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Scientific Literature SearchingPrimary /SecondaryAcademic/Scholarly vs. Trade & Popular

HPU Library ResourcesWe have what you need.

Heres how to access it.

Basic Search StrategyHow to build a better search

Learning Objectives:

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Pechenik, J.A. , 2007. A Sort Guide to Writing bout Biology. 6TH ed. Pearson, NY. pp. 72-76

Proceedings or Meetings : original researche.g. Conferences, institutes, workshops, or colloquia

Technical Reports : accounts of work done on research projectse.g. NASA, NTIS, Private companies, Government Agencies

Abstracts, Research in Progress or preprints, Dissertations

Scientific Journals: Research articlesReports of original research or original observations

Trade Magazines:practical information in industry (current trends)e.g. Chemical Marketing Reporter

Patents & Standards

Primary Literature in Sciences

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Pechenik, J.A. , 2007. A Sort Guide to Writing bout Biology. 6TH ed. Pearson, NY. pp. 72-76

Reviews, Index & Abstracts, Analysis, Biography, Criticism:e.g. Biology Digest, Annual Review of Microbiology, Advancesin.,

Critical Reviews in, Current topics in, Progress in , Recentadvances in, Reviews of, Selected topics in, Topics in, etc.

Dissertation / Thesis: literature review

Newspapers, Pamphlets, etc.:e.g. Biological Farming News

Scientific Journals : Review articlesInterpret or review research works

Secondary Literature in

Sciences

Reference Books / Text books: (Tertiary Literature)Handbooks, manuals, Encyclopediase.g. Manual of Biological Markers of Disease

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Google and other popular

sources (such as magazinesand newspapers) also can be

useful for finding background

information on your subject.

. . . most college-level

courses will require you to

use academic journal

articles for your research.

Must useAcademicJournals!

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Academic/Scholarly Journals

Trade & Popular Magazinesvs.

How are they different?

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Content Articles reportingresearch results, reviews

of the research

Articles about a certainbusiness or industry

Reporting current eventsand general interest

Purpose To share research andscholarship with the

academic community

To inform, relevant news,trends, and products

To inform, entertain or elicitan emotional response

Authors Scholars / researchers Staff writers, businessand/or industryprofessionals

Staff writers, journalists

Audience Scholars / researchers General/Researchers General

Refereed Editorial Board orRefereed

Editor or Refereed Editor working for themagazine

Documentation Footnotes/endnotes;bibliographies

Not cited or cited Not cited orcited informally

ExamplesSource: University of Texas at Austin Libraries http://www.lib.utexas.edu/students/find/popularvscholarly.html

Scholarly Trade Popular?

Scholarly Journals Popular MagazineTrade Publications

Journal of Chemical

Education

Education in Chemistry

Chemistry World

Time, New Yorker,

Vogue

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/students/find/popularvscholarly.htmlhttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/monitoring-cells-disease-studieshttp://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/monitoring-cells-disease-studieshttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/students/find/popularvscholarly.html

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to determine if a journal is arefereed or consumer/popular

magazine

to locate journal homepage URLwhen article does not have a

DOI:

to browse the journals, magazinesusing advanced search options

Use Ulrichs Web: Global Serials

Directory

http://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htmhttp://research.hpu.edu/alpha.htm

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1

Step 2

Think of

other possibleterms that couldbe used for your

key concepts

Step 3

Combineyour search

terms usingBoolean

operators

Basic Keywords Search

Steps

Step 1

Identify

the key

concepts

of your

search

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Im looking for articles on

effects of vitamin Dsupplementation on bone loss inthe elderly

Step 1

Identify the key concepts

of your search

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Step 2Think of other possible terms that

could be used for your key concepts

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

elderly

frail elderly

older people

bone

bone loss

osteoporosis

vitamin D

vitamin Dmetabolism

vitamin Ddeficiency

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AND < NOT < OR

The least Results In between The most Results

Step 3

Combine your search termsusing Boolean Operators

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Truncation & Phrase searching

bone* : bone, bones

To search for an exact phrase usingquotation marks (e.g. bone* loss)

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Research vs. Review Article

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IMRAD

Written by the person(s) who conduct the study

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Print Indexes OR

Online Databases:

0

1-2

years

2-3

years

2-3years

3

years

4-5

years

7-10

years

http://greynet.org/greysourceindex/documenttypes.html

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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

The mostcomprehensive

resource fornatural sciences

literature

Peer-reviewed

content back to1995

Indexes andfull text access to

over 1,800scholarly journal

articles

http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/science?_ob=MiamiSearchURL&_method=requestForm&_btn=Y&_acct=C000063003&_version=1&_urlVersion=1&_userid=4356171&md5=c9b88aaf958ca54f321aab076e60d364http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/science?_ob=MiamiSearchURL&_method=requestForm&_btn=Y&_acct=C000063003&_version=1&_urlVersion=1&_userid=4356171&md5=c9b88aaf958ca54f321aab076e60d364http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/science?_ob=MiamiSearchURL&_method=requestForm&_btn=Y&_acct=C000063003&_version=1&_urlVersion=1&_userid=4356171&md5=c9b88aaf958ca54f321aab076e60d364http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/science?_ob=MiamiSearchURL&_method=requestForm&_btn=Y&_acct=C000063003&_version=1&_urlVersion=1&_userid=4356171&md5=c9b88aaf958ca54f321aab076e60d364http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/science?_ob=MiamiSearchURL&_method=requestForm&_btn=Y&_acct=C000063003&_version=1&_urlVersion=1&_userid=4356171&md5=c9b88aaf958ca54f321aab076e60d364

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Web of Science: Science Citation Ind

Fully index over 8,300 major journals across150 disciplines in science

1900 to present (HPU: current 5 years)

Analyze hidden research trends and

patternsIdentify leading researchers, institutions,and journals

Generate citation reports: times cited,average citations per item and year

EndNote Web: organize references, formatcitation

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Libraries tab

Research Guides

Click on Databases

Accessing the Library DatabasesAlways log on via HPU Pipeline:

http://campus.hpu.edu

Periodicals List

ILL: Interlibrary Loan and

Document Delivery Services

http://campus.hpu.edu/http://campus.hpu.edu/