LIBRARY RESEARCH FOR ENSC 5530/68358

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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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