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LIBRARY RESEARCH FOR ENSC 5530/68358
Clarke IakovakisResearch & Instruction LibrarianNeumann Library
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OUTLINE FOR TODAY
Google Scholar & OneSearch Boolean Searching Environmental Science Databases Citing Sources & EndNote
HOW DO I FIND AN ARTICLE WHEN I HAVE A CITATION?
A. Google/ Google ScholarB. A subscription database, such as
Environment CompleteC. OneSearch
Hails RS, Morley K. 2005. Genes invading new populations: a risk assessment perspective. Trends Ecol Evol. 20(5):245-252. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2005.02.006
Ding J, Duan H, Deng ZN, Zhao DG, Yi GJ, Li Y. 2014. Molecular strategies for addressing gene flow problems and their potential applications in abiotic stress tolerant transgenic plants. Critical Reviews In Plant Sciences. 33(2-3):190-204. doi: 10.1080/07352689.2014.870414
EXERCISE 1: SEE PAPER HANDOUTTitle: Proposed Definition of Environmental Damage Illustrated by the Cases of Genetically Modified Crops and Invasive SpeciesLead Author: Bartz
Journal name? Database? Year of Publication?
Using OneSearch, search for the subject:
genetically modified crops invasiveness
Use the refinement tools on the left to limit the results to journal articles published in the last 10 years and browse the results for a relevant article
SECTION 2: PRINCIPLES OF GOOD SEARCHING
On the Scent. Image licensed CC-BY on Flickr by stephen bowler.
WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL GENERATE MORE SEARCH RESULTS?
A.
B.
• Determine your research question1• Identify the key concepts2• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and
related words3• Join terms and concepts with appropriate
Boolean operators4• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested
subject terms 5• Organize and cite your sources6
SEARCH PROCESS
2. IDENTIFY THE KEY CONCEPTS
Genetically modified crops Invasiveness Natural communities Risks
What are the risks of genetically modified crops invading natural
communities?
Genetically
modified crops
Genetically modified
foodsGenetically modified
organisms OR GMO
Transgenic plants
Biotech crops
3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, AND RELATED WORDS
OR
What are the risks of genetically modified crops invading natural
communities?
Invasiveness
Invasive species
Introduced species OR introduced organism
Gene flowBiodiversity
OR
3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, AND RELATED WORDS
What are the risks of genetically modified crops invading natural
communities?
4. Join terms and concepts with appropriate Boolean operators
ANDORNOT
Transgenic plants
Genetically modified
crops Biotech crops
M EOR
Genetically modified crops OR transgenic plants OR biotech crops
Invasive OR Gene flow
Genetically modified crops OR transgenic plants OR biotech
crops
AND:INTERSECTION
Concept 1:GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
Concept 2:INVASIVENESS
Alternate term:
transgenic plants invasive species
Alternate term:
biotech crops biodiversity
Alternate term:
genetically modified plants
gene flow
ANDORem
QUOTATION MARKS: EXACT PHRASESearch Tip
TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)
predatorpredators
predationpredatepredating
predat* * Search Tip
predatory
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY(ALSO CALLED “TAXONOMY” OR “HIERARCHY” OR “THESAURUS”)
A list of terms and term relationships designed too organize information about similar subjects
o assist content authors in consistently classifying/tagging content
o enable users to find the information they need by translating their language into the language of the information store.
Leise, F. (2008). Controlled vocabularies, an introduction. Indexer, 26(3), 121-126.
Search Tip
WHICH SEARCH WILL FIND FEWER RESULTS?
A.B.
SECTION 3: RESEARCH DATABASES & LIBRARY CATALOG
SECTION 4: CITING SOURCES
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