1. Cell Biology and Genetics
Information Skills for Poster Assignment

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Assignment Overview
Choose a sub-topic of one of the following:
Cell Division
Cell Metabolism
Cell Signaling
Cell Motility
Find 5-6 Research Articles (and then read them )
Published in the last 5 years
From the 11 journals
Choose one article to focus on
Find other academic literature to support and explain the journal article
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Journal list
Table 1: Journal list and their corresponding ISBN/ISSN
Journal Title
ISBN/ISSN
1. Journal of Cell Biology
2. Journal of Cell Science
3. Cell Biology International
4. European Journal of Cell Biology
5. Plant Cell
6. Gene
7. Microbiology
8. Cell
9. Cell Calcium
10. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
11. Developmental Cell
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Academic Literature
What is a Research Article?
A person’s or groups original research. They are often divided into the following sections:
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion & Conclusion
In general journal articles are very specific and hard to understand. You will probably need other literature to understand them.
Review Articles
Books
Encyclopaedias
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Finding Research Articles
Log into database: Web of Science Core Collection
Choose a topic and the search terms
Search Terms: e.g. cell division, stem cell
Truncation (*): e.g. genetic*= genetic, genetics, genetically
Phrase: e.g. “stem cell”
Boolean Operators (AND / NOT / OR)
e.g. cell division and “stem cell”
Narrow results by Date, Research Articles and Relevance
Download research papers
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Topics & Search Terms
1. Cell Signaling
Cell Signal* AND Kinase*
2. Cell Division
Cell Division
Cell Division AND “Stem Cell”
Meiosis
3. Cell Metabolism
cell metaboli* AND protein
cell metaboli* AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour)
4. Cell Motility
(cell motility or cell movement ) and (actin filament* or microfilament*)
(cell motility or cell movement ) and microtubule* 
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Journal list
Journal Title
1. Journal of Cell Biology
2. Journal of Cell Science
3. Cell Biology International
4. European Journal of Cell Biology
5. Plant Cell
6. Gene
7. Microbiology
8. Cell
9. Cell Calcium
10. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
11. Developmental Cell
journal of cell biology OR journal of cell science OR cell biology international OR european journal of cell biology OR plant cell OR gene OR microbiology OR cell OR cell calcium OR cell biochemistry and biophysics OR developmental cell
Connect journal titles with OR if search in Web of Science Core Collection
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8. Web of Science Core Collection
Search articles at once from all required journals
Video

9. FIND DATABASE TOOL
Log into Web of Science Core Collection

10. Web of Science core collection
Search articles on a topic from 11 journals that published in last 5 years
Step1: type in search terms for your topic
Step3: type in journal titles and connect them with OR
Step5
Step2: Add Another Field and choose Publication Name for the field
Step4: choose Last 5 years

11. Web of Science core collection
Refine results for Research Articles
Step2: Sort by Relevance or Times Cited
Step1: Tick ARTICLE, then click Refine
More refine options:
Refine results to an individual journal articles

12. Web of science core collection
Go through an article
Click on Full Text, then SFX to get access to the full text
Citing articles, Cited References and Related Records will help you understand this article

13. SFX
Access to Full text

14. Full Text
Read article on journal website

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Finding supporting literature
Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Henderson's dictionary of biology
Access Science
Books
Catalogue keyword search and Subject (91161) resources search
Medicine & BioSciences Study Guide
Search review articles in Web of Science
Remove date range and specific journals
Additional keywords from your article
Refine the results to the review articles
Related articles and Cited references / Citing articles from your article
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16. WEB OF SCIENCE Search Review Articles on your topic
Step1: Remove date range and specific journals
Step 2: Add additional keywords from your article
Step 3: Click Search

17. WEB OF SCIENCE Refine the results for review articles
Step 1: Refine the results to the review articles
Step 2: Choose a category if you want to focus on

18. WEB OF SCIENCE
Go through review articles

19. Catalogue Search for an individual journal Video:

20. CATALOUGE SEARCH Finding an individual journal
Type a journal title in, then Search

21. CATALOGUE SEARCH Click on the journal title you are looking for.
Refine the search by Journal
Click on the journal title

22. CATALOGUE SEARCH Log into journal
Click on Elsevier SD, log into Cell webpage

23. JOURNAL WEBPAGE Browse articles by Volume(Year)
Using Advance Search for subject articles
Browse articles by Volume(Year)

24. Journal webpage Research and review articles Review Article
Research Articles

25. JOURNAL WEBPAGE Advance Search Step1: Choose Journal search mode
Step2: Type search query in search box and choose Abstract, Title, Keywords for search field
Step3: Type journal title in and select Journal Name for search field
Step4:Select Article to refine the search
Step5: Choose Date Range for last 5 years
Step 6: Click on Search

26. JOURNAL WEBPAGE Limit results to the journal you need
Step1: Tick the box next to Cell under Publication Title
Step2: Click Apply filters

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Online Tutorial
Youtube
Cell Biology - Finding articles using a database
 Cell Biology - Searching a single journal to find articles
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