BIOS 1510: Organismal Biology Guide

Overview

This guide will help you: (1) understand what peer reviewed journals are and why they are important, (2) find relevant article databases on the WMU Libraries' web site, (3) search for journal articles effectively, and (4) obtain these articles.

Identifying Popular, Trade, and Scholarly Journals

Guide for Popular, Trade and Scholarly Sources What's the difference between popular, trade, and scholarly journals? This guide will tell you.

Explanation of Peer Review Why are scholarly journals, also called "peer reviewed" journals important? See the Research Ethics Resource Center's explanation.

Article Databases

Biology-Related Article Databases See the whole WMU Libraries list.

Web of Science Contains three major databases: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), (2) Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and (3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work.   Tutorial

Please LOGOFF when finished, so others may use the database.

RefWorks Info: For Import Filter, choose "ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)". For Database, choose "Web of Science".

Searching for Journal Articles

Search Tips
When searching in article databasses, use...

• Two- or three-word phrases
• Synonyms
• Phrases in quotes

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Last updated: September 2009