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Locating Resources for Scientific Research October 2011

Locating Resources for Scientific Research October 2011. Primary sources A primary source is an original object or document -- the raw material or first-hand information.

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Locating Resources for Scientific Research October 2011

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  1. Locating ResourcesforScientific ResearchOctober 2011

  2. Primary sources A primary source is an original object or document -- the raw material or first-hand information. Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eye witness accounts, results of an experiment, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, and art objects.

  3. Secondary sources A secondary source is something written about a primary source. Secondary sources include comments on, interpretations of, or discussions about the original material. Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that evaluate or criticize someone else's original research. Ithaca College Library http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary

  4. Science Buddies – Planning Worksheet http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_background_research_worksheet.pdf

  5. Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

  6. Centennial HS Online Databases • Gale Student Resources in Context • Professional Collection • Virtual Reference Center • Gale Science in Context • http://infotrac.galenet.com

  7. HC Library’s Online Databases • Current magazines (EBSCO's MasterFILE Premier) • Online reference collection aimed at all ages (Gale's Virtual Reference Library) • Science magazines, and more! (EBSCO's Science Reference Center) • http://www.hclibrary.org

  8. Additional Online Resources From: The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/science/science.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/ http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/resources.html

  9. Websites of interest Molecular Biology Resource http://mbcf.dfci.harvard.edu/cmsmbr/ InfoMine http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?physci/ Sci Central http://www.scicentral.com/ Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/ Science.gov http://www.science.gov/

  10. Public Library of Science Recommended by Mr. Piluk http://www.plos.org/

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