Orientation 2010 to the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library, UC Berkeley

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library Orientation 2010

Objectives

Know how to:• Find library services from

our library web sites • Borrow library materials• Use library electronic resources from

home/off-campus

Use the ARSRC mnemonic and the Chemistry Library Guide for chemical information research

Reflect upon tips for success at Berkeley

Objective 1Getting started with using the library

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/instruction/orientation/chemlibguide2010.pdf

UCB Library

29 libraries

7th largest

Borrow books

with your Cal 1 card

Use library’s electronic resources from off-campusBy setting up the proxy server or VPN

Explore library websites

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu

Objective 2Finding information at the Library

All Ask a question Researchers consider ResourcesShould SearchRecognize RetrieveCal Cite, Manage,

and Write

1. Ask a questionPhrase a question Think of alternative terms to broaden or focus your research

Who? author, reagent, product, intermediateWhat? process, phenomenonWhere? conditionsWhen? date, timeWhy? explanations, detailsHow? requirements, limits

I keep six honest serving-men(They taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and WhenAnd How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling, "Just So Stories" (1902) - "The Elephant's Child"

Think about the answersWhat should they be like?What level of detail?For example, properties, data, raw data, procedures, background reviews

2. Consider resources

3. Search

Check if it’s available

Books and journals at UCBOskiCat cataloghttp://oskicat.berkeley.edu/

Books and journals at other UC campuses Melvyl cataloghttp://berkeley.worldcat.org/

Databases and indexesElectronic Resources Finderhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/electronic_resources.html

e-journalsE-Journal titles A-Z http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_ucb/a-z/default

To find journal articles or chemical data on topic X

Search databases and indexes. For example,SciFinder ScholarGmelinBeilsteinWeb of ScienceGoogle ScholarPubMedPubChemCompendexINSPEC

Find them through the:Chemistry Library home page

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/

Electronic Resources Finderhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/electronic_resources.html

Chemical data and propertieshttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/

4. Retrieve

•Copy call number and visit library

•If checked out, place a Request in OskiCat

•Request an item from NRLF storage

If it is a paper book or journal

•full-text linksLook for

electronic versions

•ILL – Interlibrary loan

Borrow from libraries outside

of UCB

5. Cite, Write, ManageLabaree, D.C.; Reynolds, T.Y.; Hochberg, R.B. Estradiol-l6α-carboxylic Acid Esters as Locally Active Estrogens. J. Med Chem. 2001,44, 1802-1814.

Bibliographic management tools

for purchase

Get your free account viahttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/ref_end.html

Freehttp://www.zotero.org/

Collect citations

Write citations in your paper and create bibliographies

Write citations in your paper and create bibliographies

Organize, sync, and share citations

Writing tips

ACS Style Guide for preparing citationsCheck the Library Guide for writing resourcesPiled Higher and Deeper for a writing break

Download through http://scistore.cambridgesoft.com/sitelicense.cfm?sid=931For questions and support, contact Kathy Durkin, durkin@berkeley.edu

molecule editor software

Save money, avoid library fines

Tips as you embark on graduate studies

St. Paul’s Cathedral surrounded by smoke after an air raidWorld War II

Research as a habit

15 minutes a day

Fight the impostor effectThe dangers of feeling like a fake -- Kets de Vries MFR. Harvard business review on bringing your whole self to work. Boston : Harvard Business School Pub., 2008. pp. 149-168

Responses to the impostoreffect

Basketball team analogy• remember where you come from, and try not to

compare yourselfVoltaire – “Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.”• The better is the enemy of the good.• Don’t let the PERFECT be the enemy of the

GOOD.• Sometimes, nobody realizes your mistakes as

much as you do.

Take it easy

fight self-doubt and perfectionismset limits

cultivate a support network

A. R. S. R. C.plus Guide to find chem info – visit us for help.

Haiku summary