Databases
Search Protocols
Locating Scientific Research /
Databases / … and their secrets.
ACS Journals
American Chemical Society /
  • Search “Abstract”

Biological Abstracts /
  • select/search “Topic” or “Title”
  • only goes back to 1995

DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals /
  • use“Advanced Search”
  • search “Abstract” or “Title”

Google Scholar /
  • find known articles.
  • put titles/phrases in “quotes”
  • use intitle:
  • limit by dates (left column)
  • “Cited by” leads to research citing a given article – click on “Cited by” then check “Search within citing articles”
  • to enable “Find it! @ UNI” when off campus: click on Settings- then Library links – then type in “Iowa” – check UNI – and Save

HighWire Press
(indicates if free full text) /
  • “More search options…”
  • use “Title & Abstract only”
  • can search PubMed from here

JSTOR /
  • archive of full text
  • all issues/articles up to 2005
  • advanced search
  • limit to Biological Sciences

NDLTD …
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations /
  • Choose Find ETDs
  • Choose Scirus ETD Search
  • Consider searching abstracts

Yet more Databases /
… and their secrets.
OneSearch! /
  • Access from UNI Rod Library home page
  • Adjust after your initial search
  • Use Advanced Search

PubMed
(If you use EndNote Web … you may want to try using the database MEDLINE … a version of PubMed from Web of Knowledge)
PMC (PubMed Central)
(much smaller – but all full text) /
  • Access from UNI Library page (Databases A-Z) to activate Find it! @ UNI
  • Use Advanced Search
  • Limit to Title/Abstract
  • Filter results by: Article types, Publication Dates, Ages …

ScienceDirect (Elsevier) /
  • Use Advanced Search
  • Use Abstract, Title, Keywords
  • Set Dates …
  • full text back to 1995
  • citations back to 1823

SciFinder Scholar /
  • Create Password (ask librarian or professor for help with this)
  • Access in the Library (start menu)
  • Articles and Chemical Data
    (Lots of CRC Handbook stuff)
  • Search by topic, molecular structure, or reaction

SpringerLink /
  • Use Advanced Search
  • Limit to Title & Abstract
  • If the box is green ...
    the article’s seen.

Web of Science /
  • Search by “Topic” or “Title”
  • Citation Tracking
  • Sort results by “Times Cited”
  • only goes back to 1995

Wiley Online Library /
  • Use Advanced Search
  • Limit to Abstract
    or to “Article Titles”

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