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For Starters

FREE Citation Management Software

General Information

My topic: history of  tuberculosis in Canada, esp. Quebec/Ste-Agathe

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Acadlabs login to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: need to type in name of eresource using “by title” link after logging in.

Finding Resources at the Library

The Library Home Page

Steacie Library Home Page!

Finding Books & Journals
  • Do a search in The York Catalogue:
    • by title: Concurrent programming in Java : design principles and patterns
    • by author: Lightman Bernard
    • by journal title: journal of the acm
    • by subject: tuberculosis
    • by keyword: tuberculosis and canada
  • Google Book Search
    • great for searching inside all the books and then checking to see if we have the one you want
    • don’t forget, you can borrow books we don’t have via Racer
  • Some ebook choices
  • Worldcat — holdings of a vast number of North American and other libraries, see what exists and where it is.

Finding Articles

These online databases can also be found in the eResources Quick Links or Search boxes on the library home page.

Many of the other Subject Research Guides found on the home page will be relevant, including the History & Philosophy of Science one.

Article Citation Databases

  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of general social science & humanities fields, very interdisciplinary, deep backfiles from 1898
  • Scopus — another good general database with citation information, mostly science, but vastly improved coverage of the humanities & social sciences
  • ABI Inform and Business Source Premier: full text business search engines
    • Remember, it may be handy to add “history” to searches to narrow them down
    • ie: ibm and holocaust and history
    • ie: film and animation and history and revolutionary

Full Text Databases: articles, newspapers, books

(See History subject page!)

  • JSTOR — full text of various history & history of science journals
    • For JSTOR it is important to use Advanced Search and select “Article” and “History of Science”

Where to publish?

To contact me:

Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
Also I’m on Twitter and Friendfeed. The Steacie Library is also on Facebook and Twitter.

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FREE Citation Management Software

FREE Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
    • For off campus use, get the York group code here.
    • FAQ and Instructions for various databases
    • RefWorks Tutorial
    • For ACM Digital Library & other databases like dblp, you can import from the bibtex format.
      • Use the References–>Import Feature
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in

Background Information

Picking a Topic

Find something you’re interested, make sure it’s not too general or too specific. Have a plan B.

My topic: outsourcing & brain drain  (IT sector, doctors)

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic — often helpful to start looking at sources to help you narrow
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B (exporting electronic waste)
  • toolbox approach: books, journal articles, newspapers & magazines, government sources
  • Stage One: Relevant Wikipedia articles

Finding Books & Journals
  • Do a search in The York Catalogue:
    • by title: Strategic computing : DARPA and the quest for machine
      intelligence, 1983-1993
    • by author: Ceruzzi Paul
    • by journal title: Scientific American
    • by subject: computers and society
    • by keyword: outsourcing
    • by keyword: outsourcing and software
    • by keyword: outsourcing and (software or technology)
    • by keyword: technology and history
    • by keyword: information and society
    • by keyword: open source and software
    • by keyword: intellectual property and technology
    • by keyword: comput$ and hist$ and canad$
  • Three important books in Steacie reference section:
    • Encyclopedia of information systems — T 58.5 E52 2003
    • Encyclopedia of computer science — QA 76.15 E48 2003
    • Encyclopedia of computers and computer history — Q
    • Google Book Search is a great tool for finding relevant books
      • outsourcing IT to india
    • Use RACER to borrow books that York doesn’t have!

Finding Articles

These online databases can also be found in the eResources
Quick Links or Search boxes on the library home page.

  • all the databases are similar, so try searches like these
    • outsourcing and shortages
    • outsourcing and programmers
    • outsourcing and engineers
    • computers and society
    • technology and history
    • information and society
    • open source and software and legal
    • intellectual property and technology and ethical
    • outsourcing and information technology and human resources

Using the Internet Wisely
  • Wikipedia — a free, open source encyclopedia. Surprisingly good for some background information
  • Using Google or Google Scholar as a scholarly research tool:
    • strategy: find good portal sites: Google directory page
    • strategy: make sure you know exactly who produced the content

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook

Also, the Steacie Library now has a FaceBook page! Become a Fan!

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Open Science Presentation

Open Science Presentation

Fun Stuff!

