52:215 Introduction to Literature Review & Proposal Writing
Chemistry Library Component
INTRODUCTION
Life of a research work:
IDEA!!! Do literature review. Make proposal |
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Do research. |
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Check literature again.Write it up. |
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Publish or patent. |
THIS IS THE PRIMARY LITERATURE (the original data.) |
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Computer indexing services find results and list. |
THIS IS THE SECONDARY LITERATURE (where you find out about primary literature.) |
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Indexing and Abstracting services find and list. |
THIS IS ALSO SECONDARY LITERATURE. |
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Entered into encyclopedic sources or other kinds of review articles. |
THIS IS THE TERTIARY LITERATURE (where you find synthesized knowledge.) |
FINDING INFORMATION:
One always starts out working backwards (like traveling back through
time) when finding literature. Use the tertiary literature to gain
understanding and find data.
Use the secondary literature to focus in on specifics and make sure
nothing has been missed.
The primary literature fleshes out you knowledge and helps give you
new ideas.
THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY............
Print VS Electronic resources
Some resources only electronic (Chemfinder, web pages, etc.), many secondary & tertiary are in both formats |
| Most resources one needs to use older in print and newer in electronic - this is rapidly changing ( SciFinder, e-journals) |
| Some resources are the same in both formats - better ones are different and take advantage of new environment |
| Some electronic resources are web based, other are still on CD. CD only are more site restricted. |
| Virtual Library on the horizon... |
Visit our site: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu
THE BEST INDEX.....
DATABASES
OTHER DATABASES....
I. Science Citation IndexII. MEDLINE
III. Engineering Index
DATABASE TUTORIALS.....
Last updated: April 20, 2007
