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Identifying source types

For your research proposal, you will need to locate relevant primary research articles. Which of these articles is a primary research article and how do you know?

Differential physiological response of marine and freshwater microalgae to polystyrene microplastics
Aquatic worms: relevant model organisms to investigate pollution of microplastics throughout the freshwater-marine continuum.

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Understanding types of sources
Short videos about types of sources and their attributes.

Databases for Biology Research

Biological Abstracts
Search life science and biomedical research literature from Web of Science. Includes over 4,000 journals.
PubMed
Includes links to Stetson Full Text. Abstracts of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from 1946 to present, with selected coverage back to 1809. From the US National Library of Medicine.
Science Direct
This database includes the health and life sciences portion of the Science Direct College Edition. About 1,000 peer-reviewed journals; hundreds of book series, handbooks and reference works; back to volume one, issue one.
Biological Science Collection
Provides access to a wide range of biology topics. Includes over 2,900 journals.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 265 peer-reviewed open access journals. Journals span all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine and includes broad interest titles, such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine alongside specialist journals, such as Retrovirology and BMC Genomics.
Google Scholar
Sync search results with library holdings by clicking on Settings --> Tools --> Library Links and searching for Stetson.

All biology databases
List of all biology databases available through the library.

Other Resources

RefWorks
A citation management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to generate citations and bibliographies.

Guide to Using RefWorks
Zotero
An open source citation management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to generate citations and bibliographies.
Endnote Click (formerly Kopernio)
A tool that can help you access journal articles -- both Stetson library subscription articles and open access articles -- when you are on or off campus.
Guide to Using EndNote Click (formerly Kopernio)

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