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(NOT individual articles), and more. Searching by "Keyword" can be
helpful if you are starting to research a topic.
National
Academies Press Through this publisher's web site, you can read
more than 3,000 online books (free in .html format). Browse categories
like Biotechnology
or Health &
Medicine, or search specific terms to locate relevant chapter(s).
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background information
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Access
Science,WC
online version of
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science &Technology.
Biotech
Life Science Dictionary More than 8,300 definitions; includes
biotechnology. Alternate
dictionary site.
CQ
Researcher WC
In-depth, unbiased background and analysis on designer humans, cloning
debate, and more.
Discovery
Guides - Biomedical (CSA) include recent overviews/bibliographies
on genetically modified foods, stem cells, and more.
Encyclopedia
of BioethicsWC
2004 edition. Articles on assisted reproduction, genetic testing,
genetic engineering, and more.
Facts on File Dictionary
of Biology, 3rd edition. Science Reference QH302.5 .F38 1999.
Gale Encyclopedia
of Public Health. Science Reference q RA423 .E53 2002.
Medical dictionaries
located in the Science Reference R 121 ... section.
Oxford
Reference Online, WC
(Oxford University Press) More than one hundred dictionaries in all
disciplines.
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news
Lexis
Nexis Academic News WC
Full-text, domestic and international news service. Multiple languages
in addition to English.
Lexis
Nexis Academic Medical WC
Full-text medical news and medical & health journals. Articles
without graphics.
Science
Now, WC
daily science news service from the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS).
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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 a citation
for an article, use the InfoBridge
link, or click on the InfoBridge icon from each citation to search
one or more electronic journal sources or the Wellesley
College Library catalog.
- Use the name of the journal
as the title.
- If Wellesley does not
own the article, you can request it via Interlibrary
Loan (ILL).
For coverage at
the introductory or intermediate levels, try searching
InfoTracOneFileWC
General
Science FullText (via WilsonWeb)
WC
For more specialized
database coverage, search
Bioethics
in NRCBL (National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature) and
in NLM (National Library of Medicine, U.S.) Databases.
NLM databases include PubMed with a preformulated bioethics strategy.
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts databases WC
for simultaneous searching of the following databases: Agricola, Biological
Sciences, Biology Digest, MEDLINE (latest 10 yrs), and Plant Science
(latest 10 years).
Biotechnology,
a part of Science.gov,
for U.S. federal scientific and technical web sites.
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= Wellesley College users only.
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Internet
links
AccessExcellence,
(U.S.National Health Museum) "About
Biotech" includes many topics in medical, forensic, and agricultural
biotechnology.
Actionbioscience.org
examines Biotechnology
and Genomics
as major biological challenges. The web site clearly identifies articles
from scientists, science educators, and science students.
Center
for Genetics and Society outlines the risks and benefits of new
human genetic technologies. SiteMap here.
Dolan
DNA Learning Center has free multimedia guides like "Your
Genes, your Health" and "Inside
Cancer".
Human Genome:
Ethical,
Legal, and Social Issues related to the Human
Genome Project. Includes gene testing, gene therapy, patenting,
privacy, forensics, courts, and behavior. Also, see
Selected articles below
may be available free of charge:
Technology
Trends, from the journal Nature Medicine.
Making
Stem Cells, a Web Focus feature of the journal Nature.
Twenty-five
Years of Embryonic Stem Cells, another Web Focus feature.
Insight:
Stem Cells, a Supplement from Nature.
Technical
Risk in the Mass Media, selected articles, from the 1990's, from
the Franklin Pierce Law Center web site.
How
to evaluate and cite properly
Evaluating web sites:
Kapoun, J. (1998).
Teaching undergrads
Web evaluation: a guide for library instruction [Online]. College
& Research Libraries News, 59 (7), 522-523.
- Short set of
criteria for evaluating a web site: accuracy, authority, objectivity,
currency, coverage, and ease of use.
- Scan down the
article until you reach the comments in Kapoun's table.
Citing printed material
and web sites:
Electronic editions:
Sciences:
Documenting Sources, from RESEARCH and DOCUMENTATION Online, covers
how to cite electronic journal articles and books, in addition to
citing traditional print sources. Illustrates the "name-year"
citation style. The CSA Reference List is located beneath the section,
"Page Ranges."
Using
CBE [Council of Biology Editors] Style to Cite and Document Sources
covers how to cite electronic journal articles and books, in addition
to citing traditional print sources. Illustrates both the "citation-sequence"
and the "name-year" citation styles.
Documenting
Electronic Resources in MLA or APA - includes instructions and
examples for email, databases, CD-ROMs, and Web Sites.
Print editions:
A Short Guide to Writing About Biology.
4th edition. Science Reserve QH304 .P43 2001.
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper.
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. You may come visit us at the Science
Reference Desk, call us at 781-283-3085, or use our email reference
service, AskUs.
Science
Library webpage has hours of operation and a floor
plan (Ground Floor includes Periodicals; Mezzanine has books).
To locate material not
available at Wellesley, use Interlibrary
Loan , a service that will borrow material on behalf of Wellesley
College students. Valuable and popular service, but takes lead time
of several days to fill a request.
Need help with
library jargon? Try the University of Michigan's Library
glossary [Online] Accessed July 25, 2006.
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