Finding Information in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Historical Roots September 2005, AOSS 811 Jean Phillips Schwerdtfeger Library Space Science and Engineering Center

Overview Finding journal articles Searching Subject databases Define research problem Sample search Recap

Finding Journal Articles UW-Madison Libraries have licensed many databases for your use Information cannot be accessed by using Google After finding specific articles, search for the journal title in MadCat for location on campus Some databases may have links to full-text via Links to databases from our home pageLinks to databases By subject or name from E-Resource GatewayE-Resource Gateway Remote access: restrict.htmlhttp:// restrict.html

Searching Plan your search Remember variant word endings, Boolean connectors and synonyms Limit search terms to specific fields (title, subject heading), within a certain proximity to each other, year ranges To narrow a search: limit by theoretical approach, one aspect of subject, by time, by geographic location To broaden a search: generalize your topic, check more databases, limit jargon, check Web or newspaper databases if topic is too new Note controlled vocabularies Perform search, review results, refine search, search again, refine search, search again, export results

Subject Databases Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA) Oceanic Abstracts NTIS Web of Science

Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts Updated quarterly, July 1974 – MGA covers meteorology, climatology, oceanography, remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, etc. Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports Includes abstract for most entries Includes links to full-text for AMS journals and other journals if the campus has a license Pre-1974 literature can be found using print equivalent

Oceanic Abstracts Updated monthly, 1984 – Premier database for marine resources Covers biology, ecology, marine geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography, marine pollution, environmental protection Includes links to full-text where available Same interface as MGA, NTIS and Oceanic Abstracts

NTIS Bibliographic Index Updated quarterly, 1964 – Contains descriptions of U.S. government sponsored sci/tech research from DOD, DOE, EPA, NASA, NOAA… Covers astronomy, atmospheric science, biotechnology, computers, energy, engineering, etc. Included are: reports on contracts/grants, technical memoranda, technical reports, dissertations, etc. Pre-1964, consult Government Reports and Announcements Index in print Same interface as MGA

Characteristics of Government Documents What are they? Conference literature, government reports, internal reports, reports on contracts, etc. Why are they important? Cited in literature and historically have provided a rapid means of scientific communication. Who publishes them? Agencies, governmental bodies, professional societies, federal contractors, etc. What characteristics do they have? Alpha-numeric report numbers, accession numbers, grant or contract numbers, sponsoring agency, no commercial publisher, distributed through facility like NTIS. Where can I find them? 1)Libraries: Campus libraries have most reports distributed 2)NTIS, DTIS, NASA, STI 3)Author 4)Issuing agency

Define Research Problem What papers have been published that define the historical roots of the QG Omega Equation? Synonyms: QG theory, Quasi-geostrophic theory, QG Omega equation, Quasi- geostrophic equation, Quasi-geostrophic Omega equation, mathematical equations, Omega equation

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TI=qg omega equation

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KW=qg omega equation KW=TI,AB,DE

View Abstracts for Search Terms Watson, et al: Better understanding of QG theory…

Descriptors (Subject Headings, Identifiers)

KW=((qg theory) or (quasi*geostrophic theory) or (qg omega equation) or (quasi*geostrophic omega equation) or (quasi*geostrophic equation))

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RefWorks Bibliographic management tool RefWorks: Tutorial: efworks_spring2005.htm efworks_spring2005.htm

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Results for Sutcliffe

Watson paper: Better understanding of QG theory… Check references Charney, J.G., 1948: On the scale of atmospheric motion. Geofys. Publ., 17, No.2. No references to Sutcliffe

MGA in Print QG Theory is one of the most important concepts put forth in late 1940s (Sutcliff[e] 1947; Charney 1948) for interpreting present state of atmosphere…

MGA in Print: v.1, 1950

Selected Bibliography: v.1, no.5, 1950, E69

Other Sutcliffe Papers Sutcliffe, R.C., 1947: The general circulation of the atmosphere. Quarterly Journal RMS, v.75, no.326, pp

Other Charney Papers Charney, Jule G., 1949: On a physical basis for numerical prediction of large- scale motions in the atmosphere. J. Meteorology, v.6, no.5, pp Charney, J.G., et al., 1949: A numerical method for predicting the perturbations… Tellus, v.1, no.2, pp38-54.

Web of Science Updated weekly, 1970 – Combination of three databases Indexes peer-reviewed journal literature only – does not include reports, conference proceedings, dissertations… Known for its currency and meticulous indexing Used to do general, cited reference or author searching Pre-1981, use Science Citation Index in print Journal Citation Reports is companion database: ppdAkLMm4j4b7O5 ppdAkLMm4j4b7O5

Search Web of Science Select “Science Citation Index” and coverage General search Use to link to full-text Cited reference search Formatting and exporting search results

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Topic Search : qg theory OR quasi$geostrophic theory OR qg omega equation OR quasi$geostrophic omega equation OR quasi$geostrophic equation

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Papers Citing Sutcliffe, 1947

Finding Dissertations MadCat for UW-Madison dissertationsMadCat Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Current UW-Madison Proquest Digital Dissertations, 1861 – Index to Theses…Great Britain and Ireland CRL Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database

Citation Guides American Meteorological Society American Institute of Physics American Geophysical Union Internet Citation Guides (UW-Madison) Citing References in Your Paper (Writing Center, UW-Madison)

Recap Determine search criteria Select database(s) to be searched: MGA, NTIS, Oceanic Abstracts, Web of Science Check MadCat for availability and location Schwerdtfeger Library: Finding Information (Powerpoint): cal_october_2005.ppt cal_october_2005.ppt Resources in the Atmospheric Sciences Questions: Ask a librarian