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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/