MSE 590 Library Literature Sources 3 2 2010

Elizabeth Brown
Bartle Library LS 2504-C
ebrown@binghamton.edu
(607)777-4882
Library Literature SourcesRefWorks, Zotero Citation Managers
MSE 590, March 3, 2010
URL: http://www.slideshare.net/ebrown

Some Quick Questions
The Libraries spends over $5,000,000 annually to purchase and access literature databases, journals, books, and websites.
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The main literature database for Materials Science research articles is INSPEC.
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Google Scholar covers the same journals, patents, conference proceedings and monographs as Web of Science.
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More Questions
The citation manager Zotero was named after a magical sorcerer in a Walt Disney movie.
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Eugene Garfield, PhD, created the print Science Citation Index in 1945, which later was expanded and renamed the Web of Science.
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Examples of free online materials scienceweb resources include Wikipedia, arXiv.org, and Google Scholar.
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Still More Questions
Citation Searching is where you try to complete the missing parts of a research article citation, such as author, title, journal volume, and page number, on the web.
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Article preprints are documents that researchers initially decided to publish but can’t due to poor research methodology or other reasons.
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Summary
Library Services, Web Links
Library Licensed Resources: Web of Science: Science (all areas)INSPEC/Compendix: Physics, EngineeringScifinder Scholar on the Web: Chemistry, Biochemistry
Free Online Resources: arXiv.org: article, data preprintsGoogle Scholar: general article, patent, report searches
Wikipedia – Engineering Portal: general information
Online Citation Managers:
Refworks: BU only
Zotero: freely available

Library Services
Ask a Librarian: http://library.binghamton.edu/research/askalibrarian/
Interlibrary Loan: http://illiad.lib.binghamton.edu/
Materials Science Library Guide: http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/materialsscience
Physics Library Guide: http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/physics
Citation Help: http://library.binghamton.edu/research/guides/citationhelp.html
Web Pages Checklist: http://library.binghamton.edu/research/guides/webcheck.html

Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)

Web of Science – Search Result

From just a single record within the Web of Science, expand your search by simply following the links designed to drive discovery.
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Times Cited
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Cited References
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Related Records
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 Citing 
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… moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited, and through Related Records.
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INSPEC/Compendix

INSPEC/Compendix – Search Result

Scifinder Scholar on the Web

Scifinder Scholar – Search

Scifinder Scholar - Results

Free Online Resources: arXiv.org

Google Scholar

Wikipedia: Engineering Portal

Online Citation Managers
Keep track of your research
Keep links to online articles
Create bibliographies and reference lists for papers and research articles
Insert formatted footnotes, endnotes into documents.
Multiple citation formats available
Refworks – licensed
Zotero – free online

Refworks

Create an Account
Go to the Libraries’ Research Help page:
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/research/index.html/
Select RefWorks
Create an account
Begin importing references
GroupCode: RWSUNYBinghamton

Add a New Reference

Adding Records
Search Scifinder and Web of Science
Look for citations on Google Scholar
Import through link on results screen using Google Scholar
RefGrabBookmarklet/Extension: http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/help/Using_RefGrab-It_to_Capture_Web_Page_Data.htm

Import Records

Organize Folders

Folder References

Create a Bibliography

Final Sources Cited List

Zotero Citation Manager
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives in your web browser.
The name is loosely derived from an Albanian verb meaning "to master"."The etymology of Zotero". The Ideophone. January 25, 2008. http://ideophone.org/zotero-etymology/. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
Download: http://www.zotero.org/

What it looks like

Getting started with Zotero
Quick Start Guide: http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
Adding References
Formatting
Creating Bibliographies

Adding and Viewing References

Creating and Organizing Folders

Creating a Bibliography

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