BIOL 101
Wolf Pecher
Fall 2009
Individual course index /fa09/ biol101_pecher.htm
Introduction | Finding Sources |Undstanding What You Find|
Reading and Writing in the Sciences
Web Resources | Other Library Information
Introduction:
This guide provides information on locating and accessing print and online resources from Langsdale Library.
Questions?
General Reference: |
Catherine Johnson: |
email: langref@ubalt.edu |
email: cajohnson@ubalt.edu |
| phone: 410.837.4274 | phone: 410.837.4276 |
IM: UBLangsdale |
IM: LangCRJ |
Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Need help? Read the Academic Search Premier Visual Guide.Environment Complete [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,772,000 records from more than 1,680 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,108 active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 650 journals.Medline [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 – present. Indexes/abstracts more than 3,200 journals from the biomedical field.Science Resource Center (Gale) [on-campus]
Part of Thomson Gale's growing science product line, Science Resource Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. This 24/7 resource reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms including biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more.Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com
Search Google for more scholarly work and "find it" in the Langsdale Library.
Medline Plus: http://medlineplus.gov
Consumer medical information. Free online medical encyclopedia from the federal government. Includes links to trusted medical websites.Credo Reference [on campus]
Content available through Credo Reference includes a wide range of general reference titles together with a large collection of subject-specific books spanning 20 topics, covering everything from the arts to astronomy, law to literature and science to Shakespeare.Gale Encyclopedia of Science [on campus]
Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.
Reading and Writing in the Sciences
Reading Scientific Papers: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/phys/assets/SciPaperTutorial.swf
This short flash tutorial provides an overview of how to read a scientific paper.Science Writing Tips:http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/science/
This detailed explanation covers the multiple sections of a scientific paper and achieving the scientific voice.
Web Resources
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos,
and government documents.
CiteSeerX: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeerx aims to improve the dissemination of scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge.Futurity: http://futurity.org/
An online news source featuring the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, and more from North America's leading research universitiesScirus: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/advanced/
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 350 million science-specific Web pagesProfiles in Science: http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/
An online news source featuring the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, and more from North America's leading research universitiesScience Reference Services: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/
From the Library of Congress, Science, Technology & Business Division, Sicence Reference Services includes links to science resources both in print and online.
UB Catalog [new interface!]
New interface to search for books at Langsdale Library, the University System of Maryland, and worldwide. It's based off of Worldcat, the collected catalogs of over 10,000 libraries.Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB.NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).
For more information email langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm
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