 Effective use of the library, BCH 4115 ADVANCED BIOCHEMICAL METHODS ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Library  According to UNESCO, a library is defined as a collection of published books and periodicals and of other reading and audio-visual materials, and the services of a staff able to provide and interpret such materials as are required to meet the international, research, educational or recreational needs of users. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Functions of Library  Informational Function ; provides access to information in diverse formats  Educational function ; by providing access to knowledge recorded in books, and other graphic and non graphic materials  Research function ; provides materials to meet the needs of the users for research purpose ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Functions of Library cont.  Entertainment/ recreational function ; promotes reading for pleasure with materials such as newspapers, magazines, journals, etc  Cultural function ; serves as custodian of grey literature and materials that contain vital information on culture, beliefs, and traditions of a community ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Importance of Library in Academic Institution  It Provides books and non book materials that will help students, academics and non-academic staff in achieving their educational goals and objectives.  The variety of books in the library can broaden and widen intellectual horizon of students and other library users  Materials in the library provides students with variety of knowledge which they could not acquire within the lecture hall ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Importance of Library in Academic Institution cont.  The library also provides materials for research and serious academic activities.  The academic library provides information materials for lecturers to prepare their lecture notes ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

e-Library Resources ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

TECHNIQUES FOR ADVANCED INTERNET SEARCHING  It is good to be familiar with one or two search engines, and to use them whenever you need to search for information on a seminar or research project topics.  It is important to read online help files, and practice some of the suggested search techniques, this will help you feel more in control of your chosen search engine, and will enable you to carry out much more targeted searches. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

 Also, consider whether or not a search engine is the best tool for the job. There might be an internet subject gateway specialising in your subject area that could provide you with exactly the information you are looking for.  Below are the lists of some efficient search engines you can consider while searching for information. Some of them are general while others may be more specific for a field of knowledge. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

SOME GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES  1. Google - The world's most popular search engine.  2. Bing Search : Microsoft's entry into the burgeoning search engine market. Better late than never.  3. Yahoo! Search : The 2nd largest search engine on the web.  4. AltaVista: Launched in 1995, built by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory. From 1996 powered Yahoo! Search, since Yahoo technology powers AltaVista.  5. FreeBookSearch.net - Comprehensive book searching portal with more than 30 search engines in its archive, the site searches hundreds of digital libraries and also scours the net for hidden books. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

 6. Google Book Search The power of Google to find books. Google's entry will not let you see full text if the copyright is still active in your jurisdiction.  7. TEK search engine is an -based search engine developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The search engine enables users to search the Web using only . It is intended to be used by people with low internet connectivity. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

SEARCH ENGINES PROVIDING ACCESS TO BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION  1. Bioinformatic Harvester: From the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Bioinformatic Harvester crawls and crosslinks dozens of bioinformatic sites and serves 10's of thousands of pages daily.  2. Entrez (Pubmed): The life sciences search engine.  3. EB-Eye - EMBL-EBI's (European Bioinformatics Institute): Open-source, high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. Very fast access to the EBI's data resources. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

SOME WEBSITES PROVIDING SPECIFIC BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION  1. American Heart Association: (Useful information on nutrition, on the role of various biomolecules— eg, cholesterol, lipoproteins—in heart disease, and on the major cardiovascular diseases.)  2. Society for Endocrinology: (Aims to promote advancement of public education in endocrinology. Contains a number of articles on endocrinology and a list of links to other relevant sites.)  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH): (Includes links to the separate Institutes and Centers that constitute NIH, covering a wide range of biomedical research.) ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

 4. National Center for Biotechnology Information: (Information on molecular biology and how molecular processes affect human health and disease.)  5. Karolinska Institute Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: (Access to information on many nutritional and metabolic disorders.) ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

CHOOSING YOUR SEARCH TERMS  Before beginning an internet search, the first step is to think carefully about the words to be used (‘keywords‘), note them down, and then try to think of any alternative words that might be used to mean the same thing.  For example, for ‘insomnia’, you could also use ‘ sleep disorders ’. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

SEARCH OPTIONS  No search engine has indexed the entire web, and no two are the same.  Different search engines will return different results for the same keyword searches.  Use the search options that are available with your chosen search engine to limit your results to the most relevant resources. Some common search options are listed below. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

PHRASE SEARCHING  Use double quotation marks to enclose a phrase, e.g. “alternative medicine”.  This will instruct a search engine to find web pages where your keywords occur together in exactly the order you have specified.  This will limit your results, because you will only retrieve items where the words are next to each other. Otherwise, you will retrieve items where the words occur, but not necessarily together, so the sites may not be that relevant. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

AND  Some search engines will ‘and‘ your words automatically. Focus your search by using a plus sign (+) to combine search terms. The sign will instruct a search engine to only return web pages that feature both keywords.  Be sure to place the sign directly before your keyword or phrase without leaving a space, e.g. +glutamate +“glutamate dehydrogenase” will only return web pages where ‘glutamate‘ and ‘glutamate dehydrogenase‘ appear somewhere in the text, though not necessarily together or in the order you have specified.  If you enter glutamate +“glutamate dehydrogenase”, a search engine will return pages where one or both search terms appear, but pages featuring both terms will be ranked higher in your search results. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

OR  You can broaden your search by using OR (in capital letters) to find synonyms, related words or alternative spellings, e.g. aminotransferases OR transaminases ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

NOT  You can limit your search by using a minus sign (-) to exclude a concept, issue or person.  Place the sign directly before the keyword or phrase you want to exclude without leaving a space. The search engine will return pages that do not feature the specified word, name or phrase, e.g. “Transport proteins” - translocase. ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

TRUNCATION  Truncation allows you to search for different endings to a particular word e.g.  Teach, teach–ers, teach-ing.  Transform, transform -ant, transform –ation.  Some search engines will automatically search for different forms of your word, whereas others require you to add characters to the end of the word e.g. teach*, transform* ORE, Ayokanmi, Department of Chemical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo BCH 4115; Advanced Biochemical Methods2013/2014

Give 10 Journals in the field of Biochemistry.