Library Guides: Biology: BISC 300

Help with Scientific Literature

These links are to short YouTube videos created especially for you to help you with your library research.

How to Read an Article Citation
Identifies the parts of an article citation to help you understand what it all means.
From Citation to Article
Shows you how to find a specific scientific article when all you have is a citation.
How to Read a Scientific Article
Tips on how to read a scientific article to enhance your understanding.

These are some links to news items on current issues to help you generate research ideas:

Biology News
Articles for general audiences rounded up by the National Science Foundation.
Biology News Net
Hot topics across biology.
Science Daily Biology News
Large collection of news items easily broken down into sub-disciplines like genetics, environment, etc.
Science Daily Health and Medicine News
Scientific American
New York Times - Science
8 free articles per month

Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally.
BioOne This link opens in a new window
Full-text of various research journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
MEDLINE (via Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
National Library of Medicine's premier database in the life sciences, with a concentration in biomedicine.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus supports research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields as well as in the arts and humanities. Scopus does not test or support Mac/IoS Devices. Scopus recommends IE 8 or higher, Chrome or Firefox.