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Locating Resources Locating Resources For: Scientific ResearchFor: Scientific Research

October 2012October 2012

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Search Your TopicSearch Your Topic

Go to the library and read everything you can on your topic. Go to the library and read everything you can on your topic. Gather information on your topic. Gather information on your topic.   Searching the Literature:Searching the Literature:Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources. Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources.

Start by consulting general references. You need to have a solid Start by consulting general references. You need to have a solid background and some sense of your aims and scope of the project background and some sense of your aims and scope of the project before plunging into primary literature. before plunging into primary literature.

Plan your search using vocabulary carefully. Key words and authors’ Plan your search using vocabulary carefully. Key words and authors’ names are the chief means of accessing information in databases as well names are the chief means of accessing information in databases as well as on the Internet. Also, be aware that ample time is needed to do a as on the Internet. Also, be aware that ample time is needed to do a thorough literature search.thorough literature search.

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Primary sourcesPrimary sources

A A primary sourceprimary source is an original object or is an original object or document -- the raw material or first-hand document -- the raw material or first-hand information.information.

Primary sources include historical and legal Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eye witness accounts, results of documents, eye witness accounts, results of an experiment, statistical data, pieces of an experiment, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, and art objects.creative writing, and art objects.

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Secondary sourcesSecondary sources

A A secondary sourcesecondary source is something written about a is something written about a primary source. Secondary sources include primary source. Secondary sources include

comments on, interpretations of, or discussions comments on, interpretations of, or discussions about the original material. about the original material.

Secondary source materials can be articles in Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that

evaluate or criticize someone else's original evaluate or criticize someone else's original research.research.

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Science Buddies-Planning Science Buddies-Planning WorksheetWorksheet

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/teacher_resources.shtml#scheduleworksheet

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Choose the Best Search Choose the Best Search for your information needfor your information need

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

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Centennial’s Online Centennial’s Online DatabasesDatabases

• Gale Student Resources in Context Gale Student Resources in Context http://infotrac.galegroup.com

• Professional CollectionProfessional Collection

• Virtual Reference CenterVirtual Reference Center

• Gale Science in ContextGale Science in Context

• SIRS Researcher SIRS Researcher http://ars.sirs.com/denied?sks.sirs.com/

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HC Library’s Online HC Library’s Online DatabasesDatabases

• Current magazines (EBSCO's MasterFILE (EBSCO's MasterFILE Premier)Premier)

• Online reference collection aimed at all ages (Gale's Virtual Reference Library)(Gale's Virtual Reference Library)

• Science magazines, and more! (EBSCO's (EBSCO's Science Reference Center)Science Reference Center)

http://www.hclibrary.org

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Additional Online Additional Online ResouresResoures

From: The Library of CongressFrom: The Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/science/science.htmlrelatedresources/science/science.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/resources.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/resources.html

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Websites of interestWebsites of interest

Molecular Biology ResourceMolecular Biology Resource

http://mbcf.dfci.harvard.edu/cmsmbr/http://mbcf.dfci.harvard.edu/cmsmbr/

InfoMineInfoMine

http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?physci/http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?physci/

Sci CentralSci Central

http://www.scicentral.com/http://www.scicentral.com/

Science DailyScience Daily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Science.govScience.gov

http://www.science.gov/http://www.science.gov/

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Check this out . . . Check this out . . .

http://www.plos.org/http://www.plos.org/

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Consider:Consider:

Background research is also important to help you Background research is also important to help you understand the theory behind your experiment. understand the theory behind your experiment.

In other words, science fair judges like to see that In other words, science fair judges like to see that you understand why your experiment turns out you understand why your experiment turns out the way it does.the way it does.

You do library and Internet research so that you can You do library and Internet research so that you can make a prediction of what will occur in your make a prediction of what will occur in your experiment, and then whether that prediction is experiment, and then whether that prediction is right or wrong, you will have the knowledge to right or wrong, you will have the knowledge to understand what caused the behavior you understand what caused the behavior you observed.observed.

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If you need further If you need further research assistance:research assistance:

Don’t hesitate to ask us Don’t hesitate to ask us

Remember, we have many valuable print Remember, we have many valuable print resources (Books) available in your media resources (Books) available in your media center collectioncenter collection

Thank You for your attention!Thank You for your attention!


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