Biology Senior Seminar Research Guide

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Databases for Biology Research

Biological Abstracts [Details]

Biological Abstracts is a comprehensive database that directs you to information covered in life sciences journals.

PubMed [Details]

A very large collection of Biomedical literature access provided by the National Institures of Health

Also see the Biology Subject Guide for more resources.

Biology Searching Tips

Construct your searches

• Use AND, OR, NOT, and quotes

• When searching for an organism use ("common name" OR "other name" OR "scientific name")
  for example: ("snake plant" OR "mother-in-law's tongue" OR "Sansevieria trifasciata")

Keep a Search Journal or other log of your progress

Use the Save Search functionality of a database to save your progress

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Save Citations in Endnote for future follow up

See the Endnote for Biology Students Guide for more information.

Useful Websites in Herbal Medicine

Center for Complemetary and Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov

Alternative Medicine Hompage

http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html