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How to Find:
Journal Articles
| Books | Web
Sites | Citing Sources
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
See the Biology
Research Guide: Indexes and Databases to help select
an Index.
Recommended Scientific Journals
Note: You can search these
journals at their Web sites and in Medline.
Sources for Review Articles: (most of the Annual
Reviews begin with 1984)
Do you have access to a journal?
1.) Ariadne
(print)
- Title search on Title
of the Journal to locate print journal
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
4.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
- Use *only* when the journal is not available through
Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.
See Also:
Full-Text Databases
Off-Campus Access
to Licensed Resources
Western Michigan's Waldo Library - Hours
and How to
get to Western
Advanced
Search Help
NOTE: Don't forget to use Bibliographies!
FINDING BOOKS
Using Catalogs to locate books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
4.) WorldCat
and 5.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
See the Biology
Research Guide on Finding Books.
See also: Library
of Congress Classification...
WEB SITES
For Search Engines and Search Tools, see Finding
Web Sites and
Web Indexes and Directories.
See also Biology Research
Guide: Web Sites.
See Also:
WorldCat
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WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality
Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat
for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet
Resources" in the section called "Limit type to".
Sites are selected according to a collection development policy
that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.
Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:
1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and
fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher
reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information
free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up
to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are
there information gaps?
Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:
CITING
Documenting all of the resources used in the
development of your work is an important part of research.
The purpose of citing sources is to give weight and substance
to your findings and to give credit to the authors of these
sources. To cite properly, you must provide complete bibliographic
information according to an established format.
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISM
Some Helpful Resources:
Writing Science through Critical Thinking / Marilyn F.
Moriarty
T11 .M573 1997
Science as Writing / David Locke
Q225.5 .L63 1992
Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science
and Technology / Dorothy Nelkin
Q225 .N35 1987
Communicating in Science: Writing and Speaking / Vernon
Booth
Q223 .B665 1985
A field guide for science writers / edited by Deborah
Blum and Mary Knudson.
T11 .F52 1997 Location: Waldo Library, General
Stacks
The craft of scientific writing / Michael Alley
T11 .A37 1996 Location: Waldo Library, General
Stacks
Communicating in science : writing a scientific paper
and speaking at scientific meetings / Vernon Booth
Q223 .B664 1993 Location: Waldo Library, General
Stacks
The elements of technical writing / Gary
Blake and Robert W. Bly.
T11 .B628 1993 Location: Waldo Library, General Stacks
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