Free Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My topic: outsourcing & brain drain  (IT sector, doctors)

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic — often helpful to start looking at sources to help you narrow
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B (exporting electronic waste)
  • toolbox approach: books, journal articles, newspapers & magazines, government sources
  • Stage One: Relevant Wikipedia articles

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • outsourcing or offshoring
    • outsourcing and IT
    • outsourcing and information and india
    • outsourcing and india
    • outsourc$ and (information or technology)
    • brain drain or skills drain
  • Three important books in Steacie reference section:
    • Encyclopedia of information systems — T 58.5 E52 2003
    • Encyclopedia of computer science — QA 76.15 E48 2003
    • Encyclopedia of computers and computer history — QA 76.15 E53 2001
  • Books 24×7 — Amazing ebooks package!
  • Scholars Portal eBooks — a great big pile of ebooks
  • Synthesis — ebook package with several items on technology & society
  • Google Book Search is a great tool for finding relevant books
    • outsourcing IT to india
  • Use RACER to borrow books that York doesn’t have!

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like those above.

A list of the best databases for general science/development topics

First of all, check out Subject Research Guides for what makes sense for your topic

General, Interdisciplinary databases

  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of all humanities & social sciences, good for book reviews & for citation tracking
  • Scopus — similar to web of science, but doesn’t cover humanities and social sciences as well

Newspapers.

Government & Non-Governmental Sources

Some sites to check out for Government and NGO information

Some resources for finding information on specific countries

Using the Internet Wisely
  • ScienceBlogs — blog aggregation site for science (good for controversy and commentary)
  • Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Wikipedia — solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

And on FriendFeed & Twitter.

Steacie also has a page on Facebook — become a fan!

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Just for fun

FREE Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
    • For off campus use, get the York group code here.
    • FAQ and Instructions for various databases
    • RefWorks Tutorial
    • For ACM Digital Library & other databases like dblp, you can import from the bibtex format.
      • Use the References–>Import Feature
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My topic: role of Rosalind Franklin in discovering DNA

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B (autism/vaccine connection or eugenics in Canada) (Huffington Post)

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • rosalind franklin
    • dna and history
    • genetics and history
    • biology and history
    • james watson
    • rosalind franklin and james watson
    • autism
    • autism and mercury
    • autism and vaccines

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like these.

  • rosalind franklin
  • dna and history
  • genetics and history
  • biology and history
  • james watson
  • rosalind franklin and james watson
  • rosalind franklin and dna and history and watson
  • autism and mercury and vaccines

A list of the best databases for general science topics

  • Scholars Portal Journals — good general source with full text
  • JSTOR — full text of various science & science studies journals, best source for STS articles
  • Pubmed — article search engine focused on medical, biomedical and clinical, mostly useful for non-historical topics
  • Biological Abstracts — general life science search engine, mostly for non-human biology
  • History of Science, Technology & Medicine — most comprehensive and complete source for historical topics, covers books and journals.  No full text directly in the database.
  • Academic OneFile — good general, full text
  • Expanded Academic– good general source, good for book reviews, mostly full text
  • Research Libray — another good general source, lots of full text
  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of all humanities & social sciences, good for book reviews & for citation tracking

Newspapers

Using the Internet Wisely
  • ScienceBlogs — blog aggregation site for science (good for controversy and commentary)
  • Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Wikipedia — solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

And on FriendFeed.

Steacie also has a page on Facebook — become a fan!

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Just for fun

FREE Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC.  It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My topic: history of steam railways — possibly in Canada.

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B (role of technology in Blitzkrieg)

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • rail* and steam and canad*
    • blitzkrieg
    • blitzkrieg and war and (tanks or planes or technology)
    • blitzkrieg and technogy and nazi
  • Google Book Search is a great tool for finding relevant books
    • steam railways canada social forces
  • RACER to get books we don’t have, which may be somewhat more important for this course. It usually only takes a couple of days to get the book if another ON university has it.

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like these.

