energy sustainability library resources for HARP 101 class, September 12, 2013

1. September 12, 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/ebrown/
Elizabeth Brown
ebrown@binghamton.edu
(607)777-4882
LS-2304C

2.  What is research?
 When is a source credible/useful?
 Energy research covers several subjects:
Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Engineering
 How do you document your work?
With Reference Citation Management Tools:
Refworks, Zotero, Mendeley

4. 1. In 2011, how much energy did the United
States consume?
How would you answer this?
What % was not from fossil fuels?

6. Source:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/US_historical_energy_consumption.png

7. Source: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/diagram1.cfm

8. Renewable Energy as
Share of Total
Primary Energy
Consumption, 2011
Source: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/perspectives.cfm

9. 4. Google Scholar searches the same journals, patents, conference
proceedings and monographs as the Libraries’ databases.
 TRUE
 FALSE
5. The Libraries spends over $300,000 annually to license and
purchase research tools like article databases, journals, books, and
websites for Chemistry.
 TRUE
 FALSE
6. The database Registry in Scifinder Scholar is a world-wide, current
alphabetical and institutional listing of all working chemists, with
an author number attached to their name for easy searching.
 A. TRUE
 B. FALSE

10. 7. Chemspider includes a section for Synthetic
preparations, called Synthetic pages, where you
can get detailed information on synthesizing
substances.
 TRUE
 FALSE
8. The Wikipedia Chemistry Portal has a special
symbol that notes where a chemist has edited
entries and/or synthesized a chemical substance.
 TRUE
 FALSE

12.  BU Library Databases - Chemistry
 ScienceDirect
 Scifinder Scholar on the Web
 Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)

13. URL: http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/chemistry?hs=a

14.  Wikipedia Chemistry Portal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal
 Chemspider
http://www.chemspider.com/
 Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/

16. Explore References
 29 million references
 10,000 major scientific journals, books, proceedings
 1800’s to the present
 References to patent and patent families from 57 patent authorities
worldwide.
 200 million citations
Explore Substances
 CAS RegistrySM, the largest source of chemical substance
information
 More than 1.6 billion chemical, biological, thermal, and spectral
property values
Explore Reactions
 15 million reactions on organometallics, total syntheses of natural
products, and biotransformation reactions
 Reaction conditions, yields, and catalysts

17. URL:http://proxy.binghamton.edu/login?url=http://metalink.binghamton.edu:8332/V/8TBGLMLC555A6GMI
DFHG19PGI1NJ7REDRCBLTMK99P9PN94KRY-05203?func=native-link&resource=BNG06037

19. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal

20. URL: http://www.chemspider.com/

21. URL: http://scholar.google.com/

23.  Keep track of your research
 Keep Links to articles
 Create bibliographies and reference lists
 Insert formatted footnotes, endnotes into
documents.
 Multiple citation formats available

24.  Refworks – licensed to BU students and faculty
 Zotero – free online (Firefox)
 Mendeley – free online
Reference Management Tools Guide:

25. URL:https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/default.aspx?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RW
SUNYBinghamton

26.  Go to the Libraries’ Research Help page:
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/research/inde
x.html/
 Select RefWorks
 Create an account
 Begin importing references
 GroupCode: RWSUNYBinghamton

32. a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you
collect, manage, and cite your research
sources. It lives in your web browser.
 Download: http://www.zotero.org/

34.  Quick Start Guide:
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
 Adding References
 Formatting
 Creating Bibliographies

39.  Social network
 Reference Management tool
 Cloud-based file storage for documents
 Search interface to find articles
 http://www.mendeley.com/

43. Bookmarklet