1. ENVS 604 :
Finding
Scientific
Information
Using Cook
Library
Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Research & Instruction Librarian
http://bit.ly/ENVS604fall2013

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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Cook Library Reference:
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410.704.2462.
IM/email
Phone: 410.704.3746.
Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Albert S. Cook facebook profile!
http://bit.ly/ENVS604fall2013

3. Take away …
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TED Talk discussion
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Getting Started
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Search Tips
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Finding Books/Articles
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Keeping track of your information

4. Battling Bad Science
 Goldacre,
B. (2011) Battling bad science.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre
_battling_bad_science.html
 Problems
with Peer Review?

5. Getting started
 Background
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Encyclopedias
 The
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information
Encyclopedia of Mammals
General books on ecosystem ecology
 Ecosystem
Ecology: a new synthesis
 Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
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Taxonomic database websites
 The
Encyclopedia of Life (EoL)

6. Getting started
 Background
information – aka
Gathering
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Identify keywords
Find related
references
Learn more about
the topic

7. Search tips
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Keywords
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Topic : Monarch butterfly OR Danaus plexippus
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Habitat, Predators, Environmental effects?
Synonyms/alternative spellings
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electronic, electric, digital, computer, cell
phone
waste, trash, debris, litter
effects, consequence, impact
environmental, environment, ecology
policy, law, bill, act, plan

8. Search tips
 Search
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Tip #1
Boolean search connectors
 nanotechnology
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AND environment
Combining more than 1 topic
 Personal
care products and
pharmaceuticals OR PCPP
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Combining synonymous terms

9. Search Tips
 Search
Tip #2
 Truncation
technolog* finds…
technolog y
technolog ies
technolog ists
technolog ical
technolog ically
…etc!

10. Search Tips
 Search
Tip #3
 Phrase
searching
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“Endangered species act”

11. Finding books
 Cook
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Library Website
Catalog
 Library
Catalog
 Cook OneSearch
 Remember!!
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You can request books from other USMAI
libraries

12. Finding articles
 Home
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base:
ENVS 604 Course Gateway
 Journal
List
 Research
databases

13. Finding articles
 ScienceDirect
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“Refine Results” on the left
RSS
References
Related Articles
All Fields – Abstract, Title, Keywords
Search history
Export Citation – Ref Works

14. Finding articles
 Scopus
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Add Search Field
Refine Results
Save search alert
View “Cited by”
View References Cited
Create Bibliography
Export to RefWorks

15. Finding articles
 If
there is an article you can’t access
 Request
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it through Interlibrary Loan
Iliad login needed

16. Government Information
 If
it’s working…..
 Find the governing body website
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http://www.science.gov/
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
 GreenR
 Scirus
- http://www.scirus.com/
 Google: site.gov

17. RefWorks
 Bibliographic
 Towson
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University subscription
Off campus: RWTowsonU
 Organize
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management software
citations
Create bibliographies
Import records

18. Questions?
 Feel
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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
410.704.3746.
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free to contact me:
any reference librarian:
Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
410.704.2462.
IM – tucookchat