Introduction to Biological Research

Web Links:

• Office of Research Integrity  
• Citing Internet References
• MLA
• Owens Library MLA Citations Style Examples  
• UC Berkeley style sheets
  
• UC Berkeley Tutorial on searching the internet
• Main site
• Things to know
• Search strategies - good for general searches
• Boolean Logic - good description
• Evaluation of web pages - nicely done
• What is science?
  • Nature of Science - by Martin Nickels
  • Scientific Method & Pseudoscience - a Physics page by Jose Wudka from Univ of CA, Riverside
  • Scientific Method by Frank Wolf from Dpt Physics & Astronomy, Univ of Rochester, NY

Literature Search Resources:

• Free access e-journals

• Highwire - nice table, some of the journals are free after a specified  period of time.
• PubMed Central
• Free Medical Journals
• Geocities
• Hardin - free medical journals
• Lewis & Clark Library System  

• Campbell Library: electronic resources

• Campbell journals (electronic and paper)
  
• Campbell online databases

• Journals available on the web

A reasonably comprehensive list of electronic journals.  Most require a subscription.

• Examples of online journals

The Biotech Journal An example of a journal only found online.  Some online-only journals have less information readily available concerning their peer review process, if they have one at all.  Some online journals have a well described thorough peer review process.  Peer review is a hallmark of a reputable primary source in the biological sciences .

PLoS Biology An example of a open-access online journal.  Open access indicates that it is available free of charge immediately when published.  This journal is published both online and in print.  Click on submissions, then guidelines to authors (note: you can view this even without registrations) to see information about their peer-review process

• PubMed

  From the National Library of Medicine: a great database for medical, cellular, molecular resources.  Also contains resources from fields one might not expect in a medically related database