LIBRARY RESEARCH FOR

ENSC/INDH 5530-6838-6731

Clarke IakovakisScholarly Communications Librarian

Neumann Library

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OUTLINE FOR TODAY

OneSearch

Boolean Searching

Environmental Science Databases

Citing Sources & EndNote

WHAT ARE SOME SOURCES OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION?

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Books

Reference works (encyclopedias, textbooks)

Gray literature

Reports (government, industry,non-governmental organizations)

Theses & dissertations

Conference proceedings

Archives

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PERIODICALS (JOURNALS, MAGAZINES)

Peer-reviewedRefereedScholarlyAcademic

TradeProfessionalPractitioner

Industry

GeneralPopular

HOW DO I FIND AN ARTICLE WHEN I HAVE A CITATION?

A. Google/ Google Scholar

B. A subscription database, such as

Environment Complete

C. OneSearch

Hendrickson, R. G.; Chang, A.; Hamilton, R. J., Co-worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2004, 45 (4), 346-350.

What is the…

Article title Authors Journal name

Volume number Issue number Page number range Year of publication

ACS:Hendrickson, R. G.; Chang, A.; Hamilton, R. J., Co-Co-worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. Am. J. J. Ind. Med. 2004, 45 (4), 346-350.

CSE:Hendrickson RG, Chang A, Hamilton RJ. Co-worker worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2004;45(4):346-350. 350. doi:10.1002/ajim.10355

EXERCISE 1: SEE PAPER HANDOUT

Title: Hazards after the storm: Floodwater drainage pump stations and exposure to hydrogen sulfide

Lead Author: Wnek

Journal name? Database? Year of Publication?

Using OneSearch, search for the subject:

hydrogen sulfide occupational exposure

Use the refinement tools on the left to limit the results to journal articlespublished in the last 5 years and browse the results for a relevant article

SECTION 2: BOOLEAN SEARCHING

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WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL GENERATE MORE SEARCH RESULTS?

• 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

Hurricane

Water contamination

Chemical spills

What effect do hurricanes have on

water contamination due to chemical

spills?

Hurricane

Storm surge

Natural disasters

Tropical storms

Hurricane Katrina

3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, AND RELATED WORDS

What effect do hurricanes have on

water contamination due to chemical

spills?

Water contamination

Water pollution Groundwater

quality

Contamination of drinking water

Runoff

3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, AND RELATED WORDS

What effect do hurricanes have on

water contamination due to chemical

spills?

Chemical Spills

Hazardous substances Industrial

wastes

Oil spillsCoal mine

wastes

3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, AND RELATED WORDS

What effect do hurricanes have on

water contamination due to chemical

spills?

4. Join terms and concepts with appropriate Boolean operators

Storm Surge

HurricaneTropical Storm

Hurricane OR Storm Surge OR Tropical Storm

Chemical Spills ORIndustrial Wastes

Hurricane OR Storm Surge OR Tropical Storm

Concept 1:HURRICANE

Concept 2:CHEMICAL SPILLS

Alternate term:

Storm surge Industrial Wastes

Alternate term:

Tropical storm Pollution

Alternate term:

Cyclone Petroleum wastes

hurricane OR storm surge OR tropical storm OR cyclone OR typhoon

chemical spills OR industrial wastes OR pollut* OR petroleum wastes

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QUOTATION MARKS: EXACT PHRASE

TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)

work* *workworksworkerworkers

workingworkplaceworkplaces

TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)

CONTROLLED VOCABULARY(ALSO CALLED “TAXONOMY” OR “HIERARCHY” OR “THESAURUS”)

A list of terms and term relationships designed to

o 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.

WHICH SEARCH WILL FIND

FEWER RESULTS?

A.

B.

SECTION 3: RESEARCH DATABASES & LIBRARY CATALOG

SECTION 4: CITING SOURCES

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