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==Don't forget to try and answer the "Questions to think about ..." at the bottom of this page!==
 
  
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How can you find out what scientists already know about a particular astronomy topic or object?
  
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Searching the literature is an essential part of doing research. Nearly all the astronomical literature is online at
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'''Searching the literature is an essential part of doing research. Reading the literature is different than reading a newspaper article.'''  
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[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ ADS] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/).  From anywhere, you can search via the ADS form, read abstracts, and old papers.  For the most part you will only be able to read ''recent'' papers when you're connecting from a university internet domain such as caltech.edu (though your local public library might also have access).
 
  
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= Questions to think about and things to try with literature searching=
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=Most coherent, developed, tested materials=
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Try these examples below to be sure you understand how to use this form.  All of these are relevant to the IC 2118 project, but similar searches can be done for any topic.  Come up with your own answers and then you can [[discuss literature searching]] with others on this wiki.
 
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* Find all papers by Maria Kun. Which are refereed, and which are conference proceedings?
 
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* Find all papers involving IC 2118.  What is the most recent one?
 
  
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[https://youtu.be/xy0a2ablSCs  Movie (25:35) on basics of astronomical literature searching] (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2022) -- newly updated!!
  
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=[[I'm ready to go on to the "Advanced" Literature Searching section]]=
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbhT9wqdR5E Movie (21:54) on basics of astronomical literature searching] (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016) 2nd half particularly out of date, sorry.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClJod4___c Movie (15:57) on how to read scientific literature] (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1G5g6oektA Movie (17:38) on a case study on how to read a scientific paper] with a goal of getting data out. It was for one of my IC417 teams, so it uses a paper relevant to IC417.  (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)
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'''[[Important note about publications]]''' (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2020)
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[[Literature: Observation and Inference]] by David Strasburger (NITARP alum)
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=Somewhat less coherent (or less standalone) materials=
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[https://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/ckeditor_assets/attachments/175/aasoverview.pdf?1578207631 "How to read scientific posters" portion of this NITARP kick-off workshop talk] (by Dr. Varoujan Gorjian; this version from the AAS workshop 2020)
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[[Literature searching worksheet]] (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, circa 2009 but updated slightly)
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=Other sources of interest=
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[https://astrobites.org/ Astrobites] is an AAS-supported site that is run by grad students. Every day, they pick at least one article from arXiv and summarize what the article is discussing, including relevant background if relevant. This is a great way for anyone (you, your students) to keep current on astronomical literature. They tend to pick important articles, so even if you don't want to read their summaries of the journal articles, you can take their paper suggestions and read the papers completely on your own. There are also summaries of really important papers from the past, as well as guides for students on careers and graduate school, and basics about telescopes, etc. There are even [https://astrobites.org/2017/06/11/astrobites-lesson-plans/ materials on using Astrobites in classes]; also see [https://bitescis.org/ BiteScis]. The same parent organization also has [https://perbites.org/ PERbites] which summarizes physics education research articles.
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[https://aasnova.org/ AAS Nova] is research highlights from the AAS journals. Some overlap with Astrobites above, but also some content unique to it.
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[https://xkcd.com/2085/ This specific xkcd comic]
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[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12566 Astronomy Paper Seminar Participation Guide & Reading Walkthrough],  Cooke et al. (2020), written for an undergraduate and graduate student audience. (Incidentally, this is an example of an astronomy-relevant paper that only appears  in arXiv, not in a journal.)
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01757-1?utm_source=natastron_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_41550_6_9&utm_content=20220915 How to plan your astronomy research paper in ten steps
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01759-z?utm_source=natastron_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_41550_6_9&utm_content=20220915 How to write and develop your astronomy research paper

Latest revision as of 21:53, 28 September 2022

How can you find out what scientists already know about a particular astronomy topic or object?

Searching the literature is an essential part of doing research. Reading the literature is different than reading a newspaper article.

Most coherent, developed, tested materials

Movie (25:35) on basics of astronomical literature searching (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2022) -- newly updated!!

Movie (21:54) on basics of astronomical literature searching (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016) 2nd half particularly out of date, sorry.

Movie (15:57) on how to read scientific literature (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)

Movie (17:38) on a case study on how to read a scientific paper with a goal of getting data out. It was for one of my IC417 teams, so it uses a paper relevant to IC417. (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)

Important note about publications (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2020)

Literature: Observation and Inference by David Strasburger (NITARP alum)

Somewhat less coherent (or less standalone) materials

"How to read scientific posters" portion of this NITARP kick-off workshop talk (by Dr. Varoujan Gorjian; this version from the AAS workshop 2020)

Literature searching worksheet (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, circa 2009 but updated slightly)

Other sources of interest

Astrobites is an AAS-supported site that is run by grad students. Every day, they pick at least one article from arXiv and summarize what the article is discussing, including relevant background if relevant. This is a great way for anyone (you, your students) to keep current on astronomical literature. They tend to pick important articles, so even if you don't want to read their summaries of the journal articles, you can take their paper suggestions and read the papers completely on your own. There are also summaries of really important papers from the past, as well as guides for students on careers and graduate school, and basics about telescopes, etc. There are even materials on using Astrobites in classes; also see BiteScis. The same parent organization also has PERbites which summarizes physics education research articles.

AAS Nova is research highlights from the AAS journals. Some overlap with Astrobites above, but also some content unique to it.

This specific xkcd comic

Astronomy Paper Seminar Participation Guide & Reading Walkthrough, Cooke et al. (2020), written for an undergraduate and graduate student audience. (Incidentally, this is an example of an astronomy-relevant paper that only appears in arXiv, not in a journal.)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01757-1?utm_source=natastron_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_41550_6_9&utm_content=20220915 How to plan your astronomy research paper in ten steps https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01759-z?utm_source=natastron_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_41550_6_9&utm_content=20220915 How to write and develop your astronomy research paper

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