Literature Searching What to do when gOogle search is not enough? Chemical Engineering Resources at Purdue University Libraries
Chemical Engineering Resources at Purdue University Libraries Literature Searching What to do when a “Google” search is not enough?
Song Yu syu@purdue, edu Phone:496-7279 Chemical Information Specialist Assist. Prof. of Library Sciences Purdue University Spring 2003 Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries
Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries chemlib@purdue.edu Spring 2003 Song Yu syu@purdue.edu Phone: 496-7279 Chemical Information Specialist Assist. Prof. of Library Sciences Purdue University
To Warm Up Ideas, common terms that we use when doing literature searches Mellon Library of Chemistry
Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries chemlib@purdue.edu Spring 2003 To Warm Up … Ideas, common terms that we use when doing literature searches
Structure of the literature and channels of communication RESEARCH COMMENCES E RESULTS READY FOR COMMUNICATION REPORT PATENT PRELIMINARY Application COMMUNICATION PRIMARY TIME LITERATURE CONFERENCE 「 THESIS PRIMARY INTER EHS JOURNA e TRANSLATION PERSONAL PATENT SECONDARY COMMUNI- Specification LITERATURE CATION INDEXES Document PROCEEDINGS ABSTRACTS retrieval BIBLIOGRAPHIES TERTIARY REFERENCE MATERIALS LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS Information Retrieva 一PRⅣVATE一 RESTR|CTED一 PUBLIC Adapted from: Bottle, R.T. 1973, cientists Information Transer and Literature Characteristics Jourmal of Documentation 29(3): 281-294
Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries chemlib@purdue.edu Spring 2003 TERTIARY LITERATURE Information Retrieval Structure of the literature and Channels of Communication
Search Operators, Wildcards, and Parentheses What are search operators? AND, OR NOT SAME NEAR What are wildcards? one character B E.g. EN?BLAST Will search ENDOBLAST and ENTOBLAST zero to many characters >E.g. Gene* will search Gene, genes, General Generation Combination of?and来 E.g. CH?M* Will search CHEMISTRY CHEMIST CHEMICAL CHEMIE, CHIMICA Note: different databases Parentheses have different wildcards (A or B)and C(b and c)not a Check their Help file to find out what to use Spring 2003 Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries
Mellon Library of Chemistry Purdue University Libraries chemlib@purdue.edu Spring 2003 Search Operators, Wildcards, and Parentheses ► What are search operators? ▪ AND, OR, NOT, SAME, NEAR ► What are wildcards? ▪ ? = one character ►E.g. EN?OBLAST will search ENDOBLAST and ENTOBLAST ▪ * = zero to many characters ►E.g. Gene* will search Gene, Genes, General, Generation ▪ Combination of ? and * ►E.g. CH?M* will search CHEMISTRY, CHEMIST, CHEMICAL, CHEMIE, CHIMICA … ► Parentheses ▪ (A or B) and C, (B and C) not A A B C Note: different databases have different wildcards. Check their Help file to find out what to use