Developmental Biology

Need help with your research? Contact:

Martha Stevenson
Reference Librarian
Phone: x3601
msteven@muhlenberg.edu

Reference Desk Hours:
Call or email to confirm
M 5-9 p.m.
T,Th 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
W 12-1 p.m.

Office hours (by appt.):
Call or email to arrange

FINDING BOOKS

    Trexler Library

    Search the Trexler Library Catalog (http://library.muhlenberg.edu) to find books the library owns. 

    A keyword search produces a broad list of results.  Use with Boolean Operators.
Use OR between like concepts or synonyms.  Use AND between different concepts.
		Example:  James Watson

    	
A subject heading search produces a small, exact list of results.
	Library of Congress Subject Headings specifically for TLC
		Example:  stem cells
	Medical Subject Headings (Mesh), specifically for MEDLINE
		Example:  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Regional Libraries

      As a Muhlenberg student, you have access and borrowing privileges to a number of college libraries in the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges includes Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Moravian College. The web page for Regional Libraries (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/find/booksvideosmusic.html) will give you online access to their catalogs. There are also many Research Libraries whose catalogs you may want to explore as well.

    WorldCat

      To expand your book search considerably, try WorldCat. It is listed under Find - Books, Videos, Music. WorldCat is a unified catalog of many libraries in the U.S. and other parts of the world. This is a powerful search tool for books, web resources, and other materials on any subject.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

    Books and journals not found in Trexler Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html).
    Remember, start early to allow enough time to receive them.
ELECTRONIC DATABASES (Articles A-Z)
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/articles/databases/alphabetical.html

Tip: Use Magazines for Libraries (kept at the Ref. desk) or UlrichsWeb Database (located under Find - Online Reference Shelf), to help you evaluate the journals you locate in these databases. Key concepts include refereed or peer reviewed, scholarly vs. popular.

Tip: To search journal holdings at other libraries you must go to their online catalog. Many are linked to our web page under Find - Books, Videos, Music...

    Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 4,500 scholarly publications covering academic areas like medical sciences, ethnic studies, education, humanities, etc.

    General Science and Biological & Agricultural Index (Omnifile) both index scholarly and popular periodicals which have information on biology and agriculture plus many more scientific topics. Full text of some journals available.

    JSTOR is a full text archival database of important scholarly journals. It is not a current issues databases. Typically there is a gap of 1-5 years between the most recent issue and the back issues available through JSTOR.

    PubMed searches Medline which is an index of medical journals sponsored by the National Library of Medicine dating back to 1966.
CITING SOURCES

    Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences
    Ref. Desk Reserve 808.06657 M167w

    Citation Guides
    http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.html