BIO100 - Introduction to Biology General: Articles

When searching for scientific articles, it is important to keep the following in mind:

• Always spell your disease correctly
• Use the scientific name as well as the common name when searching
• Use the tools of the database to help you
  • Instead of keywords, use subject searching
  • Disease subjects usually have "subdivisions"
  • Limit your searches to full-text
• ASK A librarian for help

When book information is too broad and general, articles in electronic databases can provide more narrow, subject-specific information.

The following are excellent first-stop databases for nearly any research topic.

Getting Started

To see a chart of all the databases the OWHL subscribes to, visit the E-Resources A-Z page. Once there, make sure to choose "Natural Sciences" as a Subject filter to only see those databases relevant to the sciences. 

1. National Papers-- Well reputed national type papers often will discuss and unpack scientific breakthroughs and experiments.  You can use the Internet to help you find these articles.  Two well-known newspapers are listed below:
   • New York Times Health Topics
   • Washington Post Health and Science
2. Newspaper Source -- A database containing articles from hundreds of local and national papers. 
3. Google Search -- Use Google to search for newspaper articles by searching for your topics in Google and adding the name of your local/hometown paper.