Three Suggested Databases for Microbiology
MEDLINE - topics covered include clinical and experimental medicine; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine (virtually identical to PubMed).
Web of Science - topics include all science disciplines, includes cited reference searching
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)- covers environmental sciences topics, and contains a subset of databases that focus on microorganisms, microbial degradation, antibiotic activity and production, microbial toxins, soil microorganisms and environmental pollution.
Finding Newspaper Articles Online
Subscription Databases
From the "databases" link on the library's webpage , you can use several powerful databases to search thousands of magazines and newspapers at once.
Here are a few I recommend:
Lexis-Nexis is an extremely powerful tool that searches local, national, international and specialized news sources (both print and broadcast). All of the articles are available online, and this database is updated daily.
Searches 25 national and international newspapers, 260 regional papers as well as broadcast news sources. Many of the articles are available online, and this database is updated daily.
Newspaper Websites
TIP: If you find something on one of these websites that is not available for free, check to see if the OSU Libraries has it (through the ejournals list) before paying for access elsewhere!
Finding E-journals
Step 1: Identify specific articles of interest using the article database directions above.
Step 2:
- Click on the E-Journals list to see if the journal you need is available online (use the link above or go to e-journals in the center of the library's homepage under "quicklinks."
- Enter the journal title (not the article title) in the search box at the top of the page.
- If you get multiple results, choose the journal listing that has the date range that includes the time frame when your article was published.
- Click on the blue publisher's link to get to the e-journal.
- Navigate to the correct volume, issue and page number for your article by using either the date links, the previous issues link, or the volume links (each e-journal interface looks a little different).
Step 3: If the journal is not online, find the call number for the journal(s) in which the article is found. (Use the OSU Libraries Catalog for this step.) Find the article in the library and make a photocopy.
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Successful Citations
There are two parts to creating successful citations - 1) deciding what information to reference, and 2) recording the citation in an acceptable format.
1)To avoid plagiarizing and successfully include the best information from what you read, check out these tips:
2)To successfully cite the articles, books or lectures that you refer to in your lab report in the correct format, use the following resources:
CBE Citing within the text of your lab report
CBE Citations in the References section of your lab report
How to Read a Journal Article
The following websites give some tips on how to read scientific journal articles:
My brief advice for reading journal articles is to keep a pen handy to write notes to yourself in the margins, and always write a summary of what you learned from the paper at the top of the paper or on a post-it note immediately after you finish reading the paper.
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Worksheet for Evaluating a Journal Article
You can use this worksheet to guide you through the process of reading a scientific article.
Scientific Website Suggestions
Last Update: May 30, 2009 05:05
