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Information Strategy
Evaluate, define, identify, locate ... and then evaluate again.
... a commonsense approach to help you find relevant, quality information--for writing a paper, preparing a presentation, working on a lab experiment, answering a question, etc.
Evaluate, define, identify, locate ... and then evaluate again.
... a commonsense approach to help you find relevant, quality information--for writing a paper, preparing a presentation, working on a lab experiment, answering a question, etc.
Evaluate
... questions to ask; how appropriate and valuable is the information? A worksheet to go along with the questions.
Primary literature looks like this, this, or this ... (note the format--Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References)
Group #1:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/20/sunday-review/climate-change-hot-future.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Global%20Warming&_r=0
Group #2:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2752097
CDC Fluoridation
Group #3:
http://fluoridealert.org/
Group #4:
E15
Permafrost 1
Permafrost 2
Permafrost 3
Predatory publishers
... questions to ask; how appropriate and valuable is the information? A worksheet to go along with the questions.
Take charge of the information in your life:
Seek information, not affirmation
Source + Motivation = Value
Dig deeper–do not rely on just one source
Understanding is key
Primary and Secondary Literature:
Primary literature looks like this, this, or this ... (note the format--Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References)
Group #1:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/20/sunday-review/climate-change-hot-future.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Global%20Warming&_r=0
Group #2:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2752097
CDC Fluoridation
Group #3:
http://fluoridealert.org/
Group #4:
E15
Permafrost 1
Permafrost 2
Permafrost 3
Predatory publishers
Stay up to date! Stay informed! 
Register for any device, any time access to the –
New York Times
https://myaccount.nytimes.com/verification/edupass
The Washington Post (does not require registration)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/regional/
Chronicle of Higher Education
Chronicle.com (log in—upper right)
PressReader
www.pressreader.com/catalog (sign in upper right; works best with Chrome)
Foreign Affairs (does not require registration)
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
Questions? See Kevin (engelk@grinnell.edu)
Register for any device, any time access to the –
New York Times
https://myaccount.nytimes.com/verification/edupass
The Washington Post (does not require registration)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/regional/
Chronicle of Higher Education
Chronicle.com (log in—upper right)
PressReader
www.pressreader.com/catalog (sign in upper right; works best with Chrome)
Foreign Affairs (does not require registration)
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
Questions? See Kevin (engelk@grinnell.edu)
Research question/understand and define a topic
... what is the question(s) you are trying to answer? These secondary sources can help you --
*topic ideas
*understand concepts
*answer fact questions
*discover search terms, phrases, and names
*focus a research question
Remember, true research is rarely a straight path.
... what is the question(s) you are trying to answer? These secondary sources can help you --
*topic ideas
*understand concepts
*answer fact questions
*discover search terms, phrases, and names
*focus a research question
Remember, true research is rarely a straight path.
Science Connections
Good sources to help you understand and link to primary literature:
Science News
New Scientist
Scientific American
New York Times
The Washington Post
The Scientist (ex. Stress Turns Hair Gray By Depleting Pigment-Producing Stem Cells)
Phys.org
Review sources:
Science Bibliographies (Strategian)
Annual Reviews
Trends in ...
Good sources to help you understand and link to primary literature:
Science News
New Scientist
Scientific American
New York Times
The Washington Post
The Scientist (ex. Stress Turns Hair Gray By Depleting Pigment-Producing Stem Cells)
Phys.org
Review sources:
Science Bibliographies (Strategian)
Annual Reviews
Trends in ...
Other review sources--Biology
Print Location: print/online
Read summaries of research in --
Advances in Applied Microbiology
Advances in Botanical Research
Advances in Marine Biology
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
Methods in Cell Biology (online)
Methods in Cell Biology (print)
Methods in Enzymology (online)
Methods in Enzymology (print)
Print Location: print/online
Read summaries of research in --
Advances in Applied Microbiology
Advances in Botanical Research
Advances in Marine Biology
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
Methods in Cell Biology (online)
Methods in Cell Biology (print)
Methods in Enzymology (online)
Methods in Enzymology (print)
AccessScience 
Contains reference material covering all major scientific disciplines with articles drawn from McGraw-Hill encyclopedias, dictionaries, and yearbooks, as well as videos, curriculum materials, and links to primary source documents.
Contains reference material covering all major scientific disciplines with articles drawn from McGraw-Hill encyclopedias, dictionaries, and yearbooks, as well as videos, curriculum materials, and links to primary source documents.
Oxford Reference Online
Fully integrated and cross-searchable collection of over 135 academic dictionaries providing short-entry content, as well as many of Oxford’s encyclopedias and companions and other scholarly works.
Fully integrated and cross-searchable collection of over 135 academic dictionaries providing short-entry content, as well as many of Oxford’s encyclopedias and companions and other scholarly works.
Arabidopsis Book
Open-access peer-reviewed online journal covering a broad range of topics in research on Arabidopsis thaliana and related species, supported by the American Society of Plant Biologists.
Open-access peer-reviewed online journal covering a broad range of topics in research on Arabidopsis thaliana and related species, supported by the American Society of Plant Biologists.
ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal (CDC)
... information about toxic substances and how they affect our health ...
... information about toxic substances and how they affect our health ...
Bean Beetles
Provides basic information about raising, handling, and maintaining cultures of bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, for faculty who teach undergraduate laboratory courses.
Provides basic information about raising, handling, and maintaining cultures of bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, for faculty who teach undergraduate laboratory courses.
C. elegans II, 2nd edition
Cold Spring Harbor Mongraph Series, Vol. 33
Editors: Donald L Riddle, Thomas Blumenthal, Barbara J Meyer, and James R Priess.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1997.