  • steam and (rail or railways or trains) and  history
  • blitzkrieg
  • blitzkrieg and war and (tanks or planes or technology)
  • blitzkrieg and technogy and nazi

A list of the best databases for general science topics

**Remember, the age of the article isn’t that important for historical topics

  • Scholar’s Portal: mostly full text, good general source of articles
  • JSTOR — full text of various science & science studies journals, best source for STS articles
  • History of Science, Technology & Medicine — most comprehensive and complete source for historical topics, covers books and journals. No full text directly in the database.
  • Research Libray — another good general source, lots of full text, somewhat better for history
  • Academic OneFile — good general, full text
  • Expanded Academic– good general source, good for book reviews, mostly full text
  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of all humanities & social sciences, good for book reviews & for citation tracking

Newspaper Archives (use OR in the searches!)

Using the Internet Wisely
  • Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Wikipedia — solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca

You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

And on FriendFeed or Twitter.

Steacie also has a page on Facebook and a Twitter feed — become a fan!

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FREE Citation Management Software

  • Landmark Citation Machine
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
    • For off campus use, get the York group code here.
    • FAQ and Instructions for various databases
    • RefWorks Tutorial
    • For ACM Digital Library & other databases like dblp, you can import from the bibtex format.
      • Use the References–>Import Feature
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My topic: String theory, quantum computing, cloning, acid rain

  • pick a topic that interests you

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like those above.

A list of the best databases for general science/development topics

When looking for science articles, make sure that the article is written by scientists for other scientists and describes a piece of lab research, field work, project  or mathematical derivation.  The work must have been done by the people writing the article.

The article will often have sections such as:

  • Literature review
  • Materials & Methods
  • Equipment
  • Discussion
  • Results
  • Scholar’s Portal: millions of full text articles, good general source of articles
    • DON’T FORGET: use the facets on the right side to narrow to research artcle!
  • Web of Science –Good selection of science articles, most with links to full text
  • Scopus — similar to web of science

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

And on FriendFeed & Twitter.

Steacie also has a page on Facebook — become a fan!

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Just for fun

FREE Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
  • For off campus use, get the York group code here

Key points:

  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My topic: Oppenheimer, Einstein and the Manhattan Project

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B (role of technology in Blitzkrieg)

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • manhattan project
    • atomic bomb and history
    • einstein and (bomb or manhattan or ethics)
    • einstein and (history or biography)
    • oppenheimer and (bomb or manhattan or eithics)
    • (bomb or atomic or nuclear) and (manhattan or los alamos)
    • blitzkrieg
    • blitzkrieg and war and (tanks or planes or technology)
    • blitzkrieg and technogy and nazi
  • Google Book Search is a great tool for finding relevant books
    • oppenheimer einstein manhattan project
  • RACER to get books we don’t have, which may be somewhat more important for this course.  It usually only takes a couple of days to get the book if another ON university has it.

Finding Articles

Depending on the type of topic you have, check out the Subject Research guides

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like these.

  • manhattan project
  • atomic bomb and history
  • einstein and (bomb or manhattan or ethics)
  • einstein and (history or biography)
  • oppenheimer and (bomb or manhattan or eithics)
  • (bomb or atomic or nuclear) and (manhattan or los alamos)
  • blitzkrieg
  • blitzkrieg and war and (tanks or planes or technology)
  • blitzkrieg and technogy and nazi

A list of the best databases for general science topics

**Remember, the age of the article isn’t that important for historical topics

  • JSTOR — full text of various science & science studies journals, best source for STS articles
  • Scholar’s Portal journals:  mostly full text, good general source of articles
  • History of Science, Technology & Medicine — most comprehensive and complete source for historical topics, covers books and journals. No full text directly in the database.
  • Research Library — another good general source, lots of full text, somewhat better for history
  • Academic OneFile — good general, full text
  • Expanded Academic– good general source, good for book reviews, mostly full text
  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of all humanities & social sciences, good for book reviews & for citation tracking

Newspaper Archives (use OR in the searches!)

Search on September 1939:

  • poland and tanks

Using the Internet Wisely
  • Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Wikipedia — solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

Don’t forget to become a fan of the Steacie Library or follow on Twitter.!

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Fun Stuff!

