Literature Search Strategies Resources and approaches at UMW

Finding an article of interest Go to the databases Databases See different “Subject Areas” Biology OR Environmental Science OR Geography

Finding an article of interest Biology most useful Agricultural Sciences Annual Reviews Aquatic Sciences Biological and Agricultural Index Biological and Medical Sciences BioOne Environmental Sciences General Science Full Text

Finding an article of interest See “Annual Reviews” Databases Databases Alphabetically by Name A Annual Reviews

Word searches Boolean operators Phrases and wildcards And Or Not “xyz abe” organism* or communit* or commun*

Word searches Where is it searching? and stuff title keyword abstract full text author

Finding an article Journal or periodical title is key 4 places to look Hubbell, S.P., R.B. Foster, S.T. O’Brien…. 1999. Light-gap disturbances, recruitment limitation, and tree diversity in a neotropical forest. Science 283: 554 – 557. 4 places to look Simpson Library holdings Online full text sources VIVA Interlibrary loan

Finding an article www.library.umw.edu Basic Search Browse for ________ as a Title of Periodical

Finding an article www.library.umw.edu Full-text Databases Full Text Electronic Journals Holding List Several ways to find title Title begins with … OR By first letter of title

Finding an article www.library.umw.edu Databases VIVA (bottom of top section) Electronic Collections Online Journal Locator Search a variety of ways

Finding an article Interlibrary loan

One article leads to many… One good journal article Read and highlight interesting references Find those articles Search databases for authors’ names

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