Biology Library

Introduction for DBBS Students

• Danforth Campus library privileges and how to keep them: keep your student registration up-to-date; pre-register if possible; when your status changes, keep the library informed.
• Library Homepage [http://library.wustl.edu]
• Biology Library [http://library.wustl.edu/units/biology/] Take a virtual tour
• Library Catalog [http://catalog.wustl.edu]
  • If item not available, try MOBIUS search and request
  • Note: WU ID number and Password are required for many services. More info about password
  • Use request button for recalls, searches, and delivery from West Campus; see also Online Services.
• What's New - Biology Library News
  
• General Guides and Miscellaneous Links for Graduate Students
• Current awareness tools: RSS for Biologists; Ingenta Alerting Service; BioOne Issue Alerts; ScienceDirect Alerts; most journal publishers offer email delivery of tables of contents; Email search alerts in PubMed; Search alerts in Find it!; saving searches in various databases.
• Journal Indexes and Databases [http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/databases.html]
  • Short list - most important - biology databases
  • Common keyword strategies; Boolean Logic (PubMed); Boolean and other operators
  • OCLC format databases WorldCatalog, Agricola, ArticleFirst, etc.
  • Web of Science [http://isiknowledge.com/wos]
  • Medline - Ovid Online [I think DBBS students get no-charge accounts for awhile from Becker Medical Library]; the most popular alternative is PubMed More info.
  • Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) More info.
  • Find it! Multisearch - allows you to search up to 10 resources at the same time; most biology resources are listed under the Subject: Life Sciences. Find it! FAQ
  • SciFinder Scholar (CAplus, 1907+, & Medline); available for download; also available at library workstations
  • Other searching options
• Full text sources - by journal title and sometime by keyword in journal title - watch for frequent changes!
  • A-Z List
  • Becker list through Becker Catalog ["Access restricted to WU faculty, staff, and students" means we can use on Danforth campus; "Access restricted to WU Medical School faculty, staff, and students" means full-text is only available at the medical campus or via WUSM proxy]
  • Usually linked in journal record in Catalog [http://catalog.wustl.edu]
  • List maintained in biology library: Biology ejournals [http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/ejournals.html]
• Information about access from outside WU campuses (Danforth campus libraries' online resources); Information about WUSM Proxy Service (Becker Medical Library online resources)
• Photocopying. Note: Copycards from Medical Campus do NOT work on Danforth campus and vice versa.
• Printing. Black&White or Color and Duplex Left can be selected in "preferences."
• Interlibrary Loan; ILLiad (Danforth campus); if you need books, Mobius is usually faster
• Questions, comments, complaints, confusions - contact Ruth Lewis
• 24/7 Access to the Biology Library: many resources and services are available via the Internet; After hours library access (keep your student registration up-to-date for after-hours access also).