ESPM 108B: Library Instruction Session Heather Thams, Bioscience Library Fall 2009 [email protected] www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS
May 20, 2015
ESPM 108B: Library Instruction
Session
Heather Thams, Bioscience LibraryFall 2009
www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS
What we’ll cover: Quick intro to the Bioscience Library
New ways to find books – OskiCat, NextGen Melvyl
Important article databases for forest genetics
Effective searching techniques
Finding an article from a citation
RefWorks
This is YOUR help session – what do you need to know??
Scholarly Articles = Peer Review
Scholarly/Peer Reviewed
Trade Popular
intended audience: scholars, researchers, professionals. written by: scientists, scholars, researchers.content: original research; peer-reviewed, bibliographies.Articles often written in a specific format incorporating methodology, results, conclusions and footnoting.advertising: little or none.
intended audience: members of a specific industry, profession or organization. written by: professionals, staff writers.content: articles specific to particular industry trade or profession. No peer review.advertising: moderate; geared towards profession, job listings.
intended audience: general public.content: general information and entertainment.written by: staff writers, journalists, no peer review.advertising: heavy; geared towards consumers; glossy.
Articles are found in Journals = Serials = Periodicals = Magazines
Finding Articles Article databases index the contents of journals, magazines and
newspapers.
Searchable by author, title, journal, keywords and subject descriptors.
Some contain the full text of the articles, others give you only a brief description.
Different databases for different subject areas (electronic resources by subject).
Use UC-eLinks to access the electronic full text of the articles, or find the location of the printed version.
From off-campus, log in through UC Berkeley proxy server to have access to full text.
Finding Articles: All aspects of bioscience
Scientific articles from peer-reviewed bioscience journals
1926 - present
UCB access only
Indexes over 6,000 journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings
Citations only - use UC-eLinks to access the electronic full text of the articles, or find the location of the printed version.
BIOSIS Previews
Finding Articles: Forestry (int’l focus)
Scientific articles from peer-reviewed agriculture/forestry/ environment journals, plus governmental/NGO reports and conference proceedings
1910 - present
UCB access only
Indexes over 7,000 journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings from over 100 countries
Citations only - use UC-eLinks to access the electronic full text of the articles, or find the location of the printed version.
CAB Abstracts
Finding Articles: Forestry (US focus)
Scientific articles from peer-reviewed agriculture/forestry/ environment journals, plus conference proceedings, trade journals, USDA/USFS and state agricultural research reports
1970 - present
UCB access only
Focus on US sources, but includes wide variety of other publications - about 5M records
Citations only - use UC-eLinks to access the electronic full text of the articles, or find the location of the printed version.
Agricola
Finding Articles: All scientific fields + cited reference searching
Articles from major peer-reviewed journals in all scientific fields
1900 - present UCB access only
Main feature is cited reference searching, which lets you see what articles have cited a given article
Citations only - use UC-eLinks to access the electronic full text of the articles, or find the location of the printed version.
Web of Science
Finding Articles: Quick & Dirty
Indexes scholarly material found on the web, much of it peer-reviewed
Unknown dates of coverage
Freely available, but must have UCB authentication to access full text of most articles
Unknown scope
Can customize “Scholar Preferences” to show UC-eLinks
Great for quickly finding a known item; not so great for a comprehensive search
Google Scholar
How do you find the full text?Bjorklund, M. 2003. Test for a population
expansion after a drastic reduction in population size using DNA sequence data. Heredity 91: 481-486. DOI 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800309.
Lots of ways to find the full text: Search by DOI - use Google, or the DOI
resolver: http://dx.doi.org/ Paste the citation into Google Scholar, use
UC-eLinks Check our list of electronic journals:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/ej.html Find the citation in BIOSIS, use UC-eLinks Look up the journal title in OskiCat or
NextGen Melvyl
RefWorks: Making Bibliographies Easier!
Collect and organize all your references in one place
Format bibliographies with just a few clicks, in hundreds of different styles
Free for students, faculty, and staff; UCB Libraries have a site licensewww.refworks.com
Where to go for help… Reference Desk:
Bioscience Library, VLSB Monday-Thursday:
10am-6pm Friday: 10am-5pm
Email us: [email protected]
Online handout: www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/espm_108b.html