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Biology 212: Majors Animal Biology: Literature Review

Scholarly Journal Sources

EC subscribes to these scholarly journals about Biology. Searching within a specific journal for your topic will give you targeted scholarly journal article results.

These databases include scholarly journals. Search within these databases using the keywords you identified for your chosen topic. You can try searches like:
codling moth "climate change"
("apis mellifera" OR honey bees) precipitation
butterflies habitat fragmentation

Not sure what keywords to use? Ask a librarian.

Web Resources

Use Google to find freely available sources. Try these strategies:

  • Search on a topic you are interested in with an added keyword like:
    • PROCEDURE
    • PROTOCOL
    • METHOD
    • TECHNIQUE
    • LAB MANUAL
  • Use Google Advanced Search to limit to .edu or .gov
  • Use Google Scholar to find freely available journal articles online (not all are open access, but we can order anything that isn't)
  • Search ScienceDaily by keyword for a topic you are interested in