This document appears to be a slide presentation given by Laksamee Putnam, a research and instruction librarian at Towson University. The presentation discusses information literacy in science and investigating journals and articles. It includes an agenda that covers discussing information literacy in science, having small groups investigate the author submission requirements and findings of assigned journals, and investigating citation metrics of example research articles from 2011. The presentation aims to help students evaluate information sources and the traditional science publishing process. It concludes by taking any questions from the audience.

1. Laksamee Putnam
Research & instruction Librarian
lputnam@towson.edu
10/21/2013

2. First…
 Laksamee Putnam
 lputnam@towson.edu
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 410.704.2462.
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 Slides: http://bit.ly/ENVS601fa2013

3. Agenda
 Information literacy in science – Discussion
 Investigating Journals
 Investigating Articles
 For your future research

4. Who’s afraid of peer review?

5. Two ships passing in the night
 What are you doing to
find the most recent
science news?
 How do you evaluate the
information you find
while researching?
 What are the pros and
cons of traditional
science publishing?

6. Battling Bad Science

7. Investigating Journals
 Small groups will investigate author submission
requirements for their assigned journal
 Use the worksheet as a guideline
 Small groups will report/discuss their findings in 15
minutes

8. Investigating Journals
 Environmental Science & Technology
 Chemical Geology
 Water, Air and Soil Pollution
 Advances in Water Resources
 Ecological Applications

9. Investigating Articles
 Does the library subscribe to your journal?
 Download a research article published in 2011 from
your journal

10. Investigating Articles
 Does your article follow the structure guidelines
required by the journal?
 How many references does your article list?

11. Investigating Articles
 Find you article in Google Scholar
 Find your article in Scopus
 How many times has your article been cited?

12. For your future research
 Consider where your information is coming from
 Cite your sources

13. Questions?
 Laksamee Putnam
 lputnam@towson.edu