Research Databases - BIO 390 - Writing in Biology course guide - Research Guides at Cleveland State University

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Steps to Locating Articles on a Topic

1. Search in the appropriate Research Databases using subject terms for your topic.

2. If the article you want is not available in full text in the database or the link is broken, search for the journal title in Journals at CSU.

3. If CSU doesn't subscribe to that journal in print or online format (i.e. it is not in Journals at CSU), you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Interlibrary Loan

After searching in Journals at CSU, if the article or paper you need is not available at CSU, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

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Core Biology Research Databases

BIOSIS Previews Includes Biological Abstracts. Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research. BIOSIS Previews also covers books and meetings.
PubMed
Published by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Environment Complete

Additional Biology Research Databases

AGRICOLA
BIOSIS Citation Index Same content as Biosis Previews with cited reference search capabilities. Includes additional citation counts from other indexes.
GreenFILE Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.
JSTOR Global Plants is currently the largest online database of plant type specimens (over 700,000 to date), which is expected to grow to 2.2 million by 2013. Additional materials include foundational reference works and books, illustrations, correspondence, paintings, photographs, drawings, and other images.
MEDLINE with Full Text

Native Plants of North America
Comprehensive database of native plants of North America

Google Scholar

Google Scholar
Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Not all text may be freely accessible.

Subject Guide

Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer-reviewed articles are also known as "scholarly" or "refereed" articles. Before being accepted for publication in a journal, they have been reviewed by a panel of experts in that field or on that topic. Peer-reviewed articles are the best available.

A search in Academic Search Complete and other EBSCO databases can be limited to peer-reviewed journal articles by checking off the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" box under "Limit your results."