2. BIOL 155 STUDENTS Spring, 2011 California State University, Los Angeles GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE LIBRARY

3. Results of Library Research Get online full-text journal articles or article citations through journal article databases: Biological Abstracts* [citations only] Academic Search Premier* [full-text] Locate books, printed periodicals, online full-text periodical links, class readings your instructors put on reserve, videos, etc. through the Library catalog *Used for Exercise #3

4. DO THIS CATALOG SEARCHING ON YOUR OWN! REMEMBER: You have to find at least 5 relevant items for the “Literature Cited” section of your paper AND only ONE of these can be a book – all the rest have to be journal articles.

6. Biological Abstracts* Articles from more than 4,000 life science and biomedical research journals Reports of original research Coverage from 1969 onward Most entries are from “peer-reviewed” or “scholarly” or “academic” journals * Use this one for your graded exercise.

7. KEYWORD: circadian AND human AND perform* KEYWORD: sleep AND wake AND cycles AND insects Biological Abstracts Search Examples

8. DOI or Not to DOI? APA 6 th Edition – the DOI is the standard. DOI: Digital Object Identifier – unique permanent web address of a journal article; it can therefore be hosted in ANY database If no DOI is present, then use the journal’s home page URL – simply google the journal’s full name and you should be directed to the publisher’s website and then to the journal

9. Biological Abstracts Record and APA Citation Format – No DOI Author(s) Article Title Journal Title Vol. No. Pages Date Reilly, T., & Bambaeichi, E. (2003). Methodological issues in studies of rhythms in human performance. Biological Rhythm Research, 34, 321-336. Retrieved from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09291016.asp

10. Academic Search Premier* Articles from 4,200+ journals; 3,200+ are full-text; most are “peer-reviewed” or “scholarly” or “academic” Citations / Text can be downloaded e-mailed to campus or commercial account printed (Library & Open Access Labs) * Use this one for your graded exercise.

11. Advanced Search KEYWORD: circadian AND human AND perform* KEYWORD: biological rhythms AND humans KEYWORD: sleep AND wake AND cycles Academic Search Premier Examples

12. Academic Search Premier Record and APA Citation Format – w/ DOI Author(s) Article Title Journal Title Vol. No. Pages Date Gritton, H. J., Sutton, B. C., Martinez, V., Sarter, M., & Lee, T. M. (2009). Interactions between cognition and circadian rhythms: Attentional demands modify circadian entrainment. Behavioral Neuroscience, 123, 937-948. doi: 10.1037/a001728 DOI

13. 1. Title of article 2. Author 3. Journal name (often called “Source”) 4. Volume (and issue) number 5. Date 6. Page(s) * Print or e-mail your citations (or accurately write them out) Article Citations … Don’t leave your databases without them!* Remember …

14. Getting the Periodicals That Contain Articles You’ve Found

15. Type in first few words of the name of the journal … Available online full-text in Academic Search Premier from 1997, excluding most recent year Does the Library subscribe to Biological Rhythm Research?

16. Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Floor, Library North Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st Floor, Library North Read online help screens & tutorials Ken Ryan (STEM Librarian) 323-343-4943 kryan@calstatela.edu … or check out the other options listed on the “Ask a Librarian” page at the following URL: http:// www.calstatela.edu/library/asklib.htm Still going around in circles?

17. And now … Time for some exercise! The participants try out their newly-learned skills and work on Exercise 3. REMEMBER: Turn in at next Lab meeting!

18. That’s all, folks!