Biology Subject Resources
Databases:
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ProQuest Central - Science and Technology: Our
largest multidisciplinary databases, with targeted resources
for the sciences.
- Enter ProQuest Central and click on the "Science & Technology" icon.
- Search using basic keyword searching, advanced searching to combine terms, or browse by publication name, author, or subject area.
- Combine terms using AND, OR and NOT EX: "diabetes and children" will return results with both terms, "diabetes or blood sugar" will return results with either term, and "diabetes not children" will get rid of anything about children.
- Clickable tabs for peer-reviewed and PDF articles
- Easily save, print, or email marked records and create citations for your bibliography.
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BioOne: an
collection of full text,
high impact bioscience journals, now linked through ProQuest
Central.
- Content is searchable by keyword, author, and journal title.
- Browse entire issues of a journal
- Entries are fully hyper-texted, including author information, references, and illustrations
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Science Reference Center: a
comprehensive research database that provides easy access to
a multitude of full text science-oriented content.
- Contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.
- Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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Academic Search Elite:
A large multi-disciplinary database, with many journals in
full-text and coverage in the sciences.
- General searching techniques and format, including keyword and advanced searching
- Guided subject searching for better results
- Use left column search guides to refine your search
- Use our interlibrary loan form to order articles that are not full-text.
- Credo Reference: An excellent full-text integrated reference database. Contains linked searching to other resources and visual concept mapping.
Books:
- Use the Quest and Mobius catalogs
- Quest catalog includes CMU, Mo Valley, UCM and State Fair
- Items from Quest usually arrive in 2-3 days and check out for 1 month.
- MOBIUS catalog is state wide; items requested arrive in 5-7 days and check out for 3 weeks.
- Request items from off-campus using your name and student ID number.
- Specific scientific terms will not return many results, so try broader terms for your field or general topic.
Websites:
Stuck? Ask a librarian!
email:
library@centralmethodist.com or
cmdudenh@centralmethodist.com
Phone: 248-6292 or
248-6271
