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Before searching for articles on a topic, you should prepare for your search by:
For example, a
specific research question might be:
What recent research studies have been done on the effects of distraction on concentration or memory?
This research
question can be divided into two or three "concepts":
1.
research studies
2. distraction
3. concentration or memory
For each concept, related search terms should be used.
Place an OR between each search term for the same concept. Some databases or
search engines may require quotes around phrases
1.
research OR study
2. distraction OR "task
interference" OR "divided attention"
3. concentration OR memory OR cognition
For more help on how to do search preparation, see Skyline Library's Planning a Search Page.
PubMed Central: free digital archive
of full-text biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the U.S.
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Full-text articles for some journals are
not available until one year after publication.
ProQuest Biology Journals
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent database
for full-text biology-related journal articles.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
on or off campus w/ library card
Full-text medical journal articles; EbscoHost search help
Health
Source - Consumer Edition
on or off campus w/ library card
Consumer health magazines & health info; EbscoHost search help
Alt
HealthWatch
on or off campus w/ library card
Articles
on complementary and alternative medicine; EbscoHost search help
Gale Science in Context
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent general
science database. info
Gale Health and Wellness Resource
Center
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent
health-oriented database.
ASM Microbiology
Journals:
The American Society for Microbiology provides a free database of
articles from its 10 journals (listed below), including full text from
January 1998 to the present and abstracts only from January 1992 to December
1997. Click here for
instructions on how to use the ASM journals database
Science
Magazine
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
One of the world's leading scientific journals, published weekly. Issues from 1997 to present.
JAMA Online on campus
Journal
of the American Medical Association. info
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals:
Accounts
of Chemical Research
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Chemical
and Engineering News
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Environmental
Science and Technology
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Journal
of the American Chemical Society
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Journal
of Chemical Education
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Access
Science encyclopedia on campus or off-campus w/
library card
Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science & Technology
PubMed--Medline abstracts: Summaries
of medical journal articles.
Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine: Cross-database
searching for life sciences, including PubMed
and PubMed Central
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition (1999): Commonly referred
to as "The Merck Manual", this is "the textbook of medicine most
widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide".
Merck Manual of Medical
Information--Home Edition (2000): Based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy, the Home Edition "transforms the language of the professionals'
version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about
diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
Merck
Veterinary Manual:
This online version of the 8th edition (1998) of the Merck Veterinary Manual
claims to be the "most comprehensive electronic reference for animal care
information" and "includes over 12,000 indexed topics and over 1200
illustrations."
Gale PowerSearch databases
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent set of
general magazine, journal, news & reference databases that covers all
subject areas.
Google Scholar: Googles academic search engine accesses
a wide range of academic articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions,
from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and
universities. Articles that are accessible in full-text include a link to the
right side of the article title. The majority
of sources are usually abstracts
(summaries) of articles, which do not provide the full-text of the article (or
a significant charge is required for the full article). In many cases, you may
be able to retrieve the full-text of these articles by using the Skyline
College Library Article Delivery Service.
· Put ORs
between terms for the same concept
· Put quotes ( ) around phrases
· Example:
distraction
OR "task interference" OR "divided attention"
concentration
OR memory OR cognition
[Note: the words AND and OR
must be CAPITALIZED in this search engine]
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog
to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library
System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
· Type search words
(title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.*
The search results will show books and other materials
in all libraries in the PLS system. *
* To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library:
Selected
Web Sites:
- General
Science Topics
- Zoology-related Sites
- Microbiology/Life
Sciences-related Sites
- Marine
Animals Sites
- Researching
Diseases
Science
Magazine
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Online version of the leading weekly scientific news
journal, Science. Back issues from 1997 to the present.
Gale Science in Context
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent general
science article database. info
NewScientist: Extensive science and technology website from New Scientist magazine. The Hot Topics page features links to many current hot issues in science and technology.
Science Online: Extensive science and technology website produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scientific American: Online version of the weekly scientific news magazine, Scientific American.
IPL
Life Sciences: High
quality links to a wide range of life science-related topics. From Internet
Public Library.
IPL Health and Medical Sciences: High quality links to a wide range of health and medical-related topics. From Internet Public Library.
Zoology/Life Sciences-related Sites:
BiologyBrowser- This Web site is an index and guide to Internet resources in zoology and other related life sciences. It is a reference tool for information regarding systematics, taxonomy, and nomenclature. It contains a guide by subject categories; an index, sorted taxonomically, of animal groups; a guide to conferences; and an index search of the entire site. Maintained by the compilers of the Zoological Record.
