1. Virology:
Investigating
Research
Laksamee Putnam
Research & Instruction Librarian
lputnam@towson.edu
Slides:
http://bit.ly/spring2014BIOL428slides

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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Cook Library Reference:
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410.704.2462.
IM/email
Phone: 410.704.3746.
Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
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Slides: http://bit.ly/spring2014BIOL428slides

3. On the side …
 Women’s
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History Month
National Library of
Medicine – Yellow
Paper exhibit 3rd Floor
Blood Will Out: Women,
Kinship, and Popular
Medicine, 1750-1860
 Book
discussion on
Aristotle's Masterpiece
 CK 507
 Wed, March 12th 12:301:30PM

4. Agenda
 Plagiarism
reading discussion
 Investigating Journals
 Investigating Articles
 For your future research

5. Plagiarism
 Using
someone’s ideas or expression of
those ideas (words, pictures, music, etc)
 Without giving proper credit
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/09/12/copy-cat/

6. It’s out there, why not reuse it?
Gladstone, K. (2013) Plagiarism:
Maybe it’s not so bad. On the
media podcast. Retrieved from:
http://wny.cc/1dNVisf
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Knox, R. (2013) Some online
journals will publish science, for a
fee. NPR Morning Edition.
Retrieved from:
http://n.pr/MwuB5P
What’s more important, to
create new ideas or to
point to a useful idea?
Intellectual property is a
big business, what changes
would need to take place
in order to make it ok to
“steal” ideas? Or should
that happen at all?
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Critique the “open access
sting” operation. Did it
work, were there problems
with the study?
Godin, S. (2014, Feb 3) Why I want
you to steal my ideas. TED Blog.
Retrieved from:
http://bit.ly/1oNRm3Z
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7. Investigating Journals
 Small
groups will investigate author
submission requirements for their assigned
journal
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Start here: http://www.journalguide.com/
 Use
the worksheet as a guideline
 Small
groups will report/discuss their
findings in 15 minutes

8. Investigating Journals
 Journal
of Virology
 Virology
 Journal
of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes

9. Investigating Articles
 Does
the library subscribe to your journal?
 Download
a research article published in
2011 from your journal

10. Investigating Articles
 Does
your article follow the structure
guidelines required by the journal?
 How
list?
many references does your article

11. Investigating Articles
 Find
you article in Google Scholar
 Find
your article in Scopus
 How
many times has your article been
cited?

12. For your future research
 Consider
where your information is
coming from even when searching library
databases
 Cite
your sources

13. If we have time…
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http://bit.ly/sp2014virologyfeedback
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provide feedback on the session:
favorite TED Talk
http://youtu.be/0snNB1yS3IE

14. Questions?
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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Cook Library Reference:
 410.704.2462.
 IM/email
Phone: 410.704.3746.