Library instruction for ENSC5530

1. LIBRARY RESEARCH FOR
ENSC/INDH 5530-6838-6731
Clarke Iakovakis
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Neumann Library
“Mapping the Barrier Reef” photograph courtesy Paul Jones via Flickr.
Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

2. https://uhcl.libguides.com/ENSC5530

4. OUTLINE FOR TODAY
 OneSearch
 Boolean Searching
 Environmental Science Databases
 Citing Sources & EndNote

5. WHAT ARE SOME SOURCES OF
SCHOLARLY INFORMATION?
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Books
Reference works (encyclopedias, textbooks)
Gray literature
 Reports (government, industry,
non-governmental organizations)
 Theses & dissertations
 Conference proceedings
Archives
“Computer laptop” by Steve Hillebrand, licensed under public domain

6. PERIODICALS (JOURNALS, MAGAZINES)
Peer-reviewed
Refereed
Scholarly
Academic
Trade
Professional
Practitioner
Industry
General
Popular

7. HOW DO I FIND AN ARTICLE
WHEN I HAVE A CITATION?
A. Google/ Google Scholar
B. A subscription database, such as
Environment Complete
C. OneSearch

8. Hendrickson, R. G.; Chang, A.; Hamilton, R. J.,
Co-worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. Am.
J. Ind. Med. 2004, 45 (4), 346-350.
What is the…
 Article title
 Authors
 Journal name
 Volume number
 Issue number
 Page number range
 Year of publication

9. ACS:
Hendrickson, R. G.; Chang, A.; Hamilton, R. J., Co-
Co-worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. Am. J.
J. Ind. Med. 2004, 45 (4), 346-350.
CSE:
Hendrickson RG, Chang A, Hamilton RJ. Co-worker
worker fatalities from hydrogen sulfide. American
Journal of Industrial Medicine 2004;45(4):346-350.
350. doi:10.1002/ajim.10355

10. EXERCISE 1: SEE PAPER HANDOUT
Title: Hazards after the storm: Floodwater drainage pump
stations and exposure to hydrogen sulfide
Lead Author: Wnek
Journal name? Database? Year of Publication?
Using OneSearch, search for the subject:
hydrogen sulfide occupational exposure
Use the refinement tools on the left to limit the results to journal articles
published in the last 5 years and browse the results for a relevant article

11. SECTION 2: BOOLEAN SEARCHING
On the Scent. Image licensed CC-BY on Flickr by stephen bowler.

12. WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL
GENERATE MORE SEARCH RESULTS?

14. • Determine your research question1
• Identify the key concepts2
• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related words3
• Join terms and concepts with appropriate Boolean operators4
• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested subject terms5
• Organize and cite your sources6
SEARCH PROCESS

15. 2. IDENTIFY THE KEY CONCEPTS
Hurricane
Water contamination
Chemical spills
What effect do hurricanes have on
water contamination due to chemical
spills?

16. Hurricane
Storm surge
Natural disasters
Tropical
storms
Hurricane
Katrina
3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS,
AND RELATED WORDS
What effect do hurricanes have on
water contamination due to chemical
spills?

17. Water
contamination
Water
pollution Groundwater
quality
Contamination of
drinking water
Runoff
3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS,
AND RELATED WORDS
What effect do hurricanes have on
water contamination due to chemical
spills?

18. Chemical
Spills
Hazardous
substances Industrial
wastes
Oil spills
Coal mine
wastes
3. LIST ALTERNATE KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS,
AND RELATED WORDS
What effect do hurricanes have on
water contamination due to chemical
spills?

19. 4. Join terms and concepts with
appropriate Boolean operators

20. Storm Surge
Hurricane
Tropical Storm
Hurricane OR Storm Surge OR Tropical Storm

21. Chemical Spills OR
Industrial Wastes
Hurricane OR Storm Surge
OR Tropical Storm

22. Concept 1:
HURRICANE
Concept 2:
CHEMICAL SPILLS
Alternate
term:
Storm surge Industrial Wastes
Alternate
term:
Tropical storm Pollution
Alternate
term:
Cyclone Petroleum wastes
hurricane OR storm surge OR tropical storm OR cyclone
OR typhoon
chemical spills OR industrial wastes OR pollut* OR
petroleum wastes

23. m

24. QUOTATION MARKS: EXACT PHRASE

25. TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)
work*
*work
works
worker
workers
working
workplace
workplaces

26. TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)

27. CONTROLLED VOCABULARY
(ALSO CALLED “TAXONOMY” OR “HIERARCHY” OR “THESAURUS”)
 A list of terms and term relationships designed to
o organize information about similar subjects
o assist content authors in consistently classifying/tagging
content
o enable users to find the information they need by
translating their language into the language of the
information store.
Leise, F. (2008). Controlled vocabularies, an introduction. Indexer, 26(3), 121-126.

28. WHICH SEARCH WILL FIND
FEWER RESULTS?
A.
B.

29. SECTION 3: RESEARCH DATABASES
&
LIBRARY CATALOG

30. SECTION 4: CITING SOURCES

31. Too much information?

32. Ask a Librarian
Stop by the reference desk or schedule a
research consultation!In person
library@uhcl.edu
Email
281-283-3910
Phone
Text
http://libanswers.uhcl.edu
281-816-4341
IM

33. FEEDBACK PLEASE!