Physical Sciences Librarian
The John Cotton Dana Library
Rutgers-Newark
naomi.gold@rutgers
About Bonnie
Bonnie L. Fong is the Physical Sciences Librarian and Interim Life Sciences Librarian on the Rutgers University-Newark campus. As such, she serves as subject specialist librarian to the departments of biology, chemistry, Earth & environmental science, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, and psychology. After majoring in Chemistry as an undergraduate student, Bonnie taught high school chemistry for a couple of years, then managed the physical science laboratories at a nearby community college. She went on to earn her Master's degree in Library Science and has been a librarian at Rutgers since 2011.
Introduction
This guide was put together with the goal of helping students in Dr. Karina Schafer’s Fall 2022 Plant Physiology course get started with finding peer-reviewed journal articles for their research project and presentation assignments. It is intended to complement and supplement the September 15, 2022 library research instruction session.
By no means is this an exhaustive guide to doing library research, so if you have any questions related to biology literature research, please contact Naomi Gold or Bonnie Fong at dana_science@libraries.rutgers.edu. For general library-related questions, Ask-A-Librarian.
Learning Objectives
Students attending the September 15, 2022 library research session for Dr. Karina Schafer's Plant Physiology class will learn how to:
- execute effective searches in indexes/databases such as Ecology Abstracts and CAB Abstracts in order to find journal articles about their topic
- determine if an article is published in a peer-reviewed journal
- identify the different methods to access the full-text of an article
- create citations in the style of the Agricultural and Forest Meteorology journal using EndNote online/basic/Web
Skeletal Outline
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9/15/2022 skeletal outline- might be useful for taking notes
References guidelines for Agricultural and Forest Meteorology journal
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References guidelines for Agricultural and Forest Meteorology journal- Click on References
Ask a Librarian for Help
There are several ways to seek help from a librarian:
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For biology literature research questions:Consider sending an email to dana_science@libraries.rutgers.edu if you have a biology literature research question and either Naomi Gold or Bonnie Fong - the Dana Library's liaisons to the life sciences departments - will respond.
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Dana Library Reference Desk:Visit our in-person Reference Desk Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, on the 1st floor of the Dana Library (in the same room as the computer lab)
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Ask Any Librarian:General questions about the library can be asked of any reference librarian.
- chat live, Sunday-Saturday, 10am-10pm
- email at any time