Transcript Adult and Continuing Education Fall Orientation

BIO 263
Library Orientation
JOHN T. CURTIS
LIBRARIAN
ROOM 107
RITTER LIBRARY
BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY
57 EAST BAGLEY ROAD
BEREA, OHIO 44017-2027
PERSONAL DESK (440) 826-3571
REFERENCE DESK (440) 826-2206
[email protected]
Library homepage
http://www.bw.edu/library
http://www.bw.edu/library/mobile
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Subject Guides
http://libguides.bw.edu/
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Example research assignment
use of echolocation by bats
Finding an article by citation
Carter, Richard T. and Rick A. Adams.
Ontogeny of the Larynx and Flight Ability in Jamaican
Fruit Bats (Phyllostomidae) With Considerations for the
Evolution of Echolocation.
Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative
Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology
v297 n7 (July 2014):1270-1277.
Periodical lists
Periodical Lists – EBSCO AtoZ
http://atoz.ebsco.com/Search/12999
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Finding articles by subject
Databases A-Z
http://libguides.bw.edu/databases
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Authentication for database access
On campus – Link automatically gets into database
Off campus – Link presents BW form to get into database
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Getting to the text of an article
 PDF or HTML – link directly to text
 LinkSource – links to text in another database, or…
 LinkSource – links to a journal website, or…
 LinkSource – states that print copy is in library
 No LinkSource, PDF or HTML - use interlibrary loan
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Databases By Subject
Databases A-Z
By Subject
Subject Guide
Databases Tab
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Database Selection
Bioethics Research Library (BRL) at Georgetown University
Biological Abstracts (Web of Knowledge)
BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds
Dolphin Embryo Digitized Slides
Forestry Images (OhioLINK)
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
Environment Complete
GreenFILE
Access Medicine
AGRICOLA
Alt HealthWatch
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Consumer Health Complete
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide (AHFS Consumer Medication Information)
MedicLatina
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
Natural & Alternative Treatments
UpToDate
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Articles – Biological Abstracts
down arrow > click on Advanced Search
TA= Taxonomic Data [List] > click on [List]
type bats > click on Find = chiroptera
click on T for Taxa Notes (Related Term = bats)
click on H for Hierarchy (Broader Term = Mammalia)
click on + for Narrower Terms (i.e. specific bats)
click on Add for chiroptera
click on OK to transfer chiroptera to search screen >
TA=(Chiroptera)
type AND TS=(echolocat$ OR echo-locat$ OR sonar)
restrict results > click on English
click on Search
Search History > click on 252
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EBSCOhost mobile app
EBSCOhost mobile app - instructions
9 month access requires:
Go to: http://search.ebscohost.com/
Click on: EBSCOhost Web
Click on: “EBSCO iPhone and Android Applications”
Enter: email address
Open the email received on your mobile device
Click on authorization link in email
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Three book catalogs
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Book catalog search example
Subject tab
Subject = bats
Transfer to OhioLINK
Transfer to SearchOhio
67 headings, 88 items
263 headings, 842 items
76 headings, 568 items
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Keyword tab
Subject = bats
AND
Any Field = sonar
Transfer to OhioLINK
Transfer to SearchOhio
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OPAL AirPAC
http://m.opal-libraries.org/search~S3
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Interlibrary loan – Request System
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Getting help
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Questions?