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Research help: Library services & resources
Shannon Farrell, Natural Resources Librarian
Agenda● Discuss library services & resources● Strategies to help you get started on a paper● Citation managers & notetaking
Library Services
Things we can help with● Purchasing & providing access to books & other resources that are needed in
research process● Conducting literature reviews & systematic reviews● Citation managers● Preparing data management plans● Locating grants
Resources we provide● books● journals ● scientific articles● videos/dvds● streaming media● government documents● grey literature● theses & dissertations
What’s the first thing you do before you start writing a paper?
Mind mapping
Image from Chris Gladis on Flickr
You want to study:
the effect of wildlife crossing structures on wildlife mortality on highways
Wildlife crossing structures Mortality
Wildlife crossing structures
Crossing structures
Tunnels
Underpasses
Bridges
Culverts
Mortality
Roadkill = road-kill
Vehicle collisions
Animal-vehicle collisions
Kills
Mortality patterns
Wildlife Highways
Wildlife
Vertebrates
Carnivores
Canada lynx = Lynx canadensis
Highways
Road / roads
Where? Broader terms
Where?
North America
United States
Minnesota
Broader terms
Road ecology
Road avoidance
Searching tips● Keywords are really important!● Goal is to outsmart the computer● Some tricks:
○ AND = lynx AND roads○ OR = lynx OR wolves○ NOT = wolves NOT lupus○ road* = road, roads, roadkill○ “Gray wolf” = keeps terms together○ “Gray wolf” AND (mating OR reprod*) = ( ) tells computer to search this first
Library Resources (demo)
● Web of Science● Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide ● CAB Abstracts● Agriculture & Environmental Science Database● Google Scholar
Recommended Databases
● Government documents○ MNCat: federal and state documents○ Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide & Agriculture & Environmental Science Database
■ State and extension pubs○ Monthly Catalog○ Proquest Congressional
● Grey literature○ MNCat○ Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide, CAB Abstracts & Agri. & Environ. Sci. Database○ Google
■ Limit to specific organization’s sites by using site:[organization’s URL].org● Example Google search: “oak site:cifor.org”
Government Documents & Grey Literature
● Copy the title of the article into:○ library home page search box○ Google Scholar
● If it’s not in either place:○ Submit an Interlibrary loan request○ Contact me!
Finding full-text of a citation
Citation managers
Citation managers supported in UMN Libraries
Importing citations
Organize citations
Create reference lists
Note-taking!
Note-taking!
Note-taking!
Note-taking!
Note-taking!
Other note taking tools● Scrivener
○ Digital notecards○ Works on desktops & iOS○ Costs $, but free trial
● Google Keep○ Digital sticky notes○ Part of our Google suite○ Free
● Supernotecard○ Digital notecards○ Works on phones and desktops○ Costs $, but free trial
What are your note taking strategies?