Mining GALILEO in the Sciences

Teri M. VogelGeorgia State University

October 23, 2003

*modified 11/9/2003

Levels of Science Information Needs

Elementary School Middle School

Junior High School High School

Technical School2, 4-Year College General Public

Assignments / Reports

Science Projects Research

Elementary (K-5)

• SIRS Discoverer (K12/PLS)

• Searchasaurus– Primary / Elementary School Search (K12/PLS/DTAE)

• Encyclopedia of Animals (K12/PLS/DTAE)

• F & W New World Encyclopedia (K12/PLS/DTAE)

Communities:K12 = K-12 Schools; PLS = Public Libraries; DTAE = Technical Institutes

The other GALILEO communities—USG (University System of Georgia Libraries), AMPALS (Atlanta/Macon Private Academic Libraries), GPALS (Georgia Private Academic Libraries)—have access to many of these databases, but these institutions were not the focus of this presentation and have not been included here.

SIRS Discoverer

Encyclopedia of Animals / New World Encyclopedia

Searchasaurus (Primary)

Middle / Junior High (6-8)

• SIRS Researcher (PLS)

• Searchasaurus (K12/PLS/DTAE) – Middle Search Plus

• F & W New World Encyclopedia (K12/PLS/DTAE) • Encyclopedia Britannica Online (PLS)

• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)

SIRS Researcher (PLS)

SIRS Researcher (PLS)

Searchasaurus – Middle Search Plus

• Same browse/ search as Primary

• More articles• Higher reading level

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica (PLS)

• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)

– McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology• Articles from A15 Phases (physics) to Zygophyllales (plant

science) • Subjects from Acoustics to Zoology• Biographies• Student Center: study guides, suggested research topics

High School (9-12) - General

• MAS Ultra (K12/PLS/DTAE)

• MasterFile Premier (K12/PLS/DTAE) • Platinum Periodicals (PLS/DTAE)

• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)

• Encyclopedia Britannica (PLS)

MAS Ultra

MasterFile Premier

Platinum Periodicals (PLS/DTAE)

High School and Beyond: Advanced Science Resources

• Academic Search Premier (K12/PLS/DTAE) – Computer Source

• FirstSearch Databases– Science Indexes (PLS)

– ArticleFirst (PLS/DTAE) – WorldCat (PLS/DTAE)

• Catalog of Public/Academic Library Catalogs, with library holdings

• MEDLINE (K12/PLS/DTAE)

Academic Search Premier

FirstSearch Science Indexes (PLS)

2060

723

370

301

346

269

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Ind

exes

# Journals

GEOBASE Applied Science & Tech. IndexBasic Biosis Biological & Agricultural IndexBiology Digest General Science Index

GEOBASE:

Geography – Geology – Ecology – Climatology – Meteorology – Paleontology – Volcanology – Environmental Science – Energy – Hydrology – Sedimentology – Petrology – Cartography

(+1 million citations)

ArticleFirst (PLS/DTAE)

• +12.7 million records; +12K sources

• Drawbacks– Access points: title, journal, author only

• NO Abstracts • NO Descriptors/Subject Headings

– Limiting functionality very limited

MEDLINE

• National Library of Medicine (1966+)

• +12 million citations - +4,600 journals– Medicine – nursing – dentistry – veterinary

medicine – health care – preclinical sciences – bioethics

– [life, behavioral, chemical sciences, bioengineering relevant to biomedicine/ health]

• MeSH – Medical Subject Headings– Controlled vocabulary, browsable

AGRICOLA

No longer available to K12/PLS/DTAE communities, but accessible to all at http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/

• National Agricultural Library (1970+)• +2.5 million citations

– 869 currently indexed journals + books, etc.– agricultural engineering and marketing, animal

breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, social sciences, veterinary medicine and water resources

Getting Articles: Is Full – Text Access Enough?

• How much information does the patron need?

• Encyclopedias, Ebsco/ProQuest collections (all have at least some full-text content; images may not be available; embargoes on recent issues)

• Articles cited but not full-textInterlibrary Loan and other options

How Do the Indexes Measure Up?

Measure of database – what is indexedMultidisciplinary, scholarly science journals:

Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Multidisciplinary, popular science magazines: Scientific American, Sierra, Discover

Discipline-specific journals?– What are they?– Where are they indexed?

Core/Major/Important Journals

• Institute for Scientific Information– Science Citation Index journal list – Sci-Bytes: What’s New in Research, Hot Papers,

High-Impact Journals in various fields

• Scientific Societies– ACS: Journal List for Undergraduate Programs– AMS: Journal Price Survey

• Science Librarians– Special Libraries Association– Geoscience Information Society

Astronomy Journals

The Horsehead Nebula/IC434 [Credit: N.A.Sharp/NOAO/AURA/NSF]

Microbiology Journals

Micrasterias x400. [Department of Biology, Ohio State University at Lima]

Science on the Internet: Government

• Science.govSciTechResources.gov

Science on the Internet: Government

• Science.govSciTechResources.gov

• Federal– USGS, NOAA, NASA/JPL, CDC, USDA,

EPA, DOE

• State– DNR

• International– WHO, FAO

Science on the Internet: Science Fair Resources

• Science Fair Central• The Ultimate Science Fair Re

source• Georgia Science & Engineeri

ng Fair• Science Fair Projects Index • Government

– Energy Science Projects (DOE)

– Science Fair Ideas (Earthquake Hazards Program – USGS)

– AgScience Projects (Agricultural Research Service – USDA)

Science on the Internet ‘other than Google’

• NDSL Scout Reports

• InfoMine

• EEVL

• BiologyBrowser

• BIOME

• Scirus

K-12 Directories

• FirstGov for Kids

• KidsClick!• IPL

– KidSpace• MeL Internet

Keeping Current in Science

• News Sources– Science, Nature, New Scientist, New York

Times, Discover, Scientific American

• Discovery, Nova, National Geographic

• Best American Science Writing

• Best American Science & Nature Writing

Getting to Know Your Local Science Librarians

Research Universities, Regional Universities, State Universities AL, FL, SC, TN, NC

Resources available Databases Print/Online Journals Copiers/printers

Services available Reference & Instruction Assistance (tours,

speaker, etc.)

Teri’s Science Picks

Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

ChemFinder

http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/

PLANTS National Database

http://plants.usda.gov/

Integrated Taxonomic Information System

http://www.itis.usda.gov/index.html

Center for History of Physics

http://www.aip.org/history/

Invasivespecies.gov

http://www.invasivespecies.gov/

Astrophysical Data System

http://adswww.harvard.edu/

CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)

http://www.coris.noaa.gov/

Microbe.org

http://www.microbe.org

MicrobeWorld.org

http://www.microbeworld.org

Earthquake Hazards Program

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

WAICENT – World Agricultural Information Centre of the Food & Agriculture Organization

http://www.fao.org/waicent/index_en.asp

The Periodic Table of Comic Books

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

Questions