Oh, yesalso work on your Library
Assignment. Slide 25 Thats all, folks!