North American Mammals - database of all
living mammals of North America. Based on the Smithsonian Book of North
American Mammals and Mammals of
Biosciences - Meta-Index to resources on, among others - biotechnology, botany, entomology, genetics, medicine, mycology, neurobiology, physiology, and whale watching (under zoology).
Life Science Dictionary - This dictionary contains over "8300 terms which deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics."
Arkive - Archive of resources on endangered species around the world --including images & multimedia files.
PLOS Biology Journal - open-access (free) academic biology journal published by the Public Library of Science.
California's Natural Resources - A variety of links are provided to sites that have information on California local, state, and national parks, forests, and other recreation areas; plants, animals, environmental organizations, and recycling tips.
Natural
History Portal
- Searchable, annotated directory of Internet resources in the following
categories: Reference, Natural History, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Botany,
Entomology, and Zoology. From the
Bio Links (Biozone) - This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology.
CalPhotos: Animals - A database containing over 5,600 images of over 400 species of amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals, and reptiles of California. The site is chiefly photographs, most of which are in the public domain and are made available for non-commercial use through the Digital Library Project, University of California, Berkeley.
BIODIDAC - Database of over 5,000 line drawings, photographs, videos, and animations that can be used and adapted for teaching biology. Users can browse the index by eubacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia, human biology, and histology.
ITIS Data Access - The ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic
Information System) database of biological names focuses on the plants and
animals of
Animal Diversity Web: The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology provides the searchable Animal Diversity Web database, with species accounts (images and text) of some of the world's mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms. The database is searchable by common or scientific name. For each species account, information includes scientific and common name, classification (Phylum through Genus), and color photographs (many beauties). Some accounts supply additional information, such as geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history (food habits, reproduction, behavior, conservation, and habitat), other comments, and references.
AmphibiaWeb - This Web site on amphibian biology and conservation contains information on over 130 species. It provides species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, photos, and literature references. There are photos of over 140 species, range maps of over 300 species, and over 500 bibliographic references; linked to the specimen collections at the American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and the California Academy of Sciences.
ZooWeb: Excellent links to zoos, aquariums and other animal-related sites
Electronic Zoo Animal Resources: Links to animal web pages.
Animal Topics: web page links from Librarians' Internet Index
OceanLink Marine Animal Links - Links to information sites on marine animal and plant groups.
National Marine Mammal Laboratory - Basic information about a representative sample of marine mammal species arranged along taxonomic lines from order to species.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Living Species List - Basic information (e.g. size, range, diet) on a many marine species.
NOAA Fisheries: National Marine Fisheries Service - Fish information
Ecological Subregions of California: Section and Subsection Descriptions Basic descriptions of
each of
California Information Node access to data and
information about
California Environment - Excellent links to
websites on Californias natural history, natural
resources, pollution,
environmental
organizations, natural hazards
and environmental
ethics. From
A Manual of California Vegetation produced by the California Native Plant Society
Images
of the California Environment listed by name, subject, geographic region
and clickable map
Microbiology-related Sites:
All the Virology on the WWW: Information about viruses (both animal and plant) and vaccines as well as links to information on specific viruses and images of viruses according to their classification. Specific viruses such as ebola, influenza, are covered with annotated links to other Web sites. Also included is a section of microbe and virus news, syllabi and notes from microbiology courses, and much more.
Bio Links (Biozone): This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology.
Entrez (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - This site allows you to search a "genetics" subset of MEDLINE as well as the NCBI protein, nucleotide, and genome and the MMDB 3-D protein structures databases. A full range of genetic codes are presented, and you can also browse or search the NCBI/GenBank taxonomy database.
NCBI Taxonomy Homepage - The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides this quick and easy tool for finding the complete lineage for the close to 80,000 species whose sequences have been made public by the collaborating sequence databases. Searches can be made by common name as well as scientific name.
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms & Natural Toxins: Known as the Bad
Bug Book, this handbook contains information on foodborne pathogenic microorganisms
(bacteria, viruses, and parasites) and natural toxins. Provides basic facts
including their characteristics, habitat or source, associated foods, infective
dose, characteristic disease symptoms, complications, recent and major
outbreaks, and any susceptible populations.
American
Chemical Society (ACS) Journals:
Accounts of Chemical Research
Chemical and Engineering News
Environmental Science and
Technology
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
Journal of Chemical Education
PubChem
Project: Search
tool for chemical information, divided into 3 areas: compounds, substances, and
BioAssays.
ChemBioFinder
Gateway:
A name-, formula-, MW-, CAS RN-, and *substructure*-searchable chemical
database, indexes over 150 chemical information sites
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