USF St. Petersburg Library: BSC 1005 Principles of Biology for non-majors: Finding Articles

Quick Links to Databases

Academic Search Premier
In addition to scholarly journals, this database also includes news magazines (such as Time, Newsweek, or US News and World Report) and some newspapers (New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal). Use the links on the left side of your search results screen to limit to magazines or newspapers.
Proquest Biological Science Collection
The collections includes several general and specialized biological sciences databases.
BIOSIS Citation Index
One of the largest collection of biological and medical research articles, book chapters, reviews, and patents.
Access World News
Provides access to news articles from U.S. and international news sources. You can search by region, country, or choose individual newspapers like the Tampa Bay Times or the Tampa Tribune. You can email and print the articles, and you can export the citation information directly into Refworks to help you prepare your bibliography.

NewsBank

Databases by Subject
Use this link to find article databases by broad subject or discipline. Scroll down the list in the left menu to locate a discipline of interest, then click to see more options in the subcategory box.
Click the 'GO' button to see a list of resources.
For the most comprehensive results, consult related disciplines in addition to your main subject area.
Databases by Title
If you have a specific database in mind, use this link to type in the name of the database or use the alphabetical links above the search box to browse databases names by title.

Find an ejournal
To see if we own an online version of an article, search for the journal title in the e-journals box, then follow the links to the correct date and issue.

Google Scholar limits the results of your search to academically appropriate materials.

Click on the “full-text” link (when available) within the database.
Use the Find it @ USF link included within a database.
Perform a title search on the title of the journal (not the article title) in the USF library catalog.
Use the e-journal finder (below). Search by the title of the journal (not the article title) then browse the backfiles to locate the correct volume and