1. Monday, October 22 Searching for and Obtaining Scientific Literature Writing Process Map

2. Tips for Searching for Journal Articles 1. Ask your professors for suggestions and copies of articles that they might have. 2. Use the reference lists of journal articles on your research issue.journal articles 3. Go directly to the journals that you know specialize on your topic. (LSG’s example: American Journal of Sports Medicine)journals 4. Use databases of scientific literature.

3. Sample Databases of Life Science Literature DatabaseDescription of ContentsRequires Paid Subscription for Access to Full-text Articles? Web Site Address YesNo Biomed Central (BMC) Links to full-text articles from more than 150 life science journals. Maintained by BMC, an independent publisher. *http://www.biomedcentral.com/ Biological Abstracts Selected full-text articles from journals in all subdisciplines of biology, including biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, zoology, and more. * http://scientific.thomson.com/products/ba// Google ScholarSelected full-text articles and citation information for theses and books from journals in all academic fields. *http://scholar.google.com/ HighWire PressLinks to over 1 million full-text articles from 268 life science journals. The largest database of free full-text life science articles in the world. Developed by Stanford University Libraries. *http://highwire.stanford.edu/ PubMedApproximately 16 million citations and selected full-text articles from approximately 5,000 journals in all life science disciplines. Contains the MEDLINE database. Maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. *http://pubmed.gov *If you are using PubMed through an off-campus computer, use CU’s VPN software to gain full access to the CU Library resources. To get the VPN software, click on the “Off-Campus Access (VPN)” link at http://libraries.colorado.eduhttp://libraries.colorado.edu PsycINFOLinks to selected full-text articles from journals in the behavioral sciences (including psychology and social science) and mental health. * http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/ ScirusOver 250 million science-specific Web pages, with links to science Web sites and selected full-text journal articles. *http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/ Web of ScienceLinks to selected full-text articles from nearly 9,000 research journals that cover all scientific fields. * http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos/

4. Searching for Journal Articles

5. PubMed Tutorials If you don't have extensive experience using PubMed, refer to the NLM's tutorials at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/