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

Cathy.Outten@csulb.edu

562 985-7761

Don’t panic! Make a Research Appointment!