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First Year Seminar: Biological invasions

Locating Background Material:

Reference 503 M147m	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th ed. (2002)
Reference 574.503 E56e	Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (1995)
Reference 581.6 W373i	Invasive Species of the World: A Reference Guide to Environmental Weeds (2003).

Searching Databases for Journal and Magazine Citations on a Topic:

From the Library home page, choose Research, then Online Resources to access lists of subscription databases.

Use either the Resources By Name list or the Getting Started/General lists to find two of our multidisciplinary databases which contain many full text articles are:

• Academic Search Premier indexes nearly 3,200 newspapers, magazines, and journals, with full-text available for most of them.
• ProQuest Direct indexes 1,900 magazines, journals, and newspapers, with full text available for the majority.

Specialized databases that might be useful include:

• Biological Abstracts--a huge database covering 3700 journals in the life sciences that includes citations, abstracts, and some full text links, from 1995.
• General Science Abstracts --citations to (mostly) scholarly articles; no full text; indicates Drew Library holdings.
• ISI Science Citations Index --indexes 5900 of the top 15% of science journals in more than 150 areas of science.
• Lexis Nexis Academic--indexing and full text for 5700 news, business, law, and popular interest, going back to the 1990s.
• Lexis Nexis Environmental --includes Environment Abstracts. Note that article linker is not functional in this database. Use the three steps shown below to determine access to the articles.

Access Research Help to find the numerous Database Guides, Course Guides (including this guide!), and Subject Guides for extra help using our databases, and using our resources for a specific course or subject.

Finding the Journals and Magazines that Contain the Citations You Found:

Sometimes accessing full text of an article will be a few easy clicks from the database in which you found the citation. Click on a link or . If that does not produce full text, then use the information in the citation (journal title, year, volume, issue, page, article title) and follow the steps below in order until you find what you need:

1. Enter the journal title into the Full Text Electronic Journals Holdings list (dropping the initial article, if any). If we have electronic full text access, click the links until you find the volume, issue, and page number you need.

2. If there is no electronic access to the full text of the article, check the Drew Library Catalog. Use the browse function, enter the journal title (dropping the initial article, if any), and choose Periodical Title for the search. If we have the journal, scroll to the bottom of the record to determine the time range format and location of our holdings.

3. If you still have not found the journal article you need, request the article through Interlibrary Loan for a small fee. This can take up to four weeks, so it requires planning ahead. Scroll down the Interlibrary Loan Form page to find the form for periodicals requests.

Locating Books:

Search for books and journal titles in the Drew Library Catalog. If you know the title or author of the book or journal, use the browse feature. When you find the item you want, be sure to check our holdings at the bottom of the record to find the complete call number (for a book), status, and location of the item within the library.

Library Maps will help you locate books, periodicals, the interlibrary loan office and other library resources and services.

Website:

Firstgov.gov searches for federal, state, and territory government documents. For laws about invasive species, enter the common name of the organism (brown tree snake) and the words public law. There is no need to use the word "and" in a search. Other suggested search terms: economic impact, legislation, control. Check the URLs of the items you select. If you see a two letter abbreviation before the .gov, such as ...hi.gov, then the document will be from the state with that two letter postal abbreviation, in this case, Hawaii.

Still Have Questions?

• Contact Cathy Ryan, x3483.
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