The document provides information about energy research and consumption in the United States. It states that in 2011, the United States consumed around 97 quadrillion BTUs of energy, with around 11% coming from non-fossil fuel sources such as nuclear, hydroelectric, and renewable energy. The document also lists several databases and tools that can be used for research in chemistry, including ScienceDirect, Scifinder Scholar, Web of Science, Wikipedia Chemistry Portal, Chemspider, and Google Scholar. It provides information on using reference management tools like RefWorks, Zotero, and Mendeley to organize references and citations.

1. September 12, 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/ebrown/
Elizabeth Brown
ebrown@binghamton.edu
(607)777-4882
LS-2304C

2.  What is research?
 When is a source credible/useful?
 Energy research covers several subjects:
Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Engineering
 How do you document your work?
With Reference Citation Management Tools:
Refworks, Zotero, Mendeley

4. 1. In 2011, how much energy did the United
States consume?
How would you answer this?
What % was not from fossil fuels?

6. Source:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/US_historical_energy_consumption.png

7. Source: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/diagram1.cfm

8. Renewable Energy as
Share of Total
Primary Energy
Consumption, 2011
Source: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/perspectives.cfm

9. 4. Google Scholar searches the same journals, patents, conference
proceedings and monographs as the Libraries’ databases.
 TRUE
 FALSE
5. The Libraries spends over $300,000 annually to license and
purchase research tools like article databases, journals, books, and
websites for Chemistry.
 TRUE
 FALSE
6. The database Registry in Scifinder Scholar is a world-wide, current
alphabetical and institutional listing of all working chemists, with
an author number attached to their name for easy searching.
 A. TRUE
 B. FALSE

10. 7. Chemspider includes a section for Synthetic
preparations, called Synthetic pages, where you
can get detailed information on synthesizing
substances.
 TRUE
 FALSE
8. The Wikipedia Chemistry Portal has a special
symbol that notes where a chemist has edited
entries and/or synthesized a chemical substance.
 TRUE
 FALSE

12.  BU Library Databases - Chemistry
 ScienceDirect
 Scifinder Scholar on the Web
 Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)

13. URL: http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/chemistry?hs=a

14.  Wikipedia Chemistry Portal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal
 Chemspider
http://www.chemspider.com/
 Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/

16. Explore References
 29 million references
 10,000 major scientific journals, books, proceedings
 1800’s to the present
 References to patent and patent families from 57 patent authorities
worldwide.
 200 million citations
Explore Substances
 CAS RegistrySM, the largest source of chemical substance
information
 More than 1.6 billion chemical, biological, thermal, and spectral
property values
Explore Reactions
 15 million reactions on organometallics, total syntheses of natural
products, and biotransformation reactions
 Reaction conditions, yields, and catalysts

17. URL:http://proxy.binghamton.edu/login?url=http://metalink.binghamton.edu:8332/V/8TBGLMLC555A6GMI
DFHG19PGI1NJ7REDRCBLTMK99P9PN94KRY-05203?func=native-link&resource=BNG06037

19. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal

20. URL: http://www.chemspider.com/

21. URL: http://scholar.google.com/

23.  Keep track of your research
 Keep Links to articles
 Create bibliographies and reference lists
 Insert formatted footnotes, endnotes into
documents.
 Multiple citation formats available

24.  Refworks – licensed to BU students and faculty
 Zotero – free online (Firefox)
 Mendeley – free online
Reference Management Tools Guide:

25. URL:https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/default.aspx?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RW
SUNYBinghamton

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

32. a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you
collect, manage, and cite your research
sources. It lives in your web browser.
 Download: http://www.zotero.org/

34.  Quick Start Guide:
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
 Adding References
 Formatting
 Creating Bibliographies

39.  Social network
 Reference Management tool
 Cloud-based file storage for documents
 Search interface to find articles
 http://www.mendeley.com/

43. Bookmarklet