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BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity

BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity. Mary Lee Jensen Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences 330-672-1661 or mjensen@kent.edu. Session Goals. Introduce you to KentLINK and OhioLINK for finding books and Research Databases to find articles Introduce searching strategies

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BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity

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  1. BSCI 10110Biological Diversity Mary Lee Jensen Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences 330-672-1661 or mjensen@kent.edu

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. 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

  5. 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!

  6. 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.

  7. Crafting Effective Research Statements Features Available in Most Research Databases

  8. Common Searching Features • Boolean Operators/Connectors • Keyword/Controlled vocabulary • Phrase searching • Truncation

  9. 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 Truncation: To Get Word Variations

  10. fish* retrieves fish fishes fishery fisheries labo$r retrieves labor, labour, laborer Truncation: To Get Word Variations biolog$ retrieves biology biological

  11. 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

  12. Boolean Operators -- AND Use AND to combine two different concepts or ideas This helps narrow your search salmon AND fisheries salmon AND disease

  13. “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”

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Instead use Boolean Logic: “invasive species” AND ecosystems loosestrife AND (ponds or lakes) “zebra mussels” AND “lake erie”

  17. 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.

  18. Sample search What impact does salmon farming have on the wild fish population?

  19. Sample Search - Concepts

  20. 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”

  21. Primary Literature - Article Format • Introduction or Literature survey • Methodology or Materials and Methods • Data or Results • Discussion or Interpretation • Conclusion • Bibliography

  22. Primary Literature - Characteristics

  23. Primary Literature - Characteristics

  24. 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

  25. Conclusion • Many resources • Many opportunities for assistance…just ask!

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