Genes, Genomics, and Society

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Selected Reference Sources

Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to 325 reference works, including general and subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, guides, companions and more from over 60 respected publishers across 17 major subject areas--all online, all searchable from one search box.

Encyclopedia of life sciences. (1999- ). Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Nature Pub. Group: Macmillan; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.

Specific Science Journals

National Geographic - available through the publisher, full text from publisher, 2005 - present, or 1995 - 3 months ago through Academic Search Premier

Nature - available through Academic Search Premier, 1997-1 year ago, or in paper on level C

Natural History - available through Academic Search Premier, 1990 - present, or on level C in paper

Science - available in paper on level C of the library, 1966-present, citations are available through Academic Search Premier

Scientific American - Available from Academic Search Premier, 1995-present

Education Databases and Specific Education Journals

American Biology Teacher
Full text through Academic Search Premier, 2005 - present, JSTOR, 1938- 2005.

ERIC
Premier database in the field of education with more than 1.3 million records for journal articles, books, technical reports and more.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Available on level C in paper, indexed online at publisher's website.

Science and Children
Available through Omnifile, 4/2005 - present

Science in School
Available in full text from Directory of Open Access Journals, 2006-present

Science Scope
Available through Omnifile, 4/2005 - present

General Databases

Academic Search Premier
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both scholarly and non-academic resources. Includes many articles in full text.

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
An open-access search engine that looks for content it identifies as "scholarly" on the free web. Emphasis is on books and journal articles. Intended as a "federated search" to search across disciplines (weighted toward sciences and social sciences). Not always full text. Be sure to check the library catalog to see if Muhlenberg has access to the full text.

JSTOR
Searchable collections of full-text journals across many disciplines. Contains full-text of many biology, botany, ecology journal titles. (Note: To restrict results to particular journals/disciplines, from Advanced Search screen, choose discipline category/ies.)

LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to news articles, business legal information, medical and reference research. The News includes national, regional, and international newspapers and magazines.

LexisNexis Congressional
Provides access to detailed information about Congress including member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data. and key regulatory and statutory resources.

OmniFile
Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content--indexing, abstracts, and full-text--from six of Wilson's full-text databases.

Science Specific Databases

Agricola
A bibliographic database of citations to agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. It contains separate databases for books and journals which combined account for millions of records from 1970 to present.

Ingenta
Provides online indexing to professional and scholarly publications. Researchers are able to search and access a broad range of academic materials relevant to biology, life sciences, as well as many other subject areas. No full text.

ScienceDirect College Edition Health and Life Sciences
This database includes 1000+ full-text Elsevier journals in the areas of health and life sciences. Coverage spans 1995 to the present.

Explore other databases via the Library Homepage  --  Databases A-Z.

Websites

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
www.dnai.org

GoEnc.com
Resources (lesson plans, project ideas, articles) for math and science educators

The Lesson Plans Page
Free online classroom tools

Scitable
A free science library focusing on genetics

When using Web sites as a resource, here is some things to consider (Medical Library Association, As found 11/5/08 on: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.html) :

- Credibility
- Sponsorship/authorship
- Content
- Audience
- Currency
- Disclosure
- Purpose
- Links
- Design
- Interactivity
- Disclaimers

GETTING THE ARTICLES

  1. When searching for articles, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.

  2. If not, search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
    • Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings. If the database doesn't have a Get It! link, search the Trexler Library Catalog by the title of the journal in which the article was published.
    • Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
  3. If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
    • Many databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form.
    • If the database does not have an ILL link embedded, go to the Library Homepage -- Interlibrary Loan (in the Services & Forms box) - Articles (in the left sidebar). Fill out the form. NOTE: Interlibrary Loan can take anywhere from a few day to a few weeks. Plan accordingly.

Finding Books

TREXLER LIBRARY

Search the Trexler Library Catalog to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.

OTHER LIBRARIES

WorldCat. To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)

For more information on Interlibrary Loan options, see http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html or ask for help.

Citing Your Sources

Trexler Library handouts on citation styles:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.html

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Last modified: 4 November 2009