Library Resources for Epigenetic
Regulation of Genetic Expression
           Linda Galloway
      Syracuse University Library
               Spring 2013
Today’s agenda
• Who I am, what I do
• Epigenetics Research Guide
  – General library information
  – Peer-reviewed, scientific literature
  – Finding other stuff @ the libraries
• How-to
  – Get access to library resources
  – Get items we don’t own
  – Manage your citations
• Questions & discussion
About me…
• Librarian/subject specialist for Biology,
  Chemistry & Forensic Science
• Help people access the content they need,
  teach (guest lectures and classes), buy
  books/other stuff for the library, create web
  content, etc.
• Email: galloway@syr.edu
• Research help in LSC Atruim, Thursdays
  from 1-3:30pm beginning January 24,
  2013
http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics
http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics
Let’s find an article…

How do you search for scientific
         articles??
http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics
Decided to limit to Review articles…-
Full Text of Documents
• Click .pdf link from citation
• Select SULinks
Full Text of Documents
Full Text of Documents
http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics
http://library.syr.edu
Locations & Hours Open
•   Hours link
•   Carnegie Library (Science & Technology)
•   Geology Library (in Heroy Hall)
•   Bird Library
    – Technology Loans
    – Private study rooms
    – Team rooms
    – Computers, printers, scanners
Finding Quiet Spaces
• Carnegie Library (temp. reading room)
• Silent areas in Bird:
  – Lower level
  – Quiet computer cluster (2nd floor)
  – Quiet floors – 3,4,5 & 6
  – Private study rooms & teams rooms (you sign
    the room out and can reserve rooms for 2
    hour time slots)
Help!!
• Contact your subject specialist, Linda
  Galloway – galloway@syr.edu – 443-9766

• General help:
  http://library.syr.edu/research/askus
Questions?
• Have you been able to find books in the
  library?
• Have you used eBooks for your research?
• Do you read eBooks for pleasure?
• Have you used library databases to find
  articles?
How to Find Books
Remote Access to
         Library Resources
• Almost all resources are available off
  campus via our proxy server
• Log on once and until you close your
  browser are recognized as an SU student
• Get to databases/resources via the SU
  Library web site so you are recognized as
  a student; http://library.syr.edu
Interlibrary Loan
• Agreement we have with other libraries to
  provide you with items we don’t own
• Free to students, faculty & staff
• Illiad – uses your NetID to allow access

            https://illiad.syr.edu

(link on Library home page, or from citation)
Avoiding Plagiarism and
    Citing Sources
Do you know the difference
between a magazine and a
         journal?



           Peer review:
            suitability for publication
            credibility
            quality control
Primary Sources
                & Peer Review
Primary Source - Original document
 containing firsthand information
   – Diaries, interviews
   – Original research including journal articles
     and preprints

A peer reviewed primary source is a work that is
  evaluated by experts in the field of study prior to
  publication. Serves as a measure of quality.
Finding Articles
• Databases Main Menu
  – Search through subject categories for links to
    our 500+ databases
• Use Subject Guides
  – Epigenetics
  – Biology
  – Plus hundreds of others!
• Library search tool
  – Primarily for undergraduate research
    (cannot conduct a specialized search)
When searching databases…
Remember: RATS
                           Read All The Screens!
• Key words
• Synonyms
• Subjects
• Suggested topics
• Types of materials
  – Scholarly Journals, Magazines, etc.
Full text from a citation:
• Link from citation to .pdf OR “view at
  publisher”
•                  Our “link resolver” that
  attempts to locate full text.
• “Article title” in quotation marks in Google
  Scholar
• Interlibrary Loan
Need help?
Come visit –
Sci-Tech Library
(Carnegie)
galloway@syr.edu

OR
http://library.syr.edu/research
/askus/
Questions???

Epigenetics

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    Library Resources forEpigenetic Regulation of Genetic Expression Linda Galloway Syracuse University Library Spring 2013
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    Today’s agenda • WhoI am, what I do • Epigenetics Research Guide – General library information – Peer-reviewed, scientific literature – Finding other stuff @ the libraries • How-to – Get access to library resources – Get items we don’t own – Manage your citations • Questions & discussion
  • 3.
    About me… • Librarian/subjectspecialist for Biology, Chemistry & Forensic Science • Help people access the content they need, teach (guest lectures and classes), buy books/other stuff for the library, create web content, etc. • Email: galloway@syr.edu • Research help in LSC Atruim, Thursdays from 1-3:30pm beginning January 24, 2013
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    Let’s find anarticle… How do you search for scientific articles??
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    Decided to limitto Review articles…-
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    Full Text ofDocuments • Click .pdf link from citation • Select SULinks
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    Full Text ofDocuments
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    Full Text ofDocuments
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    Locations & HoursOpen • Hours link • Carnegie Library (Science & Technology) • Geology Library (in Heroy Hall) • Bird Library – Technology Loans – Private study rooms – Team rooms – Computers, printers, scanners
  • 26.
    Finding Quiet Spaces •Carnegie Library (temp. reading room) • Silent areas in Bird: – Lower level – Quiet computer cluster (2nd floor) – Quiet floors – 3,4,5 & 6 – Private study rooms & teams rooms (you sign the room out and can reserve rooms for 2 hour time slots)
  • 27.
    Help!! • Contact yoursubject specialist, Linda Galloway – galloway@syr.edu – 443-9766 • General help: http://library.syr.edu/research/askus
  • 28.
    Questions? • Have youbeen able to find books in the library? • Have you used eBooks for your research? • Do you read eBooks for pleasure? • Have you used library databases to find articles?
  • 29.
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    Remote Access to Library Resources • Almost all resources are available off campus via our proxy server • Log on once and until you close your browser are recognized as an SU student • Get to databases/resources via the SU Library web site so you are recognized as a student; http://library.syr.edu
  • 32.
    Interlibrary Loan • Agreementwe have with other libraries to provide you with items we don’t own • Free to students, faculty & staff • Illiad – uses your NetID to allow access https://illiad.syr.edu (link on Library home page, or from citation)
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    Do you knowthe difference between a magazine and a journal? Peer review:  suitability for publication  credibility  quality control
  • 41.
    Primary Sources & Peer Review Primary Source - Original document containing firsthand information – Diaries, interviews – Original research including journal articles and preprints A peer reviewed primary source is a work that is evaluated by experts in the field of study prior to publication. Serves as a measure of quality.
  • 42.
    Finding Articles • DatabasesMain Menu – Search through subject categories for links to our 500+ databases • Use Subject Guides – Epigenetics – Biology – Plus hundreds of others! • Library search tool – Primarily for undergraduate research (cannot conduct a specialized search)
  • 43.
    When searching databases… Remember:RATS Read All The Screens! • Key words • Synonyms • Subjects • Suggested topics • Types of materials – Scholarly Journals, Magazines, etc.
  • 44.
    Full text froma citation: • Link from citation to .pdf OR “view at publisher” • Our “link resolver” that attempts to locate full text. • “Article title” in quotation marks in Google Scholar • Interlibrary Loan
  • 45.
    Need help? Come visit– Sci-Tech Library (Carnegie) galloway@syr.edu OR http://library.syr.edu/research /askus/
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