Outline for
Library Resources part of INCO 501:
Building Better Biologists
Through Research
( http://grinnell.unh.edu/INCO501.html
)
Topic #1:
Original
Research
Data,
Information, Knowledge ( DIKW )
UNH
Libraries: brochure, map,
website, online
catalog,
remote
access, Zeke's
Guide
Biological Sciences Library: views, website, START
HERE,
tour
Topic #2:
Literature: physical forms (examples)
Publication
Cycle
Primary/secondary
literature
Published literature vs. web
pages
InfoBoost
BioBoost
Topic #3:
Peer
reviewed articles, review
articles,
articles on the
Web
Web
pages searching using Google:
advanced
search
tips,
Google
Scholar
Biological literature searching using Indexes / databases
(master
list
for all subjects)
Search
strategies: keywords, combining keywords
Searching
for articles in PubMed or ASFA
(examples)
Search results:
modifying strategies
Comparison
of Databases
Topic #4:
Searching for books at UNH: online
catalog, Virtual
Catalog
(BLC), WorldCat, BIP,
Amazon,
(Example)
Searching
for journals (print and electronic) at UNH:
online
catalog, A
- Z
list of electronic journals, JSTOR
(Example)
InterLibrary
Loan service
( INFOTRIEVE
service )
Steps
in locating literature
If we don't have
it
Topic #5:
Secondary searching:
Literature
cited in
books
Literature
cited (bibliography) in articles
SciFinder Scholar (requires special software)
Topic #6:
Citation
styles, Example: AJCN
Journal
abbreviations, databases
(PubMed,
Web
of Science)
Steps
in locating literature (old way)
New service: Find It
@ UNH
New way: Flowchart
BioBoost
Topic #7:
Examples of articles (handouts) from Madrono and JIR
Topic #8:
Bibliography management
software:
EndNote (Val
Harper's page)
Topics
#9-11:
Class discussion of:
research
proposals in general (examples),
senior thesis,
class presentations
(peer review), and
COLSA Undergraduate
Research Conference
Questions ?
A service of the Biological Sciences Library, Kendall Hall,
University of New Hampshire.
Comments, suggestions, and questions should be sent via email to dml2@cisunix.unh.edu .
Last updated March 23, 2009