1. ENVS 798 :
Finding
Scientific
Information
Using Cook
Library
Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Research & Instruction Librarian
Slides:
http://bit.ly/ENVS798Spring2014

2. First…
 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!

3. Take away …
 Search
tips
 Finding
books and articles
 Finding
government information
 Keeping
track of your information

4. Search tips
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Keywords
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Topic : Electronic Waste
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Environmental effects?
Policy worldwide? In the US?
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

5. Search tips
 Boolean
 Ocean
quality
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search connectors
acidification AND coastal water
Combining more than 1 topic
 Personal
care products and
pharmaceuticals OR PCPP
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Combining synonymous terms

6. Search Tips
 Truncation
technolog* finds…
technolog y
technolog ies
technolog ists
technolog ical
technolog ically
…etc!

7. Search Tips
 Phrase
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searching
“Agricultural Nutrient Management”

8. Getting started
 Background
information – aka
Gathering
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Identify keywords
Find related
references
Learn more about
the topic
ENVS 798 Course Gateway

9. Getting started
 Cook

OneSearch
Print books
 Limit
to Towson location
 You can request books from other USMAI
libraries
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eBooks
 Check
Online Availability
 Sage Reference
 eBrary

10. Getting started
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Encyclopedias
Environmental
Encyclopedia
 Climate Change:
Encyclopedia of
Science and History
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Is there a local
government website
resource?
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http://chesapeake.
usgs.gov/
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Books on
environmental
policy
 Environmental
Policy Integration
in Practice
 Environmental
Policy: New
Directions for the
21st Century

11. Finding articles
 Journal
List
 Research
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Scopus
ScienceDirect
Sci-Finder
 Check
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databases
citations
Forward and Backward

12. Finding articles
 Scopus
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Add search field
“Refine Results” on the left
Cited by
Related Documents
All Fields – Abstract, Title, Keywords
Bibliography
 Built
in citation creation
 Export Citation – Ref Works

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

14. Government Information
 Find
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the governing body website
http://www.science.gov/
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
 Course
Gateway – Policy section
 Google: site.gov

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

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