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1. Library Resources for Epigenetic
Regulation of Genetic Expression
Linda Galloway
Syracuse University Library
Spring 2013

2. Today’s agenda
• Who I am, what I do
• Epigenetics Research Guide
– General library information
– Peer-reviewed, scientific literature
– Finding other stuff @ the libraries
• How-to
– Get access to library resources
– Get items we don’t own
– Manage your citations
• Questions & discussion

3. About me…
• Librarian/subject specialist for Biology,
Chemistry & Forensic Science
• Help people access the content they need,
teach (guest lectures and classes), buy
books/other stuff for the library, create web
content, etc.
• Email: galloway@syr.edu
• Research help in LSC Atruim, Thursdays
from 1-3:30pm beginning January 24,
2013

4. http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

6. http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

7. Let’s find an article…
How do you search for scientific
articles??

11. http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

13. Decided to limit to Review articles…-

19. Full Text of Documents
• Click .pdf link from citation
• Select SULinks

20. Full Text of Documents

21. Full Text of Documents

22. http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

24. http://library.syr.edu

25. Locations & Hours Open
• Hours link
• Carnegie Library (Science & Technology)
• Geology Library (in Heroy Hall)
• Bird Library
– Technology Loans
– Private study rooms
– Team rooms
– Computers, printers, scanners

26. Finding Quiet Spaces
• Carnegie Library (temp. reading room)
• Silent areas in Bird:
– Lower level
– Quiet computer cluster (2nd floor)
– Quiet floors – 3,4,5 & 6
– Private study rooms & teams rooms (you sign
the room out and can reserve rooms for 2
hour time slots)

27. Help!!
• Contact your subject specialist, Linda
Galloway – galloway@syr.edu – 443-9766
• General help:
http://library.syr.edu/research/askus

28. Questions?
• Have you been able to find books in the
library?
• Have you used eBooks for your research?
• Do you read eBooks for pleasure?
• Have you used library databases to find
articles?

29. How to Find Books

31. Remote Access to
Library Resources
• Almost all resources are available off
campus via our proxy server
• Log on once and until you close your
browser are recognized as an SU student
• Get to databases/resources via the SU
Library web site so you are recognized as
a student; http://library.syr.edu

32. Interlibrary Loan
• Agreement we have with other libraries to
provide you with items we don’t own
• Free to students, faculty & staff
• Illiad – uses your NetID to allow access
https://illiad.syr.edu
(link on Library home page, or from citation)

33. Avoiding Plagiarism and
Citing Sources

40. Do you know the difference
between a magazine and a
journal?
Peer review:
 suitability for publication
 credibility
 quality control

41. Primary Sources
& Peer Review
Primary Source - Original document
containing firsthand information
– Diaries, interviews
– Original research including journal articles
and preprints
A peer reviewed primary source is a work that is
evaluated by experts in the field of study prior to
publication. Serves as a measure of quality.

42. Finding Articles
• Databases Main Menu
– Search through subject categories for links to
our 500+ databases
• Use Subject Guides
– Epigenetics
– Biology
– Plus hundreds of others!
• Library search tool
– Primarily for undergraduate research
(cannot conduct a specialized search)

43. When searching databases…
Remember: RATS
Read All The Screens!
• Key words
• Synonyms
• Subjects
• Suggested topics
• Types of materials
– Scholarly Journals, Magazines, etc.

44. Full text from a citation:
• Link from citation to .pdf OR “view at
publisher”
• Our “link resolver” that
attempts to locate full text.
• “Article title” in quotation marks in Google
Scholar
• Interlibrary Loan

45. Need help?
Come visit –
Sci-Tech Library
(Carnegie)
galloway@syr.edu
OR
http://library.syr.edu/research
/askus/

46. Questions???