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news (Cell
Biology in the News)
News Services
New
York Times' Science section. Requires free registration.
Science
Now, a daily science news service available from the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
ScienceDaily,
daily commercial web site, with advertising, offers a broad spectrum
of scientific news.
Lexis
Nexis Academic News WC,
a full-text service for domestic and international news, available
in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
News content
in high-profile
online science journals/magazines:
BioScience.WC
Nature (London) WC
Science magazine WC
Scientific
American WC
Classified Periodicals
= older magazines or journals, which are shelved by Library of
Congress call number.
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books
In addition to books,
you will also find journal titles (NOT individual articles), videos,
and more. Search by "Keyword" if you are beginning to research
a topic.
Wellesley
College Library catalog which includes materials in print,
electronic files, and microform.
Worldcat (via
FirstSearch) WC will
help you identify materials (NOT individual articles), which
are in other libraries. You may arrange to borrow them via Interlibrary
Loan.
Interlibrary
Loan,WC an
interlibrary borrowing service for materials not available
locally.
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Online Textbooks or Tutorials:
Kimball's
Biology Pages, an extraordinary online textbook, with
sections devoted to cell biology, biochemistry, DNA and RNA,
and more. Open the
The Table of Contents page.
The
Biology Project at the University of Arizona includes a useful section
on cell biology, which is also available in Spanish.
MIT
OpenCourseWare available for a wide variety of undergraduate and
graduate courses, including introductory biology, to promote informal
learning.
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Find
background information
Dictionaries:
Biological
Sciences dictionaries,WC recent
online dictionaries from Oxford University Press.
Concise Encyclopedia - Biology. Science
Reference QH302.5 .A2313 1996. Illustrated dictionary.
Facts on File Dictionary
of Biology.
Science Reference QH302.5 .F38 1999.
Henderson's
Dictionary of Biological Terms. Science Ref QH302.5 .H65
1995.
Encyclopedias:
Access
Science.WC Online
version of the McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Browse the Biological
and Biomedical Science section. Entry level.
Encyclopedia
of Bioethics WC 2004.
Potential and observed impacts of new developments
in scientific research (e.g., genetics, the environment, etc.)
on present and future generations. Also in print at Clapp Reference
QH332 .E52 2004.
Encyclopedia of Life
Sciences. Science
Reference qQH302.5 .E54 2002. Emphasis on cellular and molecular
levels.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Medicine.
2nd ed., 2002.WC Layperson-accessible
descriptions of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and therapies for
a wide variety of diseases and disorders.
Gale Encyclopedia
of Public Health. Science Reference q RA423 .E53
2002. Examines the effects of infectious diseases, environmental
problems, and health promotion efforts on local, regional, and
international populations.
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journal articles
The following databases
provide either full-text articles or citations (information about
when and where the article was published).
Once you have an article
citation,
WC =
Wellesley College users only.
Google
Scholar. Multidisciplinary coverage of peer-reviewed literature— journal
articles, theses, books, preprints, and more. Complements, but
does not replace, other databases, because GS lacks information
about its breadth/depth of sources covered. Advanced
Scholar Search Tips.
JSTOR, WC electronic backfiles of
full-text journal articles.
- JSTOR journals start
with volume 1, and continue, but they are always several years
behind the current year/volume. Use the Library
Catalog to determine whether or not current years
are available online, in print, or in microform at Wellesley.
- Search term advice:
- Be methodical--keep
track of your search attempts. It may take several searches
to find the most relevant articles.
- Try the Advanced
Search for more powerful searching.
- Use the most
specific term for the desired concept. Try the Latin name
for an organism (e.g., tribolium).
- Include the
singular and plural forms of a search word by adding +
to the end of the wordstem.
- Select only
the relevant subject clusters: Ecology, Botany, and General
Science journals.
- Publication
type: select "Articles." "Reviews" in
JSTOR will most often bring up book reviews.
- Download the pdf of
the article of interest before you attempt to print or save it
(faster).
Biological
Sciences databases (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) WC covers
life science articles from the following:
- Agricola for all aspects of agriculture, from
1970+.
- Biology Digest for
general scientific magazines, from 1989+.
- Biological Sciences for
the major biological research journals, from 1982+.
- BioOne for research journals in ecology, environmental
science, and organismal biology, from 2000+.
- Plant Science for
plant literature, from 1996+.
