Kopernik library research session 7 28 11

Library Research TipsKopernik Summer Science Program
Elizabeth Brown
Binghamton University Libraries
ebrown@binghamton.edu
(607)777-4882
7/28/10
http://www.slideshare.net/ebrown

What do I want to study?
What types of information do I need?
Articles
Photos
Diagrams
Charts
Books
What kind of final product is required? What size ?
How can I tell a story/describe my idea?
Questions to ask yourself

Library information
Services
Hours
Locations
Getting Help
Picking your topic/project
Searching for information
Astronomy Books
Astronomy Articles and Reports
Astronomy Images, Maps, and Data
Citing Sources
What do I need to know about BU?

Glenn G. Bartle LibraryFine arts, social science, humanities
607-777-2194
Map
Hours
Science LibraryAstronomy books, print articles, maps
607-777-2166
Map
Hours
Library AnnexPre-1990 journals, books
Hours
Libraries at Binghamton

Can you
Describe it?
Think of different several words or phrases to search for it?
Find a picture of it?
Find people who studied it?
Think like a newspaper reporter
When did it happen?
Will it happen again?
Where did it happen?
How did it happen?
Picking a topic/project

Find multiple words to search for your topic
Earth, planet, sphere
Moon, satellite
Think of alternate spellings
Narrow a search by
Location
Time period
Language
Type of material
Searching is inexact

Google Scholar
Ask.com
Yippy
Bing
Wolfram Alpha
Scirus
More Internet Search Engines (beyond Google)

A Few Astronomy Books
Burnham’s celestial handbook
Science Library Stacks -- QB64 .B85 1978
The Cambridge astronomy guide
Science Library Stacks -- QB63 .L55 1985
Photo-guide to the constellations
Science Library Reference -- QB63 .K47 1998
From blue moons to black holes
Science Library Stacks -- QB44.3 .K66 2005

Academic Search Complete*(journals, magazines)
AccessScience* (general information)
GoogleScholar (journals, reports, magazines)
Arxiv.org (journals, data links)
Physlink.com (general information)
* BU Libraries licensed database
Astronomy Information Sources

Astronomy magazine
Flickr
Hubble Site Gallery
SEDS Messier Database
National Optical Astronomy Laboratory (NOAS)
Google Directory: Star Maps and Atlases
Astronomy Images and Maps

SCOPE: Stellar Classification Online http://scope.pari.edu
CitizenSkyhttp://www.citizensky.org/
SETI@Homehttp://setiathome.berkeley.edu/index.php
Globe at Night http://www.globe.gov/GaN/
Great World Wide StarCounthttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/starcount/
Galaxy Zoo http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
Stardust@Homehttp://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Citizen Science: Do it yourself research

Kopernik library research session 7 28 11

by Elizabeth Brown

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