rws 508 - scientific writing
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RWS 508 - Scientific Writing. Anne Turhollow Library & Information Access Spring 2004. Two Stages of Information Searching. Find It! Identifying specific books, articles, reports on a given topic Get It! Physically getting those items into your hands or on your computer screen - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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RWS 508 - Scientific Writing
Anne Turhollow
Library & Information Access
Spring 2004
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Two Stages of Information Searching
Find It!Identifying specific books, articles, reports on a given topic
Get It!Physically getting those items into your hands or on your computer screen
With technology, these separate tasks are blurring together
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Types of Information
Fact
Basic / Background
Practical / How to
Research
Formal vs. Informal
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From Jim Parrot, Librarian, University of Waterloo
Flow of Research Information
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More Information
The Scientific Publication CycleCarol Green and Patty Carey, University of Washington Libraries
Flow of Scientific InformationJim Parrot, University of Waterloo Library
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Domains of Information
Fee
FreeProprietary
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Domains of Information
Free vs. Fee vs. Proprietary
Different finding tools search different domains and different layers within those domains
Infinite vs. Finite, or Open vs. Closed
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Indexes and Databases
Search Engines
Periodical Databases
Fulltext Journal Collections
Data Collections
Hybrids
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Domains of Information
Fee
Free
ProprietaryIndexed by:
Periodical Databases
Fulltext Search Software
Indexed by:
Search Engines
Specialty Search Software
Indexed by
Specialty Search Software
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Search Engines
Examples - Google, Yahoo, Teoma
Machine (“robot” or “spider”) created databases of the World Wide Web and other materials
Index the free resources
Creators of the information - any one who can put up a web page
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More Information
Best Search ToolsInfoPeople Project
Finding Information on the InternetUniversity of California, Berkeley Libraries
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Invisible Web
There are significant portions of Internet accessible material that are not indexed by the standard search engines
Dynamic pages, different formats (especially graphics), specialty databases
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Those Dark Hiding PlacesRobert J. Lackie, Librarian, Rider College
Invisible Web: What It Is…Joe Barker, University of California, Berkeley Libraries
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Periodical Databases
Examples - Biosis Previews, CompendexWeb
Created by humans, usually subject experts
Index a defined discipline and a finite set of published resources (mainly journals, but may include books, conference proceedings, etc.)
Both the databases and the materials indexed cost money
Article Databases page on InfoDome
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Fulltext Journal Collections
Examples - Elsevier ScienceDirect, JSTOR
Pay per view or subscription
Created by humans, sometimes OCR
Collections usually based on a publisher’s offerings
Searching is very deep, but restricted to a “narrow” viewpoint
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Data Collections
Examples - GenBank, PDB
Raw data
Created by experts, sharing their results
Usually run by government entities
Generally free
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Hybrids
Examples - Scirus, EntrezMixes of fulltext, web documents, and/or raw dataMix of free and fee materialsTwo different approaches
Single database with multiple resource typesSingle search interface that searches multiple databases
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Methods of Searching
Follow the citations (“Breadcrumbs”)
Subject searching in a database or two or three…
Cited reference searching
Ask an expert
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Follow that Trail!
Start with one or few known articles, etc.
Track down the material in their bibliographies
And continue the process from article to article
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Database Searching
Searching by topic, author, species, etc. in one or more databasesGeneral Search Techniques
Be specific, especially if searching in a fulltext databaseBoolean logic
• Boolean Searching on the Internet, Laura Cohen, Univ at Albany Libraries
Phrase or adjacency searching
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Database Searching
TruncationEcolog* retrieves ecology, ecologies, ecological
No standard symbol
Field searching
LimitsLanguage, gender, format, etc.
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More Information
InfoPeople Search Tools ChartCarole Leita, InfoPeople Project
Help pages on almost all databases
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Cited Reference Searching
Examples - Web of Science, Highwire Press
Trace research forward in time from a specific reference
Very powerful tool, but somewhat limited by human mistakes
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Get It!
Many databases provide links to the online versions of the journals
OpenURL standard
If database doesn’t have linksThe PAC
SDSU Periodicals List
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And if we don’t have it?
Inter-Library Loan / Document Delivery
Overnight - 3 weeks depending on Material format
Delivery method
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Help!
InfoDomeResearch - How to get help
LibrariansAnne Turhollow
619-594-4921