Identifying Sources in the Sciences Library Basics Offcampus

Identifying Sources in the Sciences

Library Basics • Off-campus login • Subject Guides • Course Guides • Citation Guide • Reserves – ARES in CULearn • Ask a librarian – email, chat, text

Journals • Journals are a type of publication, like a scientific magazine but for researchers • Today most journals are published online • Scientists communicate most of their research findings in journals • There are thousands of journals each with a specific scope

Peer Review • Experts in a particular field evaluate the quality, validity, and relevance of a work • Used to determine an articles suitability for publication • An article can be • Accepted • Require revisions • Rejected

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary • Primary – reports experimental results • Secondary – synthesis, evaluation, interpretation of experimental results • Tertiary – generally accepted knowledge Scholarly, Popular • Scholarly – geared to researchers, technical language • Popular – for the general public, simpler language

Information Timeline Recent Older Specific General

Research Approach Primary Secondary Tertiary Recent Older Specific General

Identifying Sources in the Sciences • Activity Goal • Information is packaged in different formats • It is important to be able to recognize these formats • This will help you know what type of source is appropriate to use

Identifying Sources in the Sciences • Activity (20 min) 1. Click on the links to open the sources provided, 10 in total • DON’T READ each source in its entirety • Look at the structure and the information about the source 2. Try to identify the sources • How do you know what each item is? 3. Write the title of the source next to the type of format on the worksheet 4. Indicate if each source is primary, secondary, or tertiary • How do you know? 5. Indicate if each source is popular or scholarly

Citation

Citation If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants Isaac Newton https: //davidmcghee. wordpress. com/2011/08/02/do-you-have-a-giant/

What is a reference? • A short description of an item (journal article, book, video, etc) that answers the following questions… • What? Title • Who? Author/Creator • When? Date • Where? Place or Journal

Parts of a reference • Journal Article • Title, Author, Date, Journal Name, Journal Volume, Journal Issue, Page, DOI • Book • Title, Author, Date, Page, Publisher, Place • Website • Title, Author, Date, URL

Reference Examples • Research Article (doi: 10. 1038/nm. 3730) (look at the PDF) • Book Chapter • Website

Reference Examples • Journal Articles • APA Stanley, S. A. , Sauer, J. , Kane, R. S. , Dordick, J. S. , & Friedman, J. M. (2015). Remote regulation of glucose homeostasis in mice using genetically encoded nanoparticles. Nature Medicine, 21(1), 92 -98. doi: 10. 1038/nm. 3730 • CSE 1. Stanley SA, Sauer J, Kane RS, Dordick JS, Friedman JM. 2015. Remote regulation of glucose homeostasis in mice using genetically encoded nanoparticles. Nature Medicine. 21(1): 92 -98.

Reference Examples • Book/Book Chapters • APA Castracane, V. D. , & Henson, M. C. (2007). The obese (ob/ob) mouse and the discovery of leptin. In V. D. Castracane & M. C. Henson (Eds. ), Leptin (pp. 1 -9). Boston, MA: Springer US. • CSE 1. Castracane VD, Henson MC. 2007. The obese (ob/ob) mouse and the discovery of leptin. In: Castracane VD, Henson MC, editors. Leptin. Boston, MA: Springer US. p. 1 -9.

Reference Examples • Websites • APA World Health Organization. (2020). Obesity and overweight. Retrieved June 23, 2020, from https: //www. who. int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight • CSE 1. World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight. 2020 [accessed 2020 Jun 23]. https: //www. who. int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight

Searching • What tool to use? • Google – find lots of non-relevant, non-scholarly information • Library Search • Pub. Med • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar