Transcript BSCI 10110 - Biological Diversity - Personal.kent.edu

BSCI 10110
Biological Diversity
Mary Lee Jensen
Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences
330-672-1661 or [email protected]
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Session Goals
Introduce you to KentLINK and OhioLINK
for finding books and Research Databases
to find articles
Introduce searching strategies
Describe the peer-review process
Review the characteristics of primary
literature in the sciences
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Library Services
Research Help
PERCs
(http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10750)
Ask A Librarian
(http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10750)
60-Minute Seminars
(http://seminars.lms.kent.edu/index.asp?d=lms)
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KentLINK
The online catalog for Kent State University
Allows you to find books, reports, videos
and other media
Allows you to locate materials in 6 campus
libraries (including Chemistry/Physics) and
7 regional libraries
Allows you to renew books you have
checked out
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OhioLINK
Group of 84 college and university libraries
OhioLINK Central Catalog allows you to
borrow books from any of the libraries
Takes 4-5 days for book to arrive
Keep the book for 3 weeks; renew once
GREAT resource!
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OhioLINK
More than Books!!
Research Databases allow you to find
articles that have been published in
scholarly journals and in magazines.
Many are full-text – but not all.
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Crafting Effective Research
Statements
Features Available in Most
Research Databases
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Common Searching
Features
Boolean Operators/Connectors
Keyword/Controlled vocabulary
Phrase searching
Truncation
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Truncation:
To Get Word Variations
Truncation makes it easier for you to get all
variations of a word.
Some systems use the asterisk * to truncate
example: Academic Search Premier
Some use the dollar sign $
example: Biological Abstracts
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Truncation:
To Get Word Variations
biolog$
fish*
retrieves
fish
retrieves
biology
biological
fishes
fishery
fisheries
labo$r
retrieves
labor, labour, laborer
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Boolean Operators -- OR
Use OR to broaden a search
The words connected by OR should be synonyms or be
alternative ways of saying something
For example:
salmon OR fish
fisheries OR hatcheries
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Boolean Operators -- AND
Use AND to combine two different
concepts or ideas
This helps narrow your search
salmon AND fisheries
salmon AND disease
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“Phrase Searching”
This feature allows you to search for words
as phrases.
Some databases automatically search words
as a phrase; other databases require you to
use quotation marks around the phrase
“invasive species”
“biological diversity”
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Cautions about Phrase Searching
Phrase searching in databases is not the
same as the Web
If you type the following in Google:
impact of invasive species on ecosystems
you will get 100,000 hits because Google
looks for each word separately
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Cautions about Phrase Searching
If you type:
impact of invasive species on ecosystems
in KentLINK or OhioLINK or in a database, you
might get zero results, because you are asking the
system to look for that EXACT phrase
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Instead use Boolean Logic:
“invasive species” AND ecosystems
loosestrife AND (ponds or lakes)
“zebra mussels” AND “lake erie”
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Revising Your Search:
Use Booleans to Your Advantage
Too many hits on your topic?
Add another search term with AND.
Too few hits on your topic?
Add another search term OR.
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Sample search
What impact does salmon farming have
on the wild fish population?
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Sample Search - Concepts
Concept 1
salmon
Boolean Concept 2
Boolean Concept 3
Connector
Connector
wild
farm*
OR
AND
OR
AND
ecosystem
fisher*
OR
OR
disease*
hatcher*
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Sample Search - Strategy
salmon and (farm* or fisher*) and wild
salmon and (farm$ or fisher$) and ecosystem
(fishery or fisheries or hatcher*) and “side
effects”
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Primary Literature - Article Format
Introduction or Literature survey
Methodology or Materials and Methods
Data or Results
Discussion or Interpretation
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Primary Literature - Characteristics
Audience
Students
Scholars
Authors
Scholars (university-based)
Credentials listed and relate to
subject of article
Overall Appearance
Charts and graphs
Many pages
Few ads; very professional
Documentation
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Primary Literature - Characteristics
Purpose
Report original research
Discipline-related content
Focus, narrow
Authority
Editorial Review Board
Peer-review process
Frequency
Often quarterly
May also be weekly
Examples
American Journal of Botany
Science
Nature
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Article Indexes/Research Databases
Research Databases
(Alphabetical or Subject)
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10562
Access Science
Biological Abstracts
Academic Search Premier
Biological and Agricultural Abstracts
Electronic Journal Center
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Conclusion
Many resources
Many opportunities for assistance…just
ask!
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