Mining GALILEO in the Sciences

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Mining GALILEO in the Sciences

• Teri M. Vogel
• Georgia State University
• October 23, 2003modified 11/9/2003

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Levels of Science Information Needs

• Elementary School
• Middle SchoolJunior High School
• High School Technical School2, 4-Year College
  General Public

• Assignments / Reports
• Science Projects
• Research

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Elementary (K-5)

• SIRS Discoverer (K12/PLS)
• Searchasaurus
• Primary / Elementary School Search (K12/PLS/DTAE)
  
• Encyclopedia of Animals (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• F W New World Encyclopedia (K12/PLS/DTAE)

CommunitiesK12 K-12 Schools PLS Public
Libraries DTAE Technical Institutes The other
GALILEO communitiesUSG (University System of
Georgia Libraries), AMPALS (Atlanta/Macon Private
Academic Libraries), GPALS (Georgia Private
Academic Libraries)have access to many of these
databases, but these institutions were not the
focus of this presentation and have not been
included here.
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SIRS Discoverer
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Encyclopedia of Animals / New World Encyclopedia
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Searchasaurus (Primary)
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Middle / Junior High (6-8)

• SIRS Researcher (PLS)
• Searchasaurus (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• Middle Search Plus
• F W New World Encyclopedia (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online (PLS)
• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)

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SIRS Researcher (PLS)
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SIRS Researcher (PLS)
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Searchasaurus Middle Search Plus

• Same browse/ search as Primary
• More articles
• Higher reading level

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Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica (PLS)
• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)
• McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science Technology
• Articles from A15 Phases (physics) to
  Zygophyllales (plant science)
• Subjects from Acoustics to Zoology
• Biographies
• Student Center study guides, suggested research
  topics

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High School (9-12) - General

• MAS Ultra (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• MasterFile Premier (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• Platinum Periodicals (PLS/DTAE)
• AccessScience (PLS/DTAE)
• Encyclopedia Britannica (PLS)

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MAS Ultra
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MasterFile Premier
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Platinum Periodicals (PLS/DTAE)
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High School and Beyond Advanced Science
Resources

• Academic Search Premier (K12/PLS/DTAE)
• Computer Source
• FirstSearch Databases
• Science Indexes (PLS)
• ArticleFirst (PLS/DTAE)
• WorldCat (PLS/DTAE)
• Catalog of Public/Academic Library Catalogs, with
  library holdings
• MEDLINE (K12/PLS/DTAE)

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Academic Search Premier
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GEOBASE Geography Geology Ecology
Climatology Meteorology Paleontology
Volcanology Environmental Science Energy
Hydrology Sedimentology Petrology
Cartography (1 million citations)
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ArticleFirst (PLS/DTAE)

• 12.7 million records 12K sources
• Drawbacks
• Access points title, journal, author only
• NO Abstracts
• NO Descriptors/Subject Headings
• Limiting functionality very limited

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MEDLINE

• National Library of Medicine (1966)
• 12 million citations - 4,600 journals
• Medicine nursing dentistry veterinary
  medicine health care preclinical sciences
  bioethics
• life, behavioral, chemical sciences,
  bioengineering relevant to biomedicine/ health
• MeSH Medical Subject Headings
• Controlled vocabulary, browsable

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AGRICOLA

• No longer available to K12/PLS/DTAE communities,
  but accessible to all at http//www.nal.usda.gov/
  ag98/
• National Agricultural Library (1970)
• 2.5 million citations
• 869 currently indexed journals books, etc.
• agricultural engineering and marketing, animal
  breeding, entomology, environmental pollution,
  farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides,
  rural sociology, social sciences, veterinary
  medicine and water resources

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Getting Articles Is Full Text Access Enough?

• How much information does the patron need?
• Encyclopedias, Ebsco/ProQuest collections (all
  have at least some full-text content images may
  not be available embargoes on recent issues)
• Articles cited but not full-textInterlibrary
  Loan and other options

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How Do the Indexes Measure Up?

• Measure of database what is indexed
• Multidisciplinary, scholarly science journals
  Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National
  Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
• Multidisciplinary, popular science magazines
  Scientific American, Sierra, Discover
• Discipline-specific journals?
• What are they?
• Where are they indexed?

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Core/Major/Important Journals

• Institute for Scientific Information
• Science Citation Index journal list
• Sci-Bytes Whats New in Research, Hot Papers,
  High-Impact Journals in various fields
• Scientific Societies
• ACS Journal List for Undergraduate Programs
• AMS Journal Price Survey
• Science Librarians
• Special Libraries Association
• Geoscience Information Society

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Astronomy Journals
The Horsehead Nebula/IC434 Credit
N.A.Sharp/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Microbiology Journals
Micrasterias x400. Department of Biology, Ohio
State University at Lima
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Science on the Internet Government

• Science.govSciTechResources.gov

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Science on the Internet Government

• Science.govSciTechResources.gov
• Federal
• USGS, NOAA, NASA/JPL, CDC, USDA, EPA, DOE
• State
• DNR
• International
• WHO, FAO

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Science on the Internet Science Fair Resources

• Science Fair Central
• The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
• Georgia Science Engineering Fair
• Science Fair Projects Index
• Government
• Energy Science Projects (DOE)
• Science Fair Ideas (Earthquake Hazards Program
  USGS)
• AgScience Projects (Agricultural Research Service
  USDA)

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Science on the Internet other than Google

• NDSL Scout Reports
• InfoMine
• EEVL
• BiologyBrowser
• BIOME
• Scirus

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K-12 Directories

• FirstGov for Kids
• KidsClick!
• IPL
• KidSpace
• MeL Internet

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Keeping Current in Science

• News Sources
• Science, Nature, New Scientist, New York Times,
  Discover, Scientific American
• Discovery, Nova, National Geographic
• Best American Science Writing
• Best American Science Nature Writing

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Getting to Know Your Local Science Librarians

• Research Universities, Regional Universities,
  State Universities
• AL, FL, SC, TN, NC
• Resources available
• Databases
• Print/Online Journals
• Copiers/printers
• Services available
• Reference Instruction Assistance (tours,
  speaker, etc.)

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Teris Science Picks
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Astronomy Picture of the Day http//antwrp.gsfc.n
asa.gov/apod/
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ChemFinder http//chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
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PLANTS National Database http//plants.usda.gov/
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Integrated Taxonomic Information
System http//www.itis.usda.gov/index.html
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Center for History of Physics http//www.aip.org/
history/
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Invasivespecies.gov http//www.invasivespecies.go
v/
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Astrophysical Data System http//adswww.harvard.e
du/
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CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) http//www.
coris.noaa.gov/
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Microbe.org http//www.microbe.org MicrobeWorld.o
rg http//www.microbeworld.org
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Earthquake Hazards Program http//earthquake.usgs
.gov/
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WAICENT World Agricultural Information Centre
of the Food Agriculture Organization http//www
.fao.org/waicent/index_en.asp
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The Periodic Table of Comic Books http//www.uky.
edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
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Questions