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Literature Search Strategies
Resources and approaches at UMW
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Finding an article of interest
Go to the databases Databases See different “Subject Areas” Biology OR Environmental Science OR Geography
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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
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Finding an article of interest
See “Annual Reviews” Databases Databases Alphabetically by Name A Annual Reviews
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Word searches Boolean operators Phrases and wildcards And Or Not
“xyz abe” organism* or communit* or commun*
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Word searches Where is it searching? and stuff title keyword abstract
full text author
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Finding an article Journal or periodical title is key 4 places to look
Hubbell, S.P., R.B. Foster, S.T. O’Brien… 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
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Finding an article www.library.umw.edu Basic Search
Browse for ________ as a Title of Periodical
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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
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Finding an article www.library.umw.edu Databases
VIVA (bottom of top section) Electronic Collections Online Journal Locator Search a variety of ways
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Finding an article Interlibrary loan
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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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Are rare plants weak competitors?
Have good invaders been released from competition?
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