For these answers? I mostly use what i already know about the answer to do a quick google search for more information, and to double check i am right before i post.
In the lab? We mostly access research papers that have been published, as well as the occasional textbook, or government released statistical data. We have our own search engine (run by american health department) called PubMed which searches all of these articles by keyword and author, but sometimes you need to use a google scholar search, as not all findings are emphasised enough in the paper to be picked up by a PubMed search.
If I’m after a specific piece of information related to my research, I seek the information in peer-reviewed research papers. I use Scopus, Google Scholar and Pubmed for searching papers. When I need a broader information (ie. molecular biology of a plant cell) I refer to text books.
For general knowledge, I read random articles from Wiki 🙂 in my “spare time”. I also read a book called “book of general ignorance” which answers many interesting questions that come out curiosity such as “what shape is a raindrop” or “how was teflon discovered”…
I use lots of online databases. Some I can look up published research, I often use PubMed for that. I also use databases to look up information on our genes, like the human genome browser. This complies information from the human genome project and shows the locations of the genes on our chromosomes. My supervisor is also a really good resource! He has 20 years of experience on me and can answer a lot of my questions!
For these answers? I mostly use what i already know about the answer to do a quick google search for more information, and to double check i am right before i post.
In the lab? We mostly access research papers that have been published, as well as the occasional textbook, or government released statistical data. We have our own search engine (run by american health department) called PubMed which searches all of these articles by keyword and author, but sometimes you need to use a google scholar search, as not all findings are emphasised enough in the paper to be picked up by a PubMed search.
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If I’m after a specific piece of information related to my research, I seek the information in peer-reviewed research papers. I use Scopus, Google Scholar and Pubmed for searching papers. When I need a broader information (ie. molecular biology of a plant cell) I refer to text books.
For general knowledge, I read random articles from Wiki 🙂 in my “spare time”. I also read a book called “book of general ignorance” which answers many interesting questions that come out curiosity such as “what shape is a raindrop” or “how was teflon discovered”…
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I find Wikipedia to be a good starting point to get the general gist of something.
For specific information relating to my research, like my fellow scientists, I mostly use journal articles along with a few textbooks.
For everything else… Google! 🙂
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I use lots of online databases. Some I can look up published research, I often use PubMed for that. I also use databases to look up information on our genes, like the human genome browser. This complies information from the human genome project and shows the locations of the genes on our chromosomes. My supervisor is also a really good resource! He has 20 years of experience on me and can answer a lot of my questions!
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