Transcript Cheat Sheet for Biochem

Cheat sheet for
Biochemistry
Students
NOTE: Please ask questions as we go & if you need to use the facilities feel free 
Kiem Ta
Science Librarian
Reference Office, 306 Library
Oklahoma State University; Stillwater, OK 74078-1071
Office: 405/744-9743
Fax: 405/744-7579
E-mail: [email protected]
Cheat Sheet…
Biochem.
Fall 2003
Part 1:
Searching
databases and
the Internet
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Question
What is a citation?
Answer
A
reference to sources
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The two most common types of citation are:
Citation for books and citations for periodicals
Book: a lengthy writing on a
subject.
A full citation for books should
include the following information
Periodicals: publications issued at
regular intervals. There are three
major categories: journal, popular
magazines and newspapers.
Name of author(s)
A full citation for an article in a
journal should include the
following information
Title of book and subtitle if any
Name of author(s)
Place of publication
Title of article
Name of publishing agency
Title of journal
Date of publication
Volume or issue number (or both)
Page number(s) of the specific
citation
Publication date
Page numbers
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With citations on hand, why don’t we go to find few of them.
To search OSU Catalog:
Library Resources for Biochem. & Molecular Biology at:
http://www.library.okstate.edu/acaddept/biochemistry.htm
(Some representative databases are ProQuest, EBSCO, Web of Science,
Science Direct, SciFinder Scholar)
My homepage at
http://www.library.okstate.edu/sed/kiemta/index.htm
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To Search the Internet
Using Search Engines, Subject Directories
What are Search Engines? Search engines are huge databases of
web page files that have been assembled automatically by machine.
Example: Google,
Ask Jeeves
What are Subject Directories? Subject directories, unlike search
engines, are created and maintained by human editors, not electronic
spiders or robots. The editors review and select sites for inclusion in
their directories on the basis of previously determined selection
criteria
Example: Yahoo,
Complete Planet
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Tips for searching the internet
Use quotation marks “”
Example: “order of chao”
Use (+) for including terms
Example: weather +stillwater +florida
Use (-) for excluding terms
Example: bass –musical instrument
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EXTRA! EXTRA! Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT
Part 2:
Evaluating Web
pages
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Did you know that anyone can write and publish a web
page? Because of this, it is important that you use
websites that are created by people who are qualified to
be writing on the subject matter. For example, would you
rather use information on the human body written by a
doctor, or someone who has just been to the doctor?
Categories for evaluating…
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Authority and Accuracy:
Questions to consider when reviewing web
pages for authority and accuracy:
•Can you determine who put this page together?
•What is the background, credentials, or authority of
the author of this web page?
•How would you verify the information presented on
this web page?
•Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
•City of Mankato, Minnesota Home
•Smoker's Home Page
•Medline PLUS
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Advocacy and Objectivity:
Questions to consider when viewing these web pages
for advocacy and objectivity:
•Do the author(s) present the information as fact or opinion
or conjecture?
•Does this page present more than one viewpoint or opinion?
•Can you determine who or what group sponsors this web
page? Do they hold a particular view or opinion?
•Ladies Against Women
•Families Against Internet Censorship
•EarthSave International
•Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Examination
Cybercheats
Currency and Coverage:
Questions to consider when reviewing webpages for
currency and covergage:
•What does "up to date" or "current" meant for this site?
(Hint: what is the latest date you can find on this site?)
•Does the site really provide information on all the aspects or
areas it claims to cover?
•Is the information provide uniformly complete for all the
aspects and areas the site claims to cover?
•Instant Sports
•CNN
•Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies
•Auto-by-Tel
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To Score a web page
The Virtual Earned Scholarly Average
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We are here to help YOU!
Cheat Sheet…
Biochem.
Fall 2003
My cat says: come to the library and ask for
Kiem Ta.
Science Librarian
Reference Office, 306 Library
Oklahoma State University; Stillwater, OK 74078-1071
Office: 405/744-9743
Fax: 405/744-7579
E-mail: [email protected]