PubMed a
searchable worldwide database of citations and abstracts, from
the 1950's onward, in all fields of medicine and biomedicine--including
public health. Short
tutorial is available. PubMed's
Single Citation Matcher completes a partial reference that
you already have. Journals
Database deciphers abbreviated biomedical journal titles. PubMed
search hints:
- Use the wildcard * at
the end of a word, to indicate the variable ending of the search
word.
- Limit search to desired
parameters (language, research subjects--humans or animals or either,
etc.). [Article title inside brackets represents a translation--of
just the journal article's title--into English.]
- Be aware that links to
full-text articles are active only where Wellesley has signed license
agreements or where the journals are available to readers free
of charge.
Wilson
Web databases WC includes
several databases that cover aspects of the environment and/or
horticulture. Coverage is from early 1980's for citations and
abstracts. Fulltext available for some items, from early
or mid-1990's+.
- Biological
and Agricultural FullText. Peer-reviewed and popular
articles on all aspects of biology and agriculture.
- General
Sciences FullText. Peer-reviewed and popular articles
on many aspects of general science.
- Omni
File for more complete
coverage of available fulltext articles.
Science
DirectWC,
electronic journal articles from 150 journals in the physical,
life, social, and behavioral sciences. From 1995+.
Example: Look for articles
which discuss morphological or cellular differences between red and
green peppers.
My search terms: red peppers, green peppers, capsicum (Latin name
for peppers)
What kind of information are you after? Hint: take a look at the
kinds of terms used to describe your experiment. Now make a few lists.
I'm looking for morphology or cellular structure articles.
What subject clusters or databases do you think you need?
Agricola, Biological Sciences research journals, JSTOR
(different database), and maybe PubMed or Medline.
What time period do you want to cover?
Whatever is available.
The particular experiments I am looking for right
now are pretty basic, and may have been performed a long time ago.
So
JSTOR would be my first choice, because it covers the
earlier scientific literature well..
What publication types? What language(s)? What JSTOR clusters?
'Articles,' -- research articles in English.
Clusters: Biology, Botany, General Science.
How should you formulate your search statement? Try the Advanced
Search. Be methodical and write down each search strategy you try.
Search All These Words: pepper+ red green
(+ gives you singular
and plural)
Search All These Words: capsicum red green
For general searching:
InfoTrac
OneFile WC (via
Thomson) 1980's+ (citations / some abstracts); 1990's+ (selected
full-text articles).A great place to begin broad subject
searches in the sciences.
General
Science Full Text (via WilsonWeb)WC for
citations, abstracts, and selected full text of journal articles
that cover all aspects of general science. Coverage:
indexes articles from 1984 onward; full-text articles from 1990's
onward. When
checking off database segments to search, please include Omni Mega
File as well as General Science Full Text. This will increase your
chance of retrieving a whole article instead of a reference to
it.
Please Note: This list
above is highly selective. Other databases may be useful for you,
depending
on your
specific topic
and approach. Feel free to request an appointment with the
library research liaison.
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links
Biochemistry
DNA
Learning Center from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Introduction
to Enzymes from the Worthington Biochemical Corporation.
Cell Biology
Cell
& Molecular Biology Online
The
National Health Museum
WWW
Virtual Library: Model Organisms lists the attributes of model
organisms and how they benefit research. Includes the NIH site, Model
Organisms for Biomedical Research.
Developmental
Biology
Human
Embryology Animations
Zygote,
supplementary material from Dr. Scott Gilbert, author of the textbook,
Developmental Biology.
Microbiology
The
Microbiology Network
How
to Cite References
CBE (Council of Biology
Editors) Style is gradually being replaced by CSE (Council of Science
Editors) Style. These are the generally recommended style for introductory
courses in the biological sciences.
Electronic Guides:
Print Resources:
- A Short
Guide to Writing about Biology. 5th
edition. Science Reference QH304 .P43 2004.
- How to Write
and Publish a Scientific Paper, 5th edition. Science
Reserve and Science Reference T11 .D33 1998.
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help
Research librarians,
Irene Laursen and Neil Nero
are happy to help you with your searching. Come visit us at the Science
Reference Desk or email or call us, or consult our colleagues on AskUs.
Science Library webpage
has hours of operation and a floor
plan (Ground Floor includes Periodicals; Mezzanine has books).
Need help with library jargon?
Try the University of Michigan's Library
glossary
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