FREE Citation Management Software
  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
    • For off campus use, get the York group code here.
    • FAQ and Instructions for various databases
    • RefWorks Tutorial
    • For ACM Digital Library & other databases like dblp, you can import from the bibtex format.
      • Use the References–>Import Feature
  • Key points:
  • Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
  • Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
  • Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

Logging in from Home
  • Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
  • Information here on logging in
  • Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

Background Information

My notable science people:

  • Isaac Asimov
  • Edward O. Wilson
  • Norman Bethune
  • Aldous Huxley

Hint: use Wikipedia to get ideas about what their main issues/themes are in relation to science & society

Finding Books

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • isaac asimov and laws of robotics
    • asimov and society
    • bethune and china
    • bethune and communism
  • Google Books Search — good choice to find books by more obscure people, also lots of older material is public domain
    • RACER to get books we don’t have. It usually only takes a couple of days to get the book if another ON university has it.

Finding Articles

Note: Some good article strategies:

  • Look for articles both by and about your person
  • could be magazine, newspaper or journal articles
  • If you find one good book or journal article source about your person but are having trouble find something by her, you should check out the references/bibliography section of the sources you do have
  • The Wikepedia article may also have good sources

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like those above.

A list of the best databases for general science/development topics

  • Web of Science –Good selection of science articles, most with links to full text
  • Scopus — similar to web of science
  • JSTOR — good full text, better for historical topics
    • Remember: don’t use basic search, advanced only!

Newspapers

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
You can also friend me or send me a message on Facebook.

And on FriendFeed & Twitter.

Steacie also has a page on Facebook — become a fan!

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  • RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies

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Background Information

My topic: Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B
  • I also picked a more obscure explorer: John Stuart

Looking for Books

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: Charles Darwin’s zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle
  • by author: Darwin Charles
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by subject: Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
  • by keyword:
    • darwin and beagle
    • darwin and exploration
    • exploration and technology
    • voyage and technology
  • Google Book Searchis absolutely vital for more obscure topics!
    • “john stuart” “british columbia”

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like these.

  • darwin and beagle
  • darwin and beagle and compass
  • darwin and voyage
  • victorian and sea and travel

A list of the best databases for general science topics

Using the Internet Wisely
  • Using Googleas a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Google Scholar: good source, often can find information not available elsewhere
  • Wikipedia– solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

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Email: sshujah@yorku.ca
Phone: 416-736-2100 x33945

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Background Information

My topic: Oppenheimer, Einstein and the Manhattan Project

  • pick a topic that interests you
  • narrow your topic
  • get a angle/perspective
  • have a plan B: climate change

Do a search in The York Catalogue:

  • by title: The citizen-powered energy handbook : community solutions to a global crisis
  • by author: pahl greg
  • by journal title: Scientific American
  • by keyword:
    • manhattan project
    • atomic bomb and history
    • einstein and (bomb or manhattan or ethics)
    • einstein and (history or biography)
    • oppenheimer and (bomb or manhattan or eithics)
    • (bomb or atomic or nuclear) and (manhattan or los alamos)
  • Google Book Search is a great tool for finding relevant books
  • RACER to get books we don’t have, which may be somewhat more important for this course. It usually only takes a couple of days to get the book if another ON university has it.

Finding Articles

All the article databases are similar. Try searches like these.

  • manhattan project
  • atomic bomb and history
  • einstein and (bomb or manhattan or ethics)
  • einstein and (history or biography)
  • oppenheimer and (bomb or manhattan or eithics)
  • (bomb or atomic or nuclear) and (manhattan or los alamos)

A list of the best databases for general science topics

**Remember, the age of the article isn’t that important for historical topics

  • JSTOR — full text of various science & science studies journals, best source for STS articles
  • Scholar’s Portal: mostly full text, good general source of articles
  • History of Science, Technology & Medicine — most comprehensive and complete source for historical topics, covers books and journals. No full text directly in the database.
  • Research Libray — another good general source, lots of full text, somewhat better for history
  • Academic OneFile — good general, full text
  • Expanded Academic– good general source, good for book reviews, mostly full text
  • Canadian Newsstand — good newspaper coverage
  • Web of Science — Very good coverage of all humanities & social sciences, good for book reviews & for citation tracking

Using the Internet Wisely
  • Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
    • Find a good portal site
    • remember: who, why and when
  • Wikipedia — solid source of links & basic info, not academic or 100% reliable Wikipedia as a starting point. Remember that for a controversial topic there can be a lot of back and forth and “conflict of interest” changes

Office: Steacie 102H
Email: jdupuis@yorku.ca
MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
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