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Information Strategy

Information Strategy Unrestricted Resource
A basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes.

Define

Define... Unrestricted Resource
... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question.

AccessScience Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.

Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
Call Number: Science Ref RC334 .E535 2003

NCBI Bookshelf Unrestricted Resource
The full text of 70+ well-known biology and other science textbooks and other materials.

Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.

Reference Universe Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database

Identify

Identify Unrestricted Resource
... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question

Databases

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1-popular Useful for coverage of newspapers and some popular magazines 1980's-present; use the Power Search.

Access World News Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 1,000 United States and international newspapers and news services.

Academic Search Premier Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
2-popular/primary

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1975-current. Provides access to hundreds of peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with emphasis on nursing and allied health.

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

CSA Neurosciences Abstracts/MEDLINE/PsycINFO Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
3-primary Search these 3 databases at the same time; a good way to start searching for primary literature about almost any topic in Neuroscience. The latest 10 years of MEDLINE is included in this search.

MEDLINE Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1953-current; FirstSearch interface. One of the premier sources for bibliographic coverage of medicine, medical research, health care, molecular biology, physiological psychology, and more.

WorldCat Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records.

Science Citation Index Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
4-primary Contact Kevin Engel for access to the Science Citation Index. A unique database that allows you to discover who has cited (referred to) a particular article or book since it was originally published.

Reference Sources

Drug Information Unrestricted Resource
MEDLINEplus -- United States National Library of Medicine; a guide to thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications, and herbs and supplements.

AP images (Associated Press) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.

Locate

Locate Unrestricted Resource
... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

Journal Finder Unrestricted Resource
Journals, magazines, and newspapers available through the Grinnell College Libraries.

Interlibrary Loan Unrestricted Resource

Other Library Catalogs

Iowa State University Library Catalog Unrestricted Resource

University of Iowa Libraries Catalog Unrestricted Resource

Evaluate

Evaluate Unrestricted Resource
...the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information