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Welcome to Center of Excellence (COE) Summer Research Experience Guide
Data vizualization, data management, data services, data sets and GIS plus more from the UT Libraries Scholars Collaborative
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UT Librarian Brianne Dosch Data Viz for beginners handoutFrom 5/22/2020 presentation
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PLoS Data Sharing SurveyRecent example of growing interest in all things data, including data sharing
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" The Push to Replace Journal Supplements with Repositories" 2019 The Scientist"Depositing material that would end up in supplementary files in places other than the journal is becoming an increasingly common practice."
Information literacy training "Beyond Google" and "the Web vs Databases" Elsa Loftis on LinkedInLearning
Click on either module below and you will be asked to sign into LinkedInLearning from OIT.
Or go to LinkedInLearning directly: https://oit.utk.edu/training/online-training/lil/
"Information literacy is the ability to discover and use various types of information. It's an essential skill for navigating the information age. Watch this course to learn about strategies for finding information—from a library, archive, database, or the Internet—and the ethics of using it. Librarian Elsa Loftis discusses different types of resources and explains how to evaluate their usefulness and trustworthiness. She also shows how to avoid plagiarism and copyright infringement, and accurately cite sources."
Overview of Searching the Biomedical Literature
Images source and more info go to: http://guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/STAR
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Pendergrass Database Worksheetworksheets help novice searchers keep track of keywords, synonyms, databases searched etc.
List of databases for veterinary topics from Grindlay et al:
Grindlay DJ, Brennan ML, Dean RS. Searching the veterinary literature: a comparison of the coverage of veterinary journals by nine bibliographic databases. J Vet Med Educ. 2012 Winter;39(4):404-12. doi: 10.3138/jvme.1111.109R. PubMed PMID: 23187034.
COMPARISON OF RESULTS IN CAB ABSTRACTS vs other databases for veterinary topics Source: Robert Taylor, CABI 5/2018
Cited Reference Searching with Google Scholar--USE ON CAMPUS or with VPN (Virtual Private Network from OIT)
Research communication tips and tools
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The Craft of Scientific Presentations by Publication Date: 2013E-book
"... Instead of building presentations, as most engineers and scientists do, on the weak foundation of topic phrases and bulleted lists, this assertion-evidence approach calls for building presentations on succinct message assertions supported by visual evidence. "
ORCID, Open Researcher and Contributor ID
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Follow Dr. Kania's example: Register for and keep your ORCID page up to date"ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports"
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University College London Blog post "Getting the most out of your ORCID" May 2020ORCID Is an international researcher-focused effort. Register for your ORCID this summer and join the 8 million researchers with an ORCID.
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PLoS Ten Simple Rules".... a quick, concentrated guide for mastering some of the professional challenges research scientists face in their careers....."
How to Write a Killer Conference Abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation
Jan 2017 Helen Kara / London School of Economics Blog
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ChembioDrawSoftware to help you draw your own illustration, if needed. Licensed to UTK by OIT.
Look under Cambridgesoft on the OIT Software Distribution Server for ChembioDraw:
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http://jane.biosemantics.org/"Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper? Or are you an editor, and do you need to find reviewers for a particular paper? Jane can help!
Just enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in PubMed to find the best matching journals, authors or articles."
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Linked in Learning13,000 high quality how to videos on how to use software and much more
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UTK OIT Virtual Private Network VPNOne use of VPN is to register for an account on Web of Science
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Online Meetings with Zoom or MS Teams"Make sure when you run a meeting with colleagues or students you are efficient and respectful of everyone’s time. "
Books: planning research, ethics, and writing
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Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: from question to proposal by ebook and paper
"...is the perfect introduction to the research process. It details the development of an effective research plan, and guides readers through all stages of the process from finding a research topic, to the final written proposal. It takes an in-depth focus on the planning process which makes it an excellent tool for beginners while still being relevant to people at all levels of study who need to develop a research plan.The Seventh Edition continues to teach readers how to prepare an appropriate question and topic and the steps it takes formulate a conclusion. All of the chapters have been updated with new references and current information including a renewed focus on evidence-based practice and an expansion of research ethics. Proposals are included at the end of the text to help students learn." -
Research Ethics for Scientists: a companion for students by E-book and Paper -
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Paper only--ebook not available to libraries
Role Models in Veterinary Research and Publishing
Selected Summer Research Experience Participants' articles:
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PeerJ article: "Effects of various factors on Doppler flow ultrasonic radial and coccygeal artery systolic blood pressure measurements in privately-owned, conscious dogs" from COE 2016 work by Allison Mooney Class of 2018Mooney AP, Mawby DI, Price JM, Whittemore JC. Effects of various factors on
Doppler flow ultrasonic radial and coccygeal artery systolic blood pressure
measurements in privately-owned, conscious dogs. PeerJ. 2017 Mar 22;5:e3101. doi:
10.7717/peerj.3101. eCollection 2017. -
PeerJ article: "The effectiveness of cooling conditions on temperature of canine EDTA whole blood samples" from COE 2016 from work done by Leslie Serrano, Class of 2019Tobias KM, Serrano L, Sun X, Flatland B. The effectiveness of cooling
conditions on temperature of canine EDTA whole blood samples. PeerJ. 2016 Nov
29;4:e2732.
- Humphreys AF, Tan J, Peng R, Benton SM, Qin X, Worley KC, et al. (2015) Generation and Characterization of Antibodies against Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Ig Article in PLoSOne by Alan Humphreys, class of 2012.
Tim McCarthy, Researcher/Veterinarian in Practice
- Article about Dr. Tim McCarthy, 2010 AVMA Practitioner Research Award winner. The award recognizes achievements in medical research by a practicing veterinarian. Dr. McCarthy's book is below.
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Veterinary Endoscopy by E-book and Paper
Don't pay for access OR spend a lot of time trying to get access, AskUs!
Jeanine Williamson | jwilliamson@utk.edu | Veterinary Librarian (interim)
Jeffrey Hines | jhines@utk.edu | Evening Supervisor
Primary contacts for veterinary medicine @ Pendergrass Library