Drugs, Herbs, and Supplements
MEDLINEplus -- United States National Library of Medicine; a guide to thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications, and herbs and supplements.
MEDLINEplus -- United States National Library of Medicine; a guide to thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications, and herbs and supplements.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
For easy-to-understand, authoritative information about human diseases and disorders.
For easy-to-understand, authoritative information about human diseases and disorders.
NCBI Bookshelf
The full text of 900+ well-known biology and other science textbooks, reports, and other materials. In addition, check the textbooks available on Reserve and in the Reference area of the Science Library.
The full text of 900+ well-known biology and other science textbooks, reports, and other materials. In addition, check the textbooks available on Reserve and in the Reference area of the Science Library.
Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD)
SGD is a database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast.
SGD is a database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast.
Taxonomy Database
Database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine, providing classification and nomenclature for all of the organisms in the public sequence databases, representing about 10% of the described species of life on the planet.
Database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine, providing classification and nomenclature for all of the organisms in the public sequence databases, representing about 10% of the described species of life on the planet.
WormBook
"WormBook is a comprehensive, open-access collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters covering topics related to the biology of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes. "
"WormBook is a comprehensive, open-access collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters covering topics related to the biology of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes. "
Xenbase
Xenbase provides "the international research community with a comprehensive, integrated and easy to use web based resource that gives access to the diverse and rich genomic, expression, and functional data available from Xenopus research."
Xenbase provides "the international research community with a comprehensive, integrated and easy to use web based resource that gives access to the diverse and rich genomic, expression, and functional data available from Xenopus research."
Grinnell College Libraries
Search the Library Catalog to find good, readable overviews of topics in books and other publications; look for clues in this information to help you find primary literature.
Search the Library Catalog to find good, readable overviews of topics in books and other publications; look for clues in this information to help you find primary literature.
Identify
... these sources can help you find evidence to answer your question or validate/invalidate an answer.
... these sources can help you find evidence to answer your question or validate/invalidate an answer.
OKAY: Google Scholar
Use the "Advanced Search"; can also be used as a tool to focus a broad search (try out search terms, find a possibility, search that possibility in a disciplinary database, and then use the indexing to more precisely find additional papers).
Use the "Advanced Search"; can also be used as a tool to focus a broad search (try out search terms, find a possibility, search that possibility in a disciplinary database, and then use the indexing to more precisely find additional papers).
BETTER: Science Primary Literature
Includes articles, book chapters, and images that have been used and cited by multiple Grinnell students and have been highly cited in the scientific literature.
Database help
Includes articles, book chapters, and images that have been used and cited by multiple Grinnell students and have been highly cited in the scientific literature.
Database help
BETTER: Academic OneFile
This database offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-use resource for serious academic research. Includes nearly 14,000 indexed periodicals and journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other many subjects in a variety of languages. Full-text articles are available in either PDF or HTML formats.
This database offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-use resource for serious academic research. Includes nearly 14,000 indexed periodicals and journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other many subjects in a variety of languages. Full-text articles are available in either PDF or HTML formats.
Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD)
SGD is a database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast.
SGD is a database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is commonly known as baker's or budding yeast.
Xenbase -- search
Xenbase provides "the international research community with a comprehensive, integrated and easy to use web based resource that gives access to the diverse and rich genomic, expression, and functional data available from Xenopus research."
Xenbase provides "the international research community with a comprehensive, integrated and easy to use web based resource that gives access to the diverse and rich genomic, expression, and functional data available from Xenopus research."
BEST: Biological Sciences/Agricultural & Environmental Science Database/MEDLINE
Search these 3 databases at the same time; a good way to start searching for primary literature about almost any topic in Biology.
Search these 3 databases at the same time; a good way to start searching for primary literature about almost any topic in Biology.
MEDLINE
1809–present (with greater coverage beginning in the 1940s). One of the premier sources for bibliographic coverage of medicine, medical research, health care, molecular biology, physiological psychology, bioethics, and much more. Accessed through ProQuest.
1809–present (with greater coverage beginning in the 1940s). One of the premier sources for bibliographic coverage of medicine, medical research, health care, molecular biology, physiological psychology, bioethics, and much more. Accessed through ProQuest.
Food contamination
Or, copy and paste this search --
noft(food* OR vegetable* OR produce) AND noft(pathogen* OR contaminat*) AND noft(bacteri*) AND stype.exact("Scholarly Journals") AND la.exact("ENG") AND PEER(yes) AND stype.exact("Scholarly Journals")
onto this page --
https://search.proquest.com/?accountid=7379&selectids=10000238,10000234
Or, copy and paste this search --
noft(food* OR vegetable* OR produce) AND noft(pathogen* OR contaminat*) AND noft(bacteri*) AND stype.exact("Scholarly Journals") AND la.exact("ENG") AND PEER(yes) AND stype.exact("Scholarly Journals")
onto this page --
https://search.proquest.com/?accountid=7379&selectids=10000238,10000234
Locate
The quickest way to see if we have access to a --
Journal article --
on-campus: Google Scholar (search by title)
off-campus: Database OR Library Catalog
Book (print or ebook) --
on/off-campus: Library Catalog
The quickest way to see if we have access to a --
Journal article --
on-campus: Google Scholar (search by title)
off-campus: Database OR Library Catalog
Book (print or ebook) --
on/off-campus: Library Catalog
= Restricted resource
= Images
= Video files
= Audio files
= Scholarly articles
= Quantitative data
= Newspapers
= Highly recommended
Kevin Engel
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