CHEM 401 – LIBRARY

INSTRUCTION SESSION Laksamee Putnam

Research & Instruction Librarian

lputnam@towson.edu

Slides: http://bit.ly/chem401fall2014

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Laksamee Putnam

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Slides: http://bit.ly/chem401fall2014

AGENDA

Article/Video

Discussion

The Information Cycle

Evaluating Resources

Databases and how to

use them

Find articles/books on

your own

Citation Guides

IT’S OUT THERE, WHY NOT REUSE IT?

What does intellectual property mean to you? Is it an important idea, why or why not?

With so much information out there, is there such a thing as an original idea? Does that mean you have to credit every single person?

How does plagiarism affect academia/chemistry?

Godin, S. (2014) Why I want you to steal

my ideas. ideas.ted.com Retrieved from

http://ideas.ted.com/2014/02/03/the-big-

mistake-we-all-make-about-ideas/

WIKIPEDIA WOES

What are you doing to

find the most recent

science news?

How do you evaluate

the information you

find while

researching?

What are the pros and

cons of traditional

science publishing?

Scicurious. (2013, March 18) Two ships

passing in the night: Neuroscience and

social media. The Scicurious Brain.

Retrieved from

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicur

ious-brain/2013/03/18/two-ships-passing-

in-the-night-neuroscience-and-social-

media/

BATTLING BAD SCIENCE

Are there any problems with the methodology of

this “experiment”?

Peer review isn’t perfect, is there a better way?

Can you think of any examples of bad science? In

ads? On Facebook?

Bohannon, J. (2013) Who’s

afraid of peer-review.

Science. Retrieved from

http://www.sciencemag.org/

content/342/6154/60.full

THE INFORMATION CYCLE

Why is the sky blue? What is the best

alternative energy

source?

EVALUATE

Check for CRAP

Currency

Reliability

Authority

Purpose/Point of

View

Examples

Pacific Northwest

Tree Octopus

Autism and Vaccines

DATABASES

Find a database on the Course Gateway

Choose one to start but do not stop there!

Make it simple for the computer

Specific keywords

Try to think of different combinations

AND, OR, NOT

FIND A PARTNER!

Each group choose a different database to

analyze:

ACS

Science Direct

Scopus

PubMed

TOPIC: NANOTECHNOLOGY

Which words seemed to find the best results?

Synonyms?

Is there an advanced search?

Can you access full text?

What features of the database were useful? (time

limit, peer reviewed option, citations etc.)

Problems?

PRESENT YOUR DATABASE

ACS

Science Direct

Scopus

PubMed

FEATURES TO REMEMBER

Use the database to find synonyms

Check the abstract

Limitation tools – Time frame, Information type

References Cited/Times Cited

Citation creation

Compose lists

Import to RefWorks

Interlibrary Loan - Illiad

CITATION GUIDES

CSE Style Guide from

Cook Library

Diane Hacker website

Young Boy (age 5) Contemplates What To

Write/draw On A Piece Of Paper. [Photo].

Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica Image

Quest.http://quest.eb.com/images/167_3990831

QUESTIONS?

Laksamee Putnam

lputnam@towson.edu

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