Collins Memorial Library: BIOL 404: Molecular Biology: Finding Articles

Key Database: PubMed

PubMed
Bibliographic database that contains references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Coverage encompasses those areas of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health professionals and others engaged in basic research and clinical care, public health, health policy development, or related educational activities.

Searching Google Scholar

Google Scholar can be a powerful search tool. See the 'Broadening your Search' page for tips about using Google Scholar to do cited reference searching.

Searching for Articles in Databases

ProQuest Central
Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is a large aggregated database of periodical content. It features a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
Annual Reviews
A comprehensive collection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in the fields of Economics, and Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences.
BioOne
Contains selected articles published between 1998-2020, and open-access articles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

For current content not available via open access place an interlibrary loan request.
Biological Science Collection
Contains abstracts and citations from journals, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary database containing full text journal, magazine & newspaper articles, many from peer-reviewed titles. This scholarly collection covers information in nearly every area of academic study.

Searching Tips

Quotation Marks | AND vs OR | Truncation - Make your searching more efficient!
Searching different fields - Abstract or title or keyword?
Limiting Your Search - Facets are your friend! Filter by year, by article type, by language, etc.
Adjusting your search terms - You may need to broaden or narrow!
Expanding your search as you go - Once you’ve found one good paper, you’ll want to use it to lead you to more! Who has this paper cited? Who is citing this paper?
Finding similar works by the same author - Scholars are experts: find the rest of their work!
Harvest search terms from the paper and its references - What are they looking at? What words do they use?