Intro to Library ResourcesFSCN 4621W

Megan KocherSeptember 9, 2014

Who am I?

Megan Kocher• Librarian for 3 departments:– Food Science and Nutrition– Animal Science– Soil, Water, and Climate

• mkocher@umn.edu• 612-625-3605

Agenda• Getting Started: Know What You’re

Looking For– Primary vs. Secondary Resources– Scholarly vs. Popular– Brainstorming Terms

• Where to Look– Library Website– Database Searching

• Citing Your Sources

What Are Primary Sources?

Conference papers correspondence Dissertations

Diaries Interviews Lab notebooks Notes

Patents Proceedings Studies

Surveys Technical Reports Theses

Journal articles reporting on original research

What Are Secondary Sources?

Books

Review Articles

Commentary Criticism

Encyclopedias

Scholarly vs. Popular

http://youtu.be/V2ZwrKWWHyo?t=18s

Where to Look

Google Scholar

MNCat Discovery

PubMed

First Stop: Library Website

Library Search (AKA MNCat Discovery)

Google Scholar

PubMed

Citations

• Quick and easy– Grab the citation from Google Scholar

(look for the “cite” link under an article)– EasyBib

• Advanced– Citation Managers (e.g. RefWorks,

Mendeley, Zotero)

Image Credits“Garlic” CC BY-NC-SA Nicholas Noyes, Flickr