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The document provides information about resources for forensic science research. It summarizes the speaker's background as a former forensic chemist and current librarian who helps forensic science students access information. It outlines various sources for background information, scientific literature, and full-texts, and tips for advanced searches. Sources discussed include Wikipedia, newspapers, scientific journals and databases like PubMed and Google Scholar. It also discusses identifying relevant materials, obtaining full-texts, and tracking literature through alerts.
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- 1. Forensic Science Resources: Howto get what you need Linda Galloway Biology, Chemistry & Forensic Science Librarian October 9, 2013
- 2. Agenda • Who Iam, what I do • Finding background information on a topic • Scientific literature – Identifying relevant materials – Obtaining full text of documents • Advanced search techniques • Questions? researchguides.library.syr.edu/forensic
- 3. About me… • Formerforensic chemist (drug & arson) for the Syracuse Police Department • Librarian for Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience & Forensic Science • Help people access the content they need, teach (guest lectures and classes), purchase electronic & print resources, create web content, etc.
- 4. • Undergraduate – IntegratedLearning Major in Forensic Science – Minor in Forensic Science • Graduate – M.S. in Forensic Science – Combined M.S. in Forensic Science and J.D. in Law – M.S. in Biomedical Forensic Sciences (lab analysts) – M.S. in Nuclear Forensic Science (with Brookhaven National Lab)
- 5. FSC 632 Research andCareer Resources is a course designed to help the graduate student meet forensic employers' expectations and bring together concepts that may only be touched on in other courses during their studies. Areas to be covered will include effective research techniques and literature interpretation, critical thinking skills, communication methods specific to forensic science and their potential discovery issues, trial practice/procedure and topics relevant to employment in the field of forensic science. It is expected that the skills learned in this course will assist students to perform to a higher standard and to give them an additional competitive edge when they enter the job market.
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- 7. Wikipedia • A greatresource for background information – Corroborate facts before you use them – Use the resources (links to other articles or to other sources; found at end of Wikipedia article) • Wikipedia is written by volunteer contributors, but most of the content is reviewed and edited by experts
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- 10. Before you reallystart your research… • Be familiar enough to talk about your topic for 5 minutes • Decide what kind of information you need – Background information – Newspaper or magazine articles – Scientific or scholarly articles – Images, photos – Other?
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- 12. News Resources • Mostnewspapers provide limited free access to stories via web portals • Access to older articles, or print version of articles, is often behind a pay wall • Print and electronic versions of articles are often different • Most public & college libraries provide online access to newspaper databases
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- 14. Do you knowthe difference between a magazine and a journal? • Written by scientists • First reporting of research results • Peer review suitability for publication credibility quality control • Written by journalists • Sometimes a first person account • Often a synthesis of several sources
- 15. Some terms tobe aware of…. • Citation – reference to a source, so that someone can find this again • Abstract – summary of a published work • Peer-reviewed article – before publication, article is evaluate & edited by experts • DOI – Digital Object Identifier, unique number for each digital publication
- 16. Finding Scientific Articles •PubMed – huge database of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed • Google Scholar – Google for scholarly articles and publications scholar.google.com
- 17. PubMed – hugedatabase of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- 20. Review Article • Summarizecurrent literature on a topic and provide an analysis of the topic. • Great to gain a thorough understanding of a topic
- 21. articles, theses, books,abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. scholar.google.com
- 24. Finding Full Text •Always check Google Scholar first; .pdf may be available or put article title “in quotation marks” • College or University libraries offer walk-in access to licensed resources • Public libraries may offer access • Purchase from publisher – around $39/article • Use an article service such as DeepDyve
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- 28. Purchasing Access toArticles • Societies often offer journal subscriptions to their members • From publishers, usually around $39 per article • Use an article service such as DeepDyve
- 29. Deepdyve • Free accountwith DeepDyve gets you free access to full-text articles for five minutes a day • $20 for five 30-day rentals, or $40/month for 40 monthly rentals • Cannot print or download articles unless you purchase them • Deepdyve offers individual & group plans for article rentals & purchases
- 30. Searched for “bathsalts” analysis chose ‘Chemistry’ as subject area
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- 34. Using Ggle ScholarSmarter… • Creating a Google Scholar profile allows Google Scholar provide links of interest • Set ‘Library Links’ if affiliated with a college library • Sign up for ‘Alerts’ in your area of interest • Use ‘Advanced Search’ to be more specific • Read the abstracts of articles before requesting
- 36. Keep up withliterature in your field…..
- 37. RSS Alerts • Setup RSS feeds in Google Scholar to be alerted when new articles in your field of interest are published. (I use Scopus to do this). • Can set up alerts from many resources– by author or topic • Be cognizant of the amount of information you might get….
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- 41. Appropriate Use ofElectronic Resources Policy Scroll down page Advanced Search
- 42. To specify languagethat results should appear in Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources Policy
- 43. To specify thatresult should only appear in one file type e.g. in ppt, pdf Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources Policy
- 44. To specify siteor domain of result e.g. .edu, .gov, .org Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources Policy
- 46. Google Search Operators Whenyou search using an operator, don't add any spaces between the operator and your query. A search for site:nytimes.com will work, but site: nytimes.com will not. Exclude a word; -query Search within a site or domain site:query Search for pages that link to a URL link:query Search for either word query OR query
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Editor's Notes
- #5 Integrated learning major: primary degree in anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Psychology, or Sociology 25 creditsMinor 18 creditsAlso,In the Joint M.S./J.D. Program allows students to obtain both a J.D. through SU's College of Law and the M.S. in forensic science with a significant reduction of credits. The Advanced Certificate in Medicolegal Death Investigation is a 12-credit program that offers instruction that can be tailored to a wide variety of professionals who may either directly or tangentially become involved in cases of deaths that require investigation.
- #6 Contains components of an information literacy course, plus career information. I try to include resources that are available to individuals not affiliated with a college or university.
- #16 Citation : to uphold intellectual honesty (or avoiding plagiarism),[1to attribute prior or unoriginal work and ideas to the correct sources, to allow the reader to determine independently whether the referenced material supports the author's argument in the claimed way, and to help the reader gauge the strength and validity of the material the author has used.[2]