Finding Articles - Bio 580 JrSem Hersch - Library Website at Allegheny College

Course Basics

Biology 580: Genetic Analysis

Professor: B. Hersch

Librarian: Jane Westenfeld, x3789

Science Citation Index
Subject: Science
Content: Citations and abstracts. Citation mapping
Coverage: 1990 to present
PubMed

Subjects: Medicine, all branches
Contains: Abstracts and citations to scholarly journal articles.
Coverage: 1960's to present
MEDLINE via ISI Web of Knowledge
Subjects: Medicine, nursing, and dentistry, biology, neuroscience, and psychology.
Contains: Citations and abstracts for journal articles. Non-English language materials included.
Coverage dates: 1950 to present.

Using

and will combine search terms
fruitfly and genetic

or will find similar terms
innexin or inx

and (or) specifies the order of the search
fruitflies and gene*

* will find the variations of the word
immun* will find immune, immunity, immunology

"   " will search for the terms as a phrase