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Neuroscience -- Information Strategy/Sources
Information Strategy -- a basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes
1. Define ... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question
Sources:
AccessScience (the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, current science news from Science News magazine, biographies of scientists, and more)
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (in paper)
Drug Information (MEDLINEplus -- United States National Library of Medicine; a guide to thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications)
Additional relevant encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other publications that may provide this type of information and are available locally can be located by searching the Library Catalog.
2. Identify ... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question
3. Locate ... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information
4. Evaluate ... the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information
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