Let’s Get Going!

If you need help, ask Cathy.

Part 1: Journal Research

1. Take either an article your mentor gave you, or find a recent article from
ScienceDirect on your topic. Read the abstract and look at the references
from that article (sometimes there are more than one page of references).

If you used ScienceDirect, what search terms did you type in the search box?:

List the whole citation of the article you chose in APA format (see the library’s
citation guide at http://www.csulb.libguides.com/style for help with APA):

List one author’s institution or University where they conduct their work:

2. Select one of the references and circle it. Use these steps to find the original
article that is referred to.

What journal is the article in?

What year was it published?

Does CSULB subscribe to that journal? (search COAST for the JOURNAL TITLE at
“Locate Specific Journals by Title” from the home page) If we don’t subscribe,
you would request this article through interlibrary loan from ArticleReach. For
this assignment, just pick a different reference until you find one we do
subscribe to.

Does CSULB have the year you need? YES or NO (if no pick a different
article)

Is it in print or online?

Print: Is the article downstairs or request via ORCA?

Call # of the journal:

Online: In what database? ____________________________________

Email it to yourself.
Part 2: Keeping Current with the Science Literature
Find the website for a journal in your planned research subject area (e.g. Journal of
the American Medical Association if you researching medicine). Go here:
http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/cardio/high-500.htm if you need ideas of journals to choose
from. Search the journal title in quotations in Google or another search engine.

Title of the journal:

What is the URL?:

Can you sign up to receive the table of contents in your email? (This may come
under many terms, such as “Email Alerts”) Yes or No?:

Are there any other email alerts you can sign up for? List them here.

Part 3: Reviewing Web Content

Review the following websites in a few words. See the library tutorial:
http://www.csulb.edu/library/tutorial/ and click on the last section for instructions
how.

• Is it Current?

• Is it Free?

• Is it Objective?

• Is the Author identified?

• Is it Reviewed/recommended?

• What is the Content?

Most of these are bogus non-true joke sites. Identify those and why you think they
are fake. (A few real sites are included as well.)

http://www.havidol.com/ Havidol

http://www.dhmo.org/ Dihydrogen Monoxide

http://www.aspartame.org/ Aspartame Information Center

http://www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/ National Marine Sanctuaries

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird Guide

Another fun site for you to look at: http://www.peepresearch.org/