Scientific Article Discovery - Biology 195A - Marine Biology in a Changing Ocean

Useful Article Databases for Bio 195A

Try Searching In An Article Index:

An article index is like Google Search if it only searched journal articles. Below you will find several article indexes that should help you find your primary scientific research article.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Scopus
Sciences and social sciences journal article citations. Searchable by author affiliation and citation count.

Scopus Orientation Video
Brief screen capture video highlighting many of the useful features of the Scopus article index.

PubMed
Citations to articles in biomedicine and health fields, and related disciplines such as life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.nursing dentistry veterinary
It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources.
Semantic Scholar
Science journal articles. "Highly Influential" feature identifies citations where the cited publication has a significant impact on the citing publication and can make it easier to understand how publications build upon and relate to each other.
Annual Reviews
Biomedical, physical and social science literature reviews.

Try Searching in a Single Journal

If Bates has access to a specific journal, you can search within it very easily!

From the Ladd Library home page, select the "Journals by Title" link beneath the Library Search box.
On the resulting new page enter the title or ISSN of the journal you want to search.
Select your desired journal from the search results and then use the "Search Inside" box to search for articles within the journal.