Research
Orientation - Topics in Genetics
Spring 2004
| Instructor: Professor Malcolm
Lippert |
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Reference/Instruction
Librarian: Steven Burks
Office: Library 210
Phone: ext 2354
Email: sburks@smcvt.edu
My Reference Hours: Variable, I
work Thursday evenings this semester-- 6 to 10 p.m. and some weekends
Appointments: Contact me via phone or email
General Reference Hours: Mon to Thurs (9 am
-10 pm) Fri (9 am - 5 pm) Sat (12-4 pm) Sunday (2 pm - 8 pm) |
| Research Orientation Coverage |
I: How to Find Resources
A. Example Search Statement
B. Reference Materials
C. Online Catalog: Books, Journal
Holdings, Maps, Videos, Software, etc.
D. Full
text Databases
and Science Indexes
E.. Internet Sources
F.
Creative Essay
G. Evaluating
Sources
H. Truncation Symbols for
searching databases
II: How to Access Full Text Or Print
A. Finding out if SMC carries a journal [Online Catalog]
B. UVM Journal Holdings
C. Interlibrary
Loan
D.
Electronic Journals - A to Z 
list of full text periodicals available
in SMC Library
 The following simple search statement can be broken down to searchable terms.
Each term can be broken down to synonymous, broader, or narrower terms.
| Batten's
disease incidence, symptoms and effect on mortality |
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| Searchable Terms
can be combined by the Boolean search term AND |
Batten's
disease
NCL - Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses
juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Juvenile onset NCL
Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren
CLN3 gene
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Symptoms
Epilepsy
Visual failure (blindness)
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Mortality/Incidence
deaths
1 in 25,000 births
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Truncation symbols (?, *, !) will provide variant spelling after the root
word.
For Example: gene? = gene, genes, genetics,
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| B. Reference
Materials
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| B. Reference Materials |
Reference Materials for the Sciences
and Medicine/Genetics can be found
in the section: Q.
and R's. This can be a good place find background materials, science specific encyclopedias or dictionaries,
statistical sources, Internet guides, and field guides. Some sources to start
with:
Electronic Reference
Access Science
Published by McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
Excellent authoritative science articles authored by experts in their
fields. Includes dictionary and full length articles.
AccessScience (Medicine)
Medical Encyclopedia (from Medline)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
MESH:
Medical Subject Headings - excellent source for gathering terminology
AIDSearch (MEDLINE AIDS/HIV Subset, AIDSTRIALS & AIDSDRUGS)
Cancer.Gov
GenBank
Health and Wellness Resource Center
MEDLINE
Merck Manual of Diagnosis
and Therapy
Print Reference
*Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics
REF RB155 P694 2002
*Mendelian inheritance in man : a catalog of human genes and genetic
disorders
REF QH442.4 .M35 1998
Current : Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
REF RC 71 .A14
Bibliography of Bioethics
REF R724 .B43
Encyclopedia of genetics
REF QH427 .E53 1999
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C.
Searching the SMC Online Catalog:
Available @ http://voyager.smcvt.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
- When searching for books - use broader terms than you would use in a
Science index
Other Library
Catalogs: UVM, Library of Congress:
Available @ http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/catalogs.htm
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| Subject and Keyword Searching |
Searching for Books and Materials in the Library
Catalog using Subject and Keyword Searching: [Use the LCSH: Library of Congress Subject
Headings to find subject headings] **SUBJECT SEARCHING (FOR BOOKS) -
possible headings (not exhaustive)
Choose FIND, then SUBJECT
1. Genetics
2. Gene Therapy
3. Genetics, Medical
4. Genetic counseling
5. Genetic Diseases, Inborn
6. Medical genetics
***KEYWORD SEARCHING (For searching Books, UMI Periodicals,
Basic Biosis, Medline, Search Engines)
Choose FIND, then KEYWORD/All Fields in the SMC Online Catalog
Keyword allows you to use "natural language" searching &
Boolean Operators (and, or, not) to broaden or narrow your search
Truncation: allows for variant spelling of word stems (?, *, !)
Phrase searching: Some databases look only for words adjacent to each
other. Some databases require that you put the phrase in quotations ("free
radical?")
EX: disease? AND gene?
EX: heredit? AND disease?
Materials: Maps, Videos, etc.
EX: video? AND genetic?
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D. Full text Databases and Science
Indexes
Truncation Symbols for searching
databases
(OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS) and
VPN
(Virtual Private Network) |
| Science Indexes and Full Text Databases |
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Includes abstracts or
references for articles from more than 3,000 scholarly, trade and
general-interest publications, as well as references for The New York
Times. Full-text coverage for 1900
titles. Included are core titles in every major academic
concentration, including astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology,
humanities, current events, sociology, communications and the general
sciences.
Health
and Wellness Resource Center
Full-text
magazines, journals, newsletters and
Reference volumes (latest edition). Topics include: Fitness,
Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational
Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal
remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text coverage for news, business,
legal and medical information. Sources include newspapers, magazines, wire service news,
newsletters, journals, company and industry reports, broadcast transcripts and reference
databases. For Health topics choose the Medical link on
the left column
EBSCO - Academic Search
Premier
(trial last through Spring 2004)
Excellent source for full text primary scientific journals.
You may also search other databases such as Medline or Agricola in one
search
AGRICOLA
Produced by the National Agricultural Library, this
database indexes books, electronic media, and over 900 journal
publications dating back to 1970. Coverage includes all aspects of
agriculture and allied disciplines.
All
About AIDS
M A combination
of three database files (AIDSDRUGS; AIDSLINE; AIDSTRIALS) providing
information about Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related
topics. 181,000+ records from 1980-present. About
AAA.
BasicBIOSIS*
M Indexing and abstracts for
375 core life
science journals from 1994-present. Interlibrary
Loan Link available from this database.
Medline
National Library of Medicine's search service with access to 9 million
citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE.
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