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Neuroscience -- Information Strategy/Sources
Information Strategy -- a basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes
1. Define ... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question
Sources:
AccessScience (the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms)
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (in paper)
NCBI Bookshelf (the full text of 70+ well-known biology and other science textbooks and other materials)
Drug Information (MEDLINEplus -- United States National Library of Medicine; a guide to thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications)
Reference Universe
Additional relevant encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other publications that may provide this type of information and are available locally can be located by searching the Library Catalog and then limiting by Location: Reference or Science Library Reference.
2. Identify ... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question
3. Locate ... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information
4. Evaluate ... the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information
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