Zoology 305 Library Databases/Indexes Lab

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Zoology 305 Library Zoology 305 Library Databases/Indexes Lab Databases/Indexes Lab Goals for session: Goals for session: 1) Meet your librarian 1) Meet your librarian Kevin Messner ( Kevin Messner ([email protected] ) ) 2) Understand tools for journal literature 2) Understand tools for journal literature searches, as well as other library resources searches, as well as other library resources (e.g. the catalog) (e.g. the catalog) 3) Learn search techniques for 3 literature 3) Learn search techniques for 3 literature indexes indexes Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS MEDLINE/PubMed MEDLINE/PubMed Science Citation Index/Web of Science Science Citation Index/Web of Science 4) How to get to the articles you find in the 4) How to get to the articles you find in the indexes indexes

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Zoology 305 Library Databases/Indexes Lab. Goals for session: 1) Meet your librarian Kevin Messner ( [email protected] ) 2) Understand tools for journal literature searches, as well as other library resources (e.g. the catalog) 3) Learn search techniques for 3 literature indexes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Zoology 305 Library Zoology 305 Library Databases/Indexes LabDatabases/Indexes Lab

Goals for session:Goals for session:1) Meet your librarian1) Meet your librarian

Kevin Messner (Kevin Messner ([email protected]))2) Understand tools for journal literature searches, as 2) Understand tools for journal literature searches, as

well as other library resources (e.g. the catalog)well as other library resources (e.g. the catalog)3) Learn search techniques for 3 literature indexes3) Learn search techniques for 3 literature indexes

Biological Abstracts/BIOSISBiological Abstracts/BIOSISMEDLINE/PubMedMEDLINE/PubMedScience Citation Index/Web of ScienceScience Citation Index/Web of Science

4) How to get to the articles you find in the indexes4) How to get to the articles you find in the indexes

Accessing these slides and other Accessing these slides and other resourcesresources

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Zoology 305Zoology 305

Library Databases/Indexes LabLibrary Databases/Indexes Lab Counts as a regular lab grade -- should be a Counts as a regular lab grade -- should be a

straightforward assignmentstraightforward assignment Complete assignment sheet and turn in before you Complete assignment sheet and turn in before you

leaveleave Graded sheet will be returned to youGraded sheet will be returned to you

Concepts to look for todayConcepts to look for today

How to access our library’s databases and How to access our library’s databases and articlesarticles

Search methods and tipsSearch methods and tips contents of a literature database recordcontents of a literature database record interpreting a citationinterpreting a citation searching particular components of citationssearching particular components of citations truncationtruncation combining setscombining sets finding “more like this”finding “more like this”

What’s an Index? Library What’s an Index? Library Catalogs vs. IndexesCatalogs vs. Indexes

Look for the title “Genome variation in the Look for the title “Genome variation in the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium melilotiSinorhizobium meliloti” in our catalog.” in our catalog.

What kind of catalog search to use?What kind of catalog search to use? Do we have this?Do we have this?

Library Catalog vs IndexesLibrary Catalog vs Indexes

Catalog -- a database of Catalog -- a database of the titles the library has the titles the library has in its (print and in its (print and electronic) collectionelectronic) collection

Includes the titles of Includes the titles of magazines and journals, magazines and journals, but not the individual but not the individual articles within those articles within those magazines and journalsmagazines and journals

Index -- a database of Index -- a database of literature, usually in a literature, usually in a particular field like particular field like biology or medicinebiology or medicine

Includes and allows Includes and allows searches for particular searches for particular journal articlesjournal articles

Many items recorded in Many items recorded in an index are not held in an index are not held in your libraryyour library

Why these three indexes?Why these three indexes?

Key tools for researching the literature of biology -- e.g., what Key tools for researching the literature of biology -- e.g., what other work has been done that’s relevant to my research other work has been done that’s relevant to my research project? (or my patient, my grant, my business)project? (or my patient, my grant, my business)

Biological Abstracts/BIOSISBiological Abstracts/BIOSIS: principal life sciences index, : principal life sciences index, especially for ecology, plant biology, other non-”biomedical” especially for ecology, plant biology, other non-”biomedical” topicstopics

MEDLINE/PubMedMEDLINE/PubMed: principal index for health sciences and : principal index for health sciences and biomedical research. PubMed is FREE -- learn now, you still biomedical research. PubMed is FREE -- learn now, you still have access after graduation.have access after graduation.

Science Citation Index/Web of ScienceScience Citation Index/Web of Science: covers journals : covers journals across the sciences, links older articles to new ones through across the sciences, links older articles to new ones through citation trackingcitation tracking

Biological Abstracts, BIOSISBiological Abstracts, BIOSIS

Covers ~6000 journals in life sciences, from molecular Covers ~6000 journals in life sciences, from molecular biology/biochemistry through ecosystem ecologybiology/biochemistry through ecosystem ecology

““BIOSIS” includes book chapters, meeting abstracts, BIOSIS” includes book chapters, meeting abstracts, other literature beyond journalsother literature beyond journals

Very good database for searching for info on an Very good database for searching for info on an organism or taxonomic grouporganism or taxonomic group

First look at a sample record -- what exactly are we First look at a sample record -- what exactly are we searching through in these indexes?searching through in these indexes?

Look over record for a paper titled “Considerations for Look over record for a paper titled “Considerations for measuring genetic variation…”measuring genetic variation…”

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Note truncationNote truncation

Search history, combining sets Search history, combining sets with Boolean operatorswith Boolean operators

- What additional synonyms for DNA fingerprinting might you also search on?

Searching TaxaSearching Taxa

I told you to use the term amphibia*. This I told you to use the term amphibia*. This captures the words amphibia, amphibian, captures the words amphibia, amphibian, amphibians.amphibians.

When you search for organisms, you should When you search for organisms, you should search for both common and scientific namessearch for both common and scientific names

Example – chimpanzeeExample – chimpanzee Where to find scientific names? Entrez Where to find scientific names? Entrez

Taxonomy; U Mich Animal Diversity Web, Taxonomy; U Mich Animal Diversity Web, Wikipedia/WikispeciesWikipedia/Wikispecies

Entrez TaxonomyEntrez Taxonomy

Access from www.lib.muohio.edu -> Resources by Subject -> Biology -> Web Sites -> Bioinformatics

PubMedPubMed

Premier lit database for health sciences and Premier lit database for health sciences and “biomedical” research, including molecular biology, “biomedical” research, including molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, geneticsbiochemistry, physiology, genetics

Includes 16 million citations, currently going back to Includes 16 million citations, currently going back to 1950’s1950’s

FREE -- Federal tax dollars at work -- learn now, take FREE -- Federal tax dollars at work -- learn now, take with you to your next jobwith you to your next job You may find PubMed records in Google searchesYou may find PubMed records in Google searches

Links to about 30 other informational databases like Links to about 30 other informational databases like OMIM, Entrez Gene, GenBankOMIM, Entrez Gene, GenBank

Entrez Journal BrowserEntrez Journal Browser

Field-specific Searching in Field-specific Searching in PubMedPubMed

Most databases allow you to search not just for text anywhere, but also in Most databases allow you to search not just for text anywhere, but also in specific database “fields” like author, journal title, address, etc.specific database “fields” like author, journal title, address, etc.

What if you want to find an article by someone named Silver, in the What if you want to find an article by someone named Silver, in the journal journal CellCell??

Use Advanced Search, or “tagging.”Use Advanced Search, or “tagging.”

Science Citation Index/Web of Science Citation Index/Web of ScienceScience

For any given article, tracks both what other For any given article, tracks both what other papers it cited, and what papers have cited itpapers it cited, and what papers have cited it

Provides quick and powerful way to find a Provides quick and powerful way to find a body of related literaturebody of related literature

Covers 3500 major journals across Covers 3500 major journals across scientific/technical fieldsscientific/technical fields

Useful in cross-disciplinary fields (like Useful in cross-disciplinary fields (like cognition or biomedical engineering)cognition or biomedical engineering)

You can now search BIOSIS, MEDLINE, and You can now search BIOSIS, MEDLINE, and Web of Science simultaneously on the “Web Web of Science simultaneously on the “Web of Knowledge” siteof Knowledge” site

Be aware that you’re searching different Be aware that you’re searching different databases, as some appear to be missing things databases, as some appear to be missing things (e.g. MEDLINE doesn’t have‘Times Cited’ (e.g. MEDLINE doesn’t have‘Times Cited’ data)data)

Author searching is flaky at present because of Author searching is flaky at present because of different conventionsdifferent conventions