Subject Guides: Biological Sciences: Articles

Evaluating Information

Use the CRAAP Test

Currency - Is it timely?

Relevance - Useful for your purposes?

Authority - Who? What is the source?

Accuracy - References to back it up?

Purpose - Why? Is there a bias?

More detailed information on the CRAAP Test

Library Tutorial

Library Skills for 2nd Year Biological Sciences

This tutorial covers library skills required for students in 200-level Biological Sciences courses. Learn how to identify sources of information, navigate journal articles and search for literature.

Databases for Finding Articles

Biological Sciences Databases

BIOSIS Citation Index
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A Web of Science database with citation analysis functionality, focusing on life sciences and biomedical research.
Zoological Record
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A Web of Science database that covers international research in zoology (1864 to the present), with systematic and taxonomic information for 27 animal groups.

Note: If you search in Web of Science - All Databases, you can simultaneously search both BIOSIS and Zoological Record along with the Web of Science Core Collection, Medline and more.

Interdisciplinary Science Databases

Web of Science - All Databases
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A major multidisciplinary database for the sciences and the social sciences, as well as a great research metrics tool. Web of Science - All Databases also searches BIOSIS and Zoological Record.
Scopus
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The world's largest interdisciplinary literature index, including over 67 million journal records. Especially strong in science, engineering, technology, and medicine.
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.