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.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Sciences and social sciences journal article citations. Searchable by author affiliation and citation count.
CogPrints
ArXiv.org
OAI
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
European Patent Office
Japan Patent Office
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
UK Intellectual Property Office

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

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Medical research journal articles. National Library of Medicine's version of Medline. Mid 1950s to present
general science
chemistry
medicine
nursing
dentistry
veterinary medicine
health care system
preclinical sciences
Semantic Scholar This link opens in a new window
Computer science and biomedicine citations from PubMed, ArXiv, Springer Nature, and more.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
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 "CBBcat" button.
Select the "Journal Title" search button.
Enter the title of the journal you want to search within and click the magnifying glass.
Use the resulting search box to search within the specified journal.