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Information Strategy

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

Define

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

AccessScience 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.

Plants Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Hortus third : a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Call Number: SB45 .B22 1976

Natural Communities
Glossary; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Oxford Reference Online (ORO) 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 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

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

Identify

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

Databases

Academic Search Premier Off-campus access
1-popular/primary

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Annual)
Call Number: Burling 1st Floor, Reference Area--ask at the circulation desk for help locating.
An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

Plant Science/CSA Biological Sciences/Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management/MEDLINE Off-campus access
2-primary; search these 4 databases at the same time; a good way to start searching for primary literature about almost any topic in Plant Science.

MEDLINE 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.

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

JSTOR Off-campus access
Full text access to past years of 100+ journals covering the Biological and General Sciences; years of coverage depend upon the journal but access is not usually available to the most current 2-5 years of each journal.

AGRICOLA Off-campus access
3-primary

Google Scholar
Look for links to publications available through Grinnell; use only as a supplement to the sources above and below.

Science Citation Index
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.

BIOSIS Previews
5-primary Contact the Science Librarian for use of this database.

WorldCat 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.

Reference Sources

AP images (Associated Press) 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.

Missouri Botanical Garden

VAST (VAScular Tropicos)

Other Botanical Databases

Plants Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Taxonomy Database
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine.

Trends Online: A Compendium of Data on Global Change
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy.

Locate

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

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

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

Interlibrary Loan

Other Library Catalogs

Iowa State University Library Catalog

University of Iowa Libraries Catalog

Evaluate

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