Biology 114 Current Topics in Molecular Biology Assignment
Getting Started with your Research
Choosing a topic:
Your textbook is a great place to start to get ideas for topics
Browse the Current Periodicals section on the third floor of the library. You may end up finding your magazine or news article in Science, NewScientist, Newsweek, ScienceNews, or Scientific American.
Browse the Reference Section on the second floor of the library for encyclopedias and reference books on molecular biology. Look in the QH section.
Formulating keywords:
Think about your topic:
What are the key concepts?
What are synonyms for those concepts?
Constantly look for vocabulary words and key concepts:
You can find these terms in titles, abstracts, and subject headings
Quiz 6 General Articles
Find a molecular topic written for the general public--a newspaper or magazine article, or an online article.
Suggested Databases:
Tips:
Use advanced search to search multiple terms and add limiters
Limit to Full text articles (because of time constraints)
Set the date range to something current
Limit to Magazines or New Articles
Use the subject terms on the left to narrow and refine your search
Add databases to expand your search (CINAHL and Newspaper Source)
Use the article's subject terms for ideas
Academic Universe for news articles
Medline for scientific articles
see tips below
Quiz 7 Scholarly Peer-reviewed Articles
Find a recent (within 4 years) peer-reviewed journal article.
Suggested Databases:
Tips:
Use advanced search to search multiple terms and add limiters
Limit to Full text articles (because of time constraints)
Set the date range for the last three years
Limit to Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals
Use the subject terms on the left to narrow and refine your search
Add the database CINAHL to expand your search
Use the article's subject terms for ideas
Tips:
Add more search boxes and show the limit options
Limit the date range to the last three years
View most frequent subjects to narrow and refine your search
Use the article's subject terms for ideas
Use the search history to combine searches
Use the Find it button to see if Kenyon has access to an article
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