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Bio 419: Ecology
Suggestions from
Library for Term Paper
[http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/419.html]
- Suggested Databases
[especially Web of
Science and Geobase]
Some search tips:
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- Keyword Search in Catalog will sometimes
retrieve book chapter headings in addition to whole books. Read
the Keyword Searching section of How to Use
the Library Catalog. Suggestion: Capitalize AND, OR, NOT, so
strategy can be pasted into most databases.
- Truncation symbol, usually *, sometimes + ;
read Help
- When you find a good article, try "Related articles". This
means different things in PubMed and Web of Science, but works
well in both.
- Look for "Sort" features; sorting by Journal title/Source can
save time retrieving in the library or online.
- Special sources to try:
- Search JSTOR [JSTOR covers a small group of older journals (usually more than 5 years old), but allows searching and retrieving fulltext. Some of the titles that are included are Ecology and Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics]; in Advanced Search, you may limit to All Ecology and All General Science journals; consider also Population Studies or Statistics depending on your subject; while not comprehensive, this covers some major journals and goes back several decades. Since references to theories may be in "discussion/conclusion", rather than title/abstract, it may be effective to search phrases in the fulltext.
- Sites which may be especially helpful for choosing a topic:
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- Search Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1970 to present. This will link to fulltext 1996-present. For older articles you will need to go to JSTOR for fulltext.
- Search
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 1986 to present; fulltext available online 1995 to present; in Biology Library in paper 1988 to present.
- Search Synergy journals Note: you can limit to Subject Group: Ecology. Again a limited set of journals, but many important ecology journals are published here. You will often find links to fulltext active.
- Search Ecological Society of America publications, 1920 to present. We will have online fulltext, 1997+, many older vols online in JSTOR, and paper copies of most.
- Locating the articles you want
to read:
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- Fulltext options: It's
handy if you can read the article on your computer screen. I
suggest 4 strategies for determining if we have access to
fulltext. Search by the title of the journal, NOT the author or
title of the article in the journal. Then click on journal site
and locate the article.
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- Look for icons within database results, Publisher logos and
- Search in the Biology Library list
of electronic journals or the full Electronic
Journals list
- Search in the Becker Medical Library Catalog
- Search in the Library Catalog of
Danforth Campus Libraries. Note: search the journal title followed by online for links to fulltext online access at WU. For example: search Journal of biological chemistry online.
* There are a few other options also, so it never hurts
to ask!
- Statistics Sites:
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