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OCN 1010 Special Assignments:Library Resources
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Assignment #1:Find peer-reviewed articles from Science or Nature.
Since you already know the journal title, use A-Z Journals.
Science!
Check dates and choose a source. Our Science
Magazine database access is from 1997 – present.
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You can browse the current issue, or
perform an Advanced search to fine-tune
results easily.
Limit to the Science journal, enter your
keyword/s, and scroll down…
Searching Articles Only and choosing Original
Research limits results to peer-reviewed research
articles.
One result – you might need to revise
keywords to expand your search.
This article is just fine…
Citation information –
check formatting requirements.
Save the PDF! References are
usually on the last page.
Nature!
Check dates and choose a source. The Nature
Journal Archive database covers 2006 to the
present.
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Browse issues or enter a keyword for a more specific search.
Remember Evans Library holdings are from 2006 to the present. Select Research and limit by Publication Date for
full-text access.Click the title to
view the PDF and citation
information.
Receipt and acceptance dates are a clue to peer-
review.
Download the PDF.
This database offers a couple of PDF viewing options.
readcube gives extra information at a glance.
Citation information –
check formatting requirements.
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Assignment #1:Make sure your article is peer-reviewed.
Title - very detailed, usually a summary of the article's contents, most likely contains technical termsAuthors - include credentials (university affiliation) and email addressesAbstract - brief summary of the article and its problems, findings, and conclusions that lets you know quickly if the article is useful to your researchIntroduction - presents the thesis and goals of the research, and sometimes a literature reviewPublication information - sometimes a citation to the published article is included, sometimes just the journal title, and sometimes no publication information at allData - charts, graphs, and equations are included to help explain scientific researchArticle text - often highly technical, and may be broken into subheadings such as Argument, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Further StudyConclusion - a summary of the results of the researchReferences - citations for the articles referenced within the paper, excellent for additional research on the article's topic
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Assignment #2:List number of citations
for article 4 in 2007, in total and by month.
This assignment requires you to do two things:1. Find full-text articles referenced within the bibliographies of your
Assignment #1 article and two others.• Journal titles are typically italicized in citations. • If the journal title is abbreviated, use CAS Source Index to find
the full title. • If you know the journal title, begin at A-Z Journals.• Repeat the process that you used to find Article #1.
2. Analyze citation information for article #4 using Science Citation Index.
Science Citation Index!
Science Citation Index is a Web of
Knowledge database.
We are doing a Cited Reference
Search.
Enter the information that you have – article title, author, date, etc.
and choose the search field.
Pay attention to instructions.
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Select article/s, and finish search.
42 articles have cited this source
article.Create Citation
Report.
Citations by year
Limit dates to see times cited in a particular year.
42 overall
2 citations in 2007.
Citations by month.
Questions?
Rob SippelEvans Library – 123rsippel@fit.edu321-674-7585