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PHYS 2213: Experimental Physics with Data Analysis: Workshop # 1 Slides and Exercises

Exercise #1 Browse a scientific journal within a database

Connect to the “Web of Science” database through York University Libraries website.
  • Within “Web of Science”, search for “Physical Review Letters” by “Publication Titles”.
  • Find all the articles published in 2024 by this journal, and order them by “Citations: highest first”. _______
  • Look at the full text of a journal article. Is this article peer-reviewed? How do you know?

Exercise #2 Searching on a topic within a database

Visit the Scientific American blog post from Feb. 24, 2016 titled “Searching for the gravitational waves LIGO can’t hear” by Chiara Mingarelli. (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/searching-for-the-gravitational-waves-ligo-can-t-hear/)

  • Try finding some peer-reviewed articles on this topic. What are the best ways to do this?
  • White down your search terms, operators, symbols and their combinations:

Exercise #3 Cite your source

Find and visit the journal article, “Shear Viscosity of Two-Flavor Inhomogenous Color Superconducting Quark Matter,” written by Sreemoyee Sarkar and Rishi Sharma.