Orange Lichens
photo: Rene Tanner, Glacier National Park
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Instruction Session
- BIO 181 Library InstructionRecorded for fall 2020.
Search for Articles
Select one of these article databases to search for primary research articles.
- Library One-SearchSearch many ASU Library books, news articles, journals, magazines and more in one search.
- AGRICOLAAGRICOLA is from the National Library of Agriculture. A great source for anything related to wildlife, forests and water.
- Biological ScienceA compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences. The latest developments in biological research. Detailed abstracts are written in a nontechnical style for students and interested nonscientists.
- Web of ScienceComprehensive database with a wide variety of primary research articles.
- ScopusScopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and web sources with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research. Scopus provides access to a broad portfolio of peer-reviewed content from around the world.
- PubMedSearch for articles on all biomedical topics including medicine, biology, nursing, and nutrition.
Help with Citations
Citations acknowledge the work of other researchers and allow others to locate the original work. There are a variety of citation styles and APA is a common one for the science.
- EasyBibThis free online tool will help you create and format citations.
- Citation Generating ToolsThis guide includes citations tools for a variety of citation styles.
Primary vs Secondary Articles
Tutorial on Primary Research Articles - If you are unclear about exactly what a primary (also known as Empirical) article is, view this tutorial.
Tutorial on Evaluating Resources - This tutorial will help you evaluate information quality.
Video
- Alexander StreetProvides access to selected educational and documentary films from leading distributors covering nine broad subject areas (Art & Architecture, Diversity, Health Science, History, Literature/Language, Music/Performing Arts, Psychology/Counseling, Science/Engineering, and Social Sciences).
- Films on DemandView lectures, documentaries and educational films. Browse under the Subject Area “Health and Medicine” or search for a specific term to find videos related to your subject matter.
- JoVE - BiologyThis diverse section includes, but is not limited to, The collection includes visual techniques in physical biology, cellular biochemistry, genetics, physiology, systems biology and a combination of eukaryotic and prokaryotic model systems.
- KanopyKanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films, and educational videos from thousands of producers.
Other Resources
- Company of BiologistsThe Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publisher and UK charity. Established in 1925, The Company aims to promote research and study across all branches of biology. The Company publishes three journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science and The Journal of Experimental Biology, as well as two Open Access journals: Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) and Biology Open (BiO).
- Darwin OnlineThis is the largest collection of Darwin's handwritten manuscripts and private papers.
- Environment CompleteEnvironment Complete™ offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
- GreenFileGreenFILE provides a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles and covers content about the environment from a variety of perspectives.
- Google ScholarFind scholarly literature (books and journal articles) on a wide variety of subjects using the Google search engine. Getit@ASU will link to the fulltext of articles, as long as ASU Library subscribes to it.
