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1. BIO 181
Danielle Carlock
d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu
480-425-6765
2. BY THE END OF TODAY’S SESSION
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
Conduct a search for books in the library
catalog
Determine journal holdings at various
libraries
Determine the nature of an article
Conduct a search for peer reviewed
articles
Complete the library lab assignment!
3. How to find books
Question 1
How to look up books in the library
catalog
4. Does the library have journal
X????
Question 2… determining whether a library
has a given journal
SCC-SCC periodical holdings
ASU-One Search (journals)
UA-Other Search Options (ejournals)
5. Does the library have article X???
A library may have access to a particular
journal, but not a particular article in that
journal
Must look at the year the article was
published & compare that to the range of
years listed to determine availability.
◦ EX: SCC has access to the journal
Evolution, but only in a certain date range.
What is it?
6. Scientific Communication
As a student of biology it is important to
understand how scientific results are
communicated.
What are the main ways scientists
communicate their findings?
7. Scientific communication
Books
Conferences
◦ Papers
◦ Posters
Scholarly journals
◦ Also known as academic or peer reviewed
journals
8. What is contained in a peer
reviewed journal?
News Advertisements
Letters to the editor **Research
articles
Job announcements
**Review articles
Obituaries
Book reviews
**=peer reviewed
9. PEER REVIEW
Expert in the field of study (peers)
evaluate an article’s
methodology, merit, and overall unique
contribution to knowledge PRIOR to
publication
In the sciences and medicine, research is
almost universally peer reviewed
10. PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLES
Report the results of a single study or experiment
The author(s) is/are the person(s) who conducted
the study or experiment; i.e. it is firsthand
information
It undergoes peer review
Answers: Why, how, what was found, what
does it mean……
Example: Morphological response of songbirds to 100
years of landscape change in North America
11. TYPICAL FORMAT OF A FULL LENGTH
PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLE
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Works cited
Not all primary research articles will follow
this format. Some brief reports, etc do
not.
12. SECONDARY ARTICLES
Anything that’s not primary is secondary
Could come in the form of :
1. An editorial, commentary, magazine
article, news article……
2. A review article or literature review-
summarizes the results of several studies or
experiments, often attempting to identify
trends or draw broader conclusions
13. Is the author
presenting their
own research?
Yes No
It is a Secondary
It is a Primary article.
article
Is it a summary or
and it is peer critique of previous
reviewed. research?
Yes No
It is peer It is not peer
reviewed reviewed
14. TYPES OF ARTICLES HOW REVIEWED
Primary research
By peers (peer review)
Review articles (secondary)
Editorials/commentaries
(secondary)
News items (secondary)
By editor (i.e. no peer
Letters (secondary) review)
Book reviews (secondary)
Any secondary article (including
magazine articles)
NOTE: ALL OF THESE ARTICLE TYPES CAN APPEAR IN A PEER
REVIEWED JOURNAL
15. QUESTION 5-Finding a known
citation
Find the volume number and authors of
an article called “The Hallmarks of Cancer”
published in the journal Cell in 2000.
Use the SCC Periodical list on the library
homepage. It takes you to the
database(s) where this journal is available
electronically, which allows you to get the
information you need.
16. FINDING ARTICLES
When you want to find articles use article
databases available thru library website
These search engines are not available
freely thru the web (ie. by googling)
For question 6 and your Research
Assignment you will need to use article
databases
17. SUGGESTED DATABASES
Science Direct
PubMed (health/medical topics)
JSTOR
Wiley Online Library
OR try searching all of our databases at
once (Discover tool)
18. NEXT STEPS
Complete Question 6
Begin Research Assignment if time
remains
19. GETTING HELP WITH
RESEARCH
Call the library 480-423-6650
Use the 24/7 chat service
Visit the library information desk
Contact me at 480 425 6765 or
d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu
Refer to the BIO 181 libguide