BIOL 696a Fall 2012 Professor Wilson
BIOL 696a
Fall 2012
Professor Wilson
Let’s explore!
The Library Webpage
Books?
Journal articles?
Biology research guide?
Your Librarian?
Interlibrary Loan?
Reserve items?
Types of Information
Books
Peer-reviewed
Review articles
Conference Proceedings
Theses/Dissertations
Discovering Information
Search library catalog for books
Search databases for articles
Keep current with journals in your field
Use references to find on-topic articles
Do a cited reference search to find newer
on-topic articles
Getting journal articles
(overview)
1. Get a CITATION
• from databases
• Save it in RefWorks!
2. Get the ARTICLE
• Get it @ CSULB or SFX
• Inter library loan
Online Databases
For finding articles:
Biological Abstracts
Zoological Record
Academic Search Complete
Science Direct
Pubmed
Web of Science
Google?
Try it!
Pick a database and conduct a
search
Searching Bio Abs
Bio Abs Results
Refined Search
RefWorks
Keeps all your references in one place
Produces bibliographies in whatever format you choose (e.g. APA or Developmental Dynamics)
Includes WriteNCite which allows you to cite your references in Word documents
Do their tutorial! Sign up for training sessions in the Library
Direct export to Refworks
Bio Abstracts
ScienceDirect
EBSCO
2. Getting the Article
Full-text or PDF from the database
Links right from database
Get it @ CSULB
Will check other CSULB sources
for full-text of this article
Not in all databases, but it is in
RefWorks
Get it @CSULB
Check Coast
Link from Get it @ CSULB
OR
From home page click on “Locate Specific
Journals by Title”
Coast Journal Search
COAST E-Journal Record
COAST Print Journal Record
Check year to see
which floor
Call Number is
same on all
floors
ORCA Retrieval
Interlibrary Loan
If we don’t have it…we will get it Book (Link+), journal article (ArticleReach),
book chapter, thesis, etc (Illiad).
Fill out online form
1 to 7 days
FREE
Need ID number and Library PIN
Cited Reference Search
Web of Science and others
Finds newer articles that cite your article,
or a particular author
Using Google Scholar
With Get it @ CSULB
(Set Preferences)
Without Get it @ CSULB
Use COAST Journal Title search
Write-N-Cite
In Word 2007, 2010
Library Tour 1st floor
Reference Desk
Computers
Lower Level Current periodicals/ microfilm
2nd -4th floors Books
Study spaces
5th floor Study space
Theses
ORCA
Feel like this and want help?
Cathy Outten
562 985-7761
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