Biology 341: Cell Physiology

Databases

Download worksheet to complete during lab: WORD or PDF

Annual Reviews

  • Fulltext review articles summarizing primary research literature
  • If fulltext doesn't open, look up Annual Review title in library catalog and read in print
  • Put phrases in "quotation marks"
  • Use and to ask for articles with both words
  • Automatic truncation
  • Try searching in title, or abstract, or fulltext

BioOne

  • Fulltext of articles from short list of biology
  • Automatic truncation
  • Automatic and -- use drop down windows to set for phrase

General Science Abstracts

  • Citations to articles from short list of major journals from all science fields and links to some fulltext
  • Most articles from this database are either fulltext (keep clicking) or in our library in print (library catalog)
  • Use the asterisk * to truncate a term

Academic Search Premier

  • Citations to articles from major journals from all academic fields
  • Articles from this database are either fulltext (keep clicking) or in our library in print (library catalog) or available through interlibrary loan

BIOSIS

  • Citations to articles from comprehensive list of biology journals
  • Choose option for "General Search"
  • Automatically looks for a phrase -- use and to look for multiple words in any order
  • Use asterisk to truncate

Web of Science

  • Citations to articles from comprehensive list of journals from all fields
  • Choose option for "General Search"
  • Automatically looks for a phrase -- use and to look for multiple words in any order
  • Use asterisk to truncate