1 Biology 140 Searching for Scientific Literature at the Mardigian Library October 2006

2 Introduction Development of scientific information Characteristics of different types of scientific articles Demonstration of 2 most useful journal article databases

3 Where does (scientific) information come from? Suggestions

4 The Information Process Investigation of an event Gather info./ literature review Conduct research Discuss results Conference & Proceedings Publish in a journal TV, radio, magazines Books Encyclopedia

5 Time By time, the process has 4 steps: Research Conferences Journal Secondary sources

6 Journals Primary means of scientific communication Peer Review

7 Primary Journal Articles Characteristics Components Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion References

8 Review Article Types Overview of current research in an area Background summary of important developments in an area of research Bibliography of significant articles important to the development of a field Written for scientists, not general public

9 Practice Session DO NOT WRITE ON THE YELLOW HANDOUTS! Article 1: “Creatine kinase shapes up” Article 2: “The development of mitochondrial medicine” Article 3: “An Essential Role for Katanin in Severing Microtubules in the Neuron” Article 4: “Essential role of the mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor in programmed cell death” Article 5: “The Ribosome in Action” Article 6: “Length of the Flagellar Hook and the Capacity of the Type III Export Apparatus”

10 Demo Finding primary (research) articles: ScienceDirect PubMed

11 Library’s Home Page ( Select Biology from menu

12 Biology Databases Page Select Science Direct

13 ScienceDirect Home Page Click on Search to begin

14 ScienceDirect Search Screen Click on Journals

15 ScienceDirect Journals Search Screen 1. Enter term(s) 2. Select Subject 4. Set date range 5. Click on Search 3. Choose Document Type(s)

16 ScienceDirect Search Results Currently sorted by date vs. relevance

17 ScienceDirect Entry #9 Title we’ll look at… 3 display formats Article type

18 ScienceDirect SummaryPlus Format currently displayed Review article indicated here

19 ScienceDirect Abstract Search term(s) are highlighted in red Keywords can help you find similar articles

20 ScienceDirect Thumbnail SummaryPlus contains abstract, clickable thumbnails of graphics, & references

21 ScienceDirect Graphic Graphic from previous screen enlarged by clicking icon

22 Primary or Review Article? Would this article qualify to be used for your review article assignment?

23 Primary or Review Article? Note the major sections in the article outline

24 Library’s Home Page ( Select Health from menu

25 Health Databases Page Select PubMed

26 Click on Limits to begin PubMed Home Page

27 Choose Published in the Last “5 years” Search PubMed Check “Links to free full text Enter search term(s) PubMed Limits

28 Check “Review” Search Titles & Abstracts Click “Go” PubMed Limits (cont.)

29 PubMed Results Page Click icon

30 PubMed Article Abstract Page Click image for full text Abstract

31 Full Text Article

32 Access from Home

33 Review Characteristics of Primary article? Characteristics of Review article?

34 Primary Review Articles

35 HELP Librarian or student assistant in library Phone: (313) Instant Messaging (AOL & Yahoo): umdlibrarian