Intro to library resources for FSCN4621W. Fall, 2014

1. Intro to Library Resources
FSCN 4621W
Megan Kocher
September 9, 2014

2. Who am I?
Megan Kocher
• Librarian for 3 departments:
– Food Science and Nutrition
– Animal Science
– Soil, Water, and Climate
• mkocher@umn.edu
• 612-625-3605

3. Agenda
• Getting Started: Know What You’re
Looking For
– Primary vs. Secondary Resources
– Scholarly vs. Popular
– Brainstorming Terms
• Where to Look
– Library Website
– Database Searching
• Citing Your Sources

4. What Are Primary Sources?
Conference papers correspondence Dissertations
Diaries Interviews Lab notebooks Notes
Journal articles reporting on original research
Patents Proceedings Studies
Surveys Technical Reports Theses

5. What Are Secondary Sources?
Books
Encyclopedias
Review Articles
Commentary Criticism

6. Scholarly vs. Popular
http://youtu.be/V2ZwrKWWHyo?t=18s

7. Where to Look
Google Scholar
MNCat Discovery
PubMed

8. First Stop: Library Website

9. Library Search (AKA MNCat
Discovery)

10. Google Scholar

11. PubMed

12. Citations
• Quick and easy
– Grab the citation from Google Scholar (look
for the “cite” link under an article)
– EasyBib
• Advanced
– Citation Managers (e.g. RefWorks, Mendeley,
Zotero)

13. Image Credits
“Garlic” CC BY-NC-SA Nicholas Noyes, Flickr