The Life of a Research
Topic
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IDEA!!! Do literature review.
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II. |
Do research.
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III. |
Check
literature again.Write it up.
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IV. |
Publish or
patent.
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THIS IS THE PRIMARY LITERATURE
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V. |
Computer
indexing and Abstracting services find results and list.
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THIS IS THE SECONDARY LITERATURE
(where you find out about primary literature.)
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VI. |
Entered into encyclopedic
sources or other kinds of review articles.
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THIS IS THE TERTIARY LITERATURE
(where you find synthesized knowledge.)
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How to Find Information
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 your
knowledge and helps give you new ideas.
What to Know:
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No Web Sources – Why???
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Popular Magazine
or Scientific Journal
http://manta.library.colostate.edu/howto/poplr.html
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APA (American Psychological
Association) Citation Style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
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Plagiarism
http://myweb.uiowa.edu/ballasch/Fair%20Use/plagiarism.htm
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Appropriate Use of Electronic
Information Resources:
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/about/policies/appropriateuse.pdf
Where to
Look:
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Geoscience Library(links to GEOREF, Web of Science, etc.)
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/geoscience/
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Other Databases
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eresources/indexes.asp
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Do We Own It? Use InfoHawk
http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/F?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=uiowa
Citing
Information?
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REFWORKS
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks/
Need Help?
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Contacting a Librarian
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Geosciences
Library Reference: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/geoscience/e-ref.html
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Email:
Kari Kozak (kari-kozak@uiowa.edu)
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Main
Library Reference http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/contact/ask/index.html