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Chemistry 107: Getting Started with Research

Screen Capture Tips for Finding Articles

Search for Primary Scientific Literature with Scopus

Chem 107 Library Resources

Newspaper article search across multiple newspapers simultaneously:

Use Proquest News and Newspapers to search across many newspapers simultaneously.  Newspapers include the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Search Individual Newspapers:

Try Searching in a Single Journal:

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

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

Search a Specific Magazine:

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:

Try Searching in a Single Journal:

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

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