CHEM 111 sp11

Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience

Cook Library 3rd floor Thursday, February 24 - Friday, April, 8, 2011

Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience is a traveling exhibition which examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in their sport beginning in the post-Civil War era.

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LAKSAMEE PUTNAMLPUTNAM@TOWSON.EDU

RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

CHEM 111 : Finding Scientific Information Using Cook Library

First…

Laksamee Putnamlputnam@towson.eduPhone: 410.704.3746.Twitter: @LibrarianLaksCook Library Reference:

410.704.2462. IM/email

Take away…

Search strategies and Search tips

Finding books/articles in the Cook Library

Evaluate the information

Cite your sources

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Where do you start your search?

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Interpreting the Assignment

Reading Background Information

Using Online

Databases& Indexes

Gathering Sources

Drafting Paper or

Presentation

Identifying & Listing

Vocabulary

Citing Sources

Refining a Topic

Evaluating

Sources

The Research Process

The Research Process

Selecting a Topic

Finding Background Information

Identify Keywords Broad topics to Synonyms

Find related referencesLearn more about a topic

Where? Reference Books

Merck Index The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC) Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry

Subject Gateway

The Merck Index

10,200 monographs (aka short, compact snippets) of significant chemicals, drugs and biological substances

See “Explanatory notes” for break down of information content

You can look up the journal abbreviations for the literature references in NLM LocatorPlus

Use the Formula Index and Name Index in the back to help find the monograph number for what you want

The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)

Broad coverage of common physical science data

Goes into more history and information about elements

16 sectionsCheck index : Section – page number

Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry

Factual information for general chemistry information needs

4 SectionsCheck Table of Contents for each section and

Index in the backThe “page” numbers are confusing, look

carefully

Library Homepage

Main website Off campus login Journal List Catalogs Need help/Ask a Librarian

Course Gateway Research -> Subject Gateways -> Select a Subject

(Chemistry)

Search Tips

Understand and use Boolean search connectors

Chesapeake Bay AND pollution Combining more than one topic

Brook trout OR Salvelinus fontinalus Combining synonymous terms

Search Tips

Truncation Technolog*

Technolog-y Technolog-ist Technolog-ical Technolog-ically

Be careful where you put the truncation symbol!

Search Tips

What is a peer reviewed article? Reviewed by scientific experts in the field

Provides more credibility

Image taken from The Publication Cycle and Scientific Research tutorial

Searching for Scholarly Articles

Most efficient way: Cook Library Databases

American Chemical Society Online Journals Science Citation Index Science Direct Medline (Ebsco) SciFinder

Scholarly Articles Popular Articles

Multiple authorsAuthors affiliated

with a universityNumerous

referencesAn abstractAt least several

pages in length

Single author with no credentials

No citationsNon-technical

languageLots of picturesShort length

Search Tips

Check out this video help guide for more info!

Demos

Demo Catalog Search Catalog and TU Worldcat See if item is available – Find it Request vs InterLibrary Loan

Demo Web of Science Refine Results See if item is available – Find it Cited By and References

Evaluation

Authority/Authorship – Determine who is responsible for the information. What are his/her credentials?

Currency – Is the information current and up-to-date? Is there a publication date?

Objectivity – Is there any bias? What is the purpose of the web page (to inform or to persuade)?

Scope – Are sources cited? Is the subject covered in depth?

Usability – Is the site easy to navigate? Are spelling and grammar correct?

Evaluation

Examples Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

RYT Hospital

Why is it important to cite your sources?

Allows your readers to verify and identify where the information and ideas in your paper originated

Gives credit to the owners of the ideas (not plagiarizing)

Get credit for your own ideas

Required for assignment http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/09/12/copy-cat/

Citation Guide

Cook Library Website Quick Tools

Citing Sources

http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/styleGuides.cfm

Remember

Search strategies and Search tips

Finding books/articles in the Cook Library

Evaluate the information

Cite your sources

Questions??

Feel free to contact me: Laksamee Putnam lputnam@towson.edu 410.704.3746. Twitter: @LibrarianLaks

Or any reference librarian: Visit Cook Library Reference Desk 410.704.2462. IM – tucookchat