Public Issues in Biotechnology Science Library 228
Winter 2008 jgelfand@uci.edu
949-824-4971
To successfully complete this course, you must engage in conducting a literature review for your research paper and presentation. This handout will serve as a roadmap and point of direction containing hints in identifying information resources that are appropriate for finding information on all six general topic categories.
General Hints:
1. Read assignment carefully
2. Select a range of scholarly and scientific resources - databases that index the journal literature and government information on your topic
3. Outline your paper following the research paper format in your assignment
4. Retain citations to the resources that you use in order to format your bibliography or list of references
5. Note exactly where you collect data, graphics, illustrative materials so that you can cite those resources
Practice consistency in how you enter
your citations - follow one style manual - recommended that you use
6. Connecting from Off-Campus - if you are conducting a literature search in the subscribed materials, you must be authenticated and use either the Web VPN or download the client. If you have difficulty, contact NACS at 949-824-2222 (open 24x7)
7. Seek assistance if needed as you soon as you have the need
Background
Information:
1. Biotechnology information is found across the subject disciplines as indicated in your syllabus - it has applications in many subject areas as noted. The general collection of biotechnology will be found at the Science Library in the call number range of TP 248. There will be content at the Langson Library, particularly the business & social science content. However, searching ANTPAC by Subject will illustrate the subheadings that may be appropriate and if you search by Keyword, you can combine topics to retrieve sources that way - ex) searching the keywords biotechnology medicine will retrieve the title, New Aspects of Biotechnology and Medicine (Nova Books, 2007). Thus, you may want to consult a searchable version of the Library of Congress Subject Headings for the breakout of how biotechnology is organized in subject classification. A selective list of subject headings may include:
· Agricultural biotechnology
· Animal biotechnology
· Bioethics
· Bioremediation
· Biotechnology
· Biotechnology - Government policy
· Biotechnology - Methods
· Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects
· Biotechnology - Popular works
· Biotechnology - Public opinion
· Biotechnology - Research
· Biotechnology - Social aspects
· Biotechnology industries
· Cloning
· Energy policy
· Environment
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· Genetic Engineering
· Globalization
· Human cloning
· Industrial microbiology
· Medical innovations
· Medical laws and legislation
· Microbial biotechnology
· Nanotechnology
· Plant genetic engineering
· Science and policy
· Stem cells
· Technology transfer in biotechnology
· Transgenic organisms
Remember that you can refine searches in ANTPAC by format,
location, etc. Use pull-down menus. ANTPAC is the inventory of
Selective Reference Sources (SL=Science Library; LL=Langson Library)
· AccessScience - online equivalent of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
· Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology, 2 vols., 2000 - SL 248.16 E539 2000
·
Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, 2006 - SL
·
Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry
Almanac, 2007 - SL
·
Encyclopedia of Cell Technology, 2 vols, 2000 - SL
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Quick Reference
- a list of sources that can be consulted for verification and factual
information; most are listed in ANTPAC
Recommended Resources
·
CRCnetBase -
collection of eBooks from
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Plunketts
Research Online - select
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CQ Researcher - 77 entries
when one searches "biotechnology" - contains reports
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Opposing
Viewpoints - many entries with pro/con arguments on different topics
related to bioethics and biotechnology
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Environment and Safety Library -
try searching the Environment Reporter for news updates from mostly government
sources
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Electronic
Journal of Biotechnology - one of the influential journals on this topic -
from
Recommended Databases -
also consult Subject
Guides (Biology, Medicine, different Engineering depts., etc) for
additional resources; remember to use the UC eLinks
to determine if we have the article and in what format. * denotes can be searched on the same
·
BIOSIS*#* - covers life sciences
·
Web of Science*#* - includes the Social
Science Citation Index, 1956+, Science Citation Index, 1900+, Arts &
Humanities Citation Index, 1972+ - can be searched together or separately;
indexes the most scholarly journal literature
·
Environmental Sciences & Pollution
Management*
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Agricola - Global agricultural database*
·
Ei Compendex (Engineering Index)
·
Business Source Premier - business &
industry topics and some current events
·
Expanded Academic ASAP - current issues
and general multidisciplinary coverage - much is fulltext
·
Factiva - covers business trade
publications - fulltext
·
LegalTrac
- covers law reviews and legal issues in the social science and science
literature
·
Lexis Nexis
Academic - includes fulltext legal sources
(statutes, codes, regulations, law review articles) and News (media coverage,
newspapers, major news journals/magazines)
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Philosophers' Index - covers ethical
aspects of topic
·
PubMed -
indexes clinical and medical literature, case studies, human and animal
research
·
Annual Reviews - conduct
a search on your topic in the entire database - because there are many sources
or different titles that correspond to covering different aspects of
biotechnology. Will retrieve major invited papers on your theme that capture
the important papers on topic.
·
Google Scholar - contains eLinks to journal articles
Government Information
- important resources for this subject - consult appropriate Subject
Guides - will contain statistical information, datasets from research,
legislation, regulations, legal issues and research studies.
Information about Making Presentations - you may decide to create a poster session or do a powerpoint presentation as part of
your group presentation. If you insert
images or illustrations or graphics or data or use quotations you will want to
make sure that you cite the source clearly.
Some sources for images and how to make presentations include:
·
Speaking about science : a manual for creating clear
presentations, 2006 - SL Q223 M67
·
Powerpoint 2007 for Starters, 2007
For additional information -
·
contact
Liaison Librarian - enter
·
visit the Reference Desks at either the Science
or Langson Libraries - remember we are open over
·
use Ask a Librarian - to
schedule a research consultation, ask for reference assistance via eMail or Chat