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BY THE END OF TODAY’S SESSION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
Conduct a search for books in the library catalog
Determine journal holdings at various libraries
Determine the nature of an articleConduct a search for peer reviewed
articlesComplete the library lab assignment!
How to find books
Question 1
How to look up books in the library catalog
Does the library have journal X????
Question 2… determining whether a library has a given journal
SCC-SCC periodical holdingsASU-One Search (journals)UA-Other Search Options (ejournals)
Does the library have article X???
A library may have access to a particular journal, but not a particular article in that journal
Must look at the year the article was published & compare that to the range of years listed to determine availability. ◦EX: SCC has access to the journal Evolution, but
only in a certain date range. What is it?
Scientific Communication
As a student of biology it is important to understand how scientific results are communicated.
What are the main ways scientists communicate their findings?
Scientific communication
Books
Conferences◦Papers ◦Posters
Scholarly journals◦Also known as academic or peer reviewed
journals
What is contained in a peer reviewed journal?News
Letters to the editor
Job announcements
Obituaries
Book reviews
**=peer reviewed
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**Research articles
**Review articles
PEER REVIEW
Expert in the field of study (peers) evaluate an article’s methodology, merit, and overall unique contribution to knowledge PRIOR to publication
In the sciences and medicine, research is almost universally peer reviewed
PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLES
Report the results of a single study or experiment
The author(s) is/are the person(s) who conducted the study or experiment; i.e. it is firsthand information
It undergoes peer review
Answers: Why, how, what was found, what does it mean……
Example: Morphological response of songbirds to 100 years of landscape change in North America
TYPICAL FORMAT OF A FULL LENGTH PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLE
Abstract IntroductionMethodsResultsDiscussionWorks cited
Not all primary research articles will follow this format. Some brief reports, etc do not.
SECONDARY ARTICLES Anything that’s not primary is secondary
Could come in the form of :
1. An editorial, commentary, magazine article, news article……
2. A review article or literature review-summarizes the results of several studies or experiments, often attempting to identify trends or draw broader conclusions
Is the author presenting their own research?
Yes
It is a Primary article
and it is peer reviewed.
No
It is a Secondary article.
Is it a summary or critique of previous
research?
Yes
It is peer reviewed
No
It is not peer reviewed
TYPES OF ARTICLES HOW REVIEWED
Primary research
Review articles (secondary)By peers (peer review)
Editorials/commentaries (secondary)
News items (secondary)
Letters (secondary) Book reviews (secondary) Any secondary article (including magazine articles)
By editor (i.e. no peer review)
NOTE: ALL OF THESE ARTICLE TYPES CAN APPEAR IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL
QUESTION 5-Finding a known citation
Find the volume number and authors of an article called “The Hallmarks of Cancer” published in the journal Cell in 2000.
Use the SCC Periodical list on the library homepage. It takes you to the database(s) where this journal is available electronically, which allows you to get the information you need.
FINDING ARTICLESWhen you want to find articles use article
databases available thru library website These search engines are not available freely thru the web (ie. by googling)
For question 6 and your Research Assignment you will need to use article databases
SUGGESTED DATABASES
Science Direct PubMed (health/medical topics)JSTOR Wiley Online Library
OR try searching all of our databases at once (Discover tool)
Complete Question 6
Begin Research Assignment if time remains
NEXT STEPS
GETTING HELP WITH RESEARCH
Call the library 480-423-6650Use the 24/7 chat serviceVisit the library information deskContact me at 480 425 6765 or
[email protected] to the BIO 181 libguide