Library Resources for Epigenetic Regulation of Genetic Expression

Linda Galloway

Syracuse University LibrarySpring 2013

Today’s agenda• Who I am, what I do• Epigenetics Research Guide

– General library information– Peer-reviewed, scientific literature– Finding other stuff @ the libraries

• How-to– Get access to library resources– Get items we don’t own– Manage your citations

• Questions & discussion

About me…• Librarian/subject specialist for Biology,

Chemistry & Forensic Science• Help people access the content they need,

teach (guest lectures and classes), buy books/other stuff for the library, create web content, etc.

• Email: galloway@syr.edu• Research help in LSC Atruim, Thursdays

from 1-3:30pm beginning January 24, 2013

http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

How do you search for scientific articles??

Let’s find an article…

http://www-scopus-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/results/citedbyresults.url?sort=plf-f&cite=2-s2.0-77951492506&src=s&imp=t&sid=E38F51905BBF7505C2C3E40F182F46F8.aqHV0EoE4xlIF3hgVWgA:930&sot=cite&sdt=a&sl=0&origin=recordpage&txGid=E38F51905BBF7505C2C3E40F182F46F8.aqHV0EoE4xlIF3hgVWgA:93

http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

Decided to limit to Review articles…-

Full Text of Documents

• Click .pdf link from citation• Select SULinks

Full Text of Documents

Full Text of Documents

http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/epigenetics

http://library.syr.edu

Locations & Hours Open

• Hours link• Carnegie Library (Science & Technology)• Geology Library (in Heroy Hall)• Bird Library

– Technology Loans– Private study rooms– Team rooms– Computers, printers, scanners

Finding Quiet Spaces

• Carnegie Library (temp. reading room)• Silent areas in Bird:

– Lower level– Quiet computer cluster (2nd floor)– Quiet floors – 3,4,5 & 6– Private study rooms & teams rooms (you sign

the room out and can reserve rooms for 2 hour time slots)

Help!!

• Contact your subject specialist, Linda Galloway – galloway@syr.edu – 443-9766

• General help: http://library.syr.edu/research/askus

Questions?

• Have you been able to find books in the library?

• Have you used eBooks for your research?• Do you read eBooks for pleasure?• Have you used library databases to find

articles?

How to Find Books

Remote Access to Library Resources

• Almost all resources are available off campus via our proxy server

• Log on once and until you close your browser are recognized as an SU student

• Get to databases/resources via the SU Library web site so you are recognized as a student; http://library.syr.edu

Interlibrary Loan

• Agreement we have with other libraries to provide you with items we don’t own

• Free to students, faculty & staff• Illiad – uses your NetID to allow access

https://illiad.syr.edu

(link on Library home page, or from citation)

Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources

Do you know the difference between a magazine and a

journal?

Peer review: suitability for publication credibility quality control

Primary Sources& Peer Review

Primary Source - Original document containing firsthand information– Diaries, interviews– Original research including journal articles

and preprints

A peer reviewed primary source is a work that is evaluated by experts in the field of study prior to publication. Serves as a measure of quality.

Finding Articles• Databases Main Menu

– Search through subject categories for links to our 500+ databases

• Use Subject Guides– Epigenetics– Biology– Plus hundreds of others!

• Library search tool – Primarily for undergraduate research

(cannot conduct a specialized search)

When searching databases…

Remember: RATS • Key words• Synonyms• Subjects• Suggested topics• Types of materials

– Scholarly Journals, Magazines, etc.

Read All The Screens!

Full text from a citation:

• Link from citation to .pdf OR “view at publisher”

• Our “link resolver” that attempts to locate full text.

• “Article title” in quotation marks in Google Scholar

• Interlibrary Loan

Need help?

Come visit –

Sci-Tech Library (Carnegie)

galloway@syr.edu

OR http://library.syr.edu/research/askus/

Questions???