QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science What is the task Define the Problem Create a search strategy Identify the information needed Science vs. _______________________ Information Seeking Strategies Determine all possible sources and Select the best sources Web Catalogs eBooks Scientific search engines Online databases People – Blogs Bibliographies Location and Access Locate sources Interlibrary loan Account Access Membership Build Archives Identify Citations Find appropriate information within sources Bibliographies Citations, Endnotes, Footnotes Scientific Archives QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science Use the information Engage the research Use prior and previous knowledge from research Extract Relevant Information Find Statistics Locate in-depth sources Investigate associations, organizations and corporations Find current analysis Synthesis Develop personal research information from multiple sources Use information and conclusions from your studies to provide analysis and synthesis of the experts Present the results Practice Ethical Standards for documentation and use of all information and multi-media resources. Evaluate Judge the effectiveness of your research Judge the effectiveness of your process QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science Web Catalogs – Find books and bibliographies netLibrary – for electronic books – Excellent Source part of POWER Library you can use it online We’ll borrow books for you (ILL) Print out the record and bring it to us Sewickley Public Library Caroline (Carnegie Libraries Online) http://www.einetwork.net/ein/sewickley/ Access Pennsylvania Choose the Search Databases tab and search the entire state for books Sewickley Academy High school http://library.sewickley.org/ Online Databases QVHS Library Resource page EBSCOhost Web Great for magazines, academic journals, websites and general reference books For home use – Username & Password (both) Leet30946 GaleNet Science Choose the Science database towards the bottom Excellent for magazines, academic journals, websites and general reference books You will need your Sewickley Public Library card to access this at home – use the barcode on the back POWER Library Choose netLibrary for e-books – great electronic reference books QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science Connect to a Librarian Chat online now with a real librarian - one - to -one in real-time -- for help with any topic. Search Engines www.ipl.org Scirus engine) Try a Grok or clustered search http://scirus.com - (science only search www.libraryspot.com www.itools.com www.hotbot.com www.lii.org http://digital-librarian.com www.altavista.com *Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/ (full text archive available in our Databases) http://www.sciam.com/ Bibliographies and Parenthetical documentation: 1. QV Research manual – see” For Students” – QV Research manual http://www.qvsd.org/qvsdhighschool/site/default.asp Yellow printed copy available in the Library 2. Landmark Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net Changes need to be made for the official QV format) see QV Research manual on the Web Site 3. Noodle Tools Bibliography Express http://www.noodletools.com 4. Modern Language Association (MLA) www.mla.org QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science Web Sites – Science specific National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org Science Timelines http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/timelines.htm Scirus (science search engine) http://scirus.com/ SciTechResources.gov http://www.scitechresources.gov/ SciNet Science Search http://www.scinet.cc/ Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org/ Timelinescience: One Thousand Years of Scientific Thought http://www.timelinescience.org/ Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/ Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org/ Explore Science http://www.explorescience.com Extreme Science http://www.extremescience.com/index.htm History of Science and Ethics Resources http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/internet/history.html History of Science and Technology http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hsci/internet.htm Science and Technology Resources on the Web http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/99winter/internet.html London's Science Museum http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/welcome.html PubSCIENCE http://pubsci.osti.gov/ SciCentral http://www.scicentral.com QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science Science Learning Network http://www.sln.org Science Netlinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com Science Education Gateway http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segway/ Virtual Science Center http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc Bio Links (Biozone) http://www.biozone.co.nz/links.html Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org/ Genomic Revolution http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/genomics/0_home/ Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center http://www.med.jhu.edu/transplant/ BioChemNet http://schmidel.com/bionet.htm BioInteractive http://www.biointeractive.org/grants/lectures/biointeractive/index.html Human Brain: A Learning Tool http://uta.marymt.edu/~psychol/brain.html Human Brain http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/BrainAnatomy/BrainAnatomy.html Nano World Images http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/images_1.html National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ NPAC Visible Human Viewer http://www.npac.syr.edu/projects/vishuman/VisibleHuman.html Neuroscience for Kids http://weber.u.washington.edu/~chudler/neurok.html Perspectives on Plasmas http://www.plasmas.org/index.html *Photosynthesis Introduction http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/ps/intro.html *Photosynthesis Pigments http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html *Physics of Photosynthesis http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/ps/physics.html Science: The Human Genome http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol291/issue5507/ Surf Sites for Cyberbiologists http://pillo.unipv.it/~marcora/surf.htm QVHS Library The “Research”in Research Science VRMLBiology page http://verbena.fe.uni-lj.si/~tomaz/VRML/ Access Excellence: Genetics Links http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/genetics.html Blazing A Genetic Trail http://www.hhmi.org/GeneticTrail/ National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ Gene Almanac http://vector.cshl.org/ Gene Map 1999 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap99/ GeneClinics http://www.geneclinics.org/ Genes and Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/ Genetics Education Center http://www.kumc.edu/gec/ Genomics Lexicon http://www.phrma.org/genomics/lexicon/index.2.html Genomics: A Global Resource http://www.phrma.org/genomics/index.html MendelWeb http://www.netspace.org/MendelWeb/ Online Mendelevian Inheritance in Man http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/searchomim.html Question of Genes: Inherited Risks http://www.pbs.org/gene/ University of Arizona: Biology Project: Mendelian Genetics http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/mendelian_genetics.html Primer on Molecular Genetics http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/intro.html Genetics and Ethics http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/brynw Natural History of Genes http://raven.umnh.utah.edu/ Behavior Genetics Association http://www.bga.org Medline Plus Search http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/