Boswell - Biotechnology Research

Remember when doing science research to focus on the ABCDs!
  • Author - Who is writing it? Why should you trust them?
  • Bias - Do they present both sides of the argument?
  • Content - Is the content accurate, thorough, complete, and without error?
  • Date - When was it published?

PubMed Central

PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). A great place to go for real scientific research!
  • Go to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/.
  • Use the search bar at the top. Make sure to use specific keywords.
  • Click on an article to read the full-text. (Read the abstract to find out what the article is about. Use ctrl-f to search for keywords within the article.)
  • At the top right of the page, click on "Citation." Just copy and paste the correct format!

Gale Reference Collection

  • Go to onlinelibrary.uen.org (Ask a librarian for the at-home login)
  • Click on Gale Reference Collection - Grades 9-12.
  • Click on Science in Context.
  • Use the search bar or "Browse Topics."
  • Results are organized by type of source (i.e. News, Magazines, Academic Journals, Critical Essays).
TIPS:
  • Each article includes a citation at the bottom of the page. It's in MLA format.

EBSCO

  • Go to onlinelibrary.uen.org (Ask a librarian for the at-home login)
  • Click on EBSCO.
  • Scroll down to find Science Reference Center.
  • Use the search bar at the top. Make sure to use specific keywords.
  • Click on an article to find the Abstract and read what the article is about.
  • On the left hand side, click on PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text to read the article.
TIPS:
  • On the right-hand side, click on "Cite" to find the correct citation format. Just copy and paste it!
  • EBSCO has many different databases. Instead of clicking on "Science Reference Center," you can click on "All Databases" to search through all of them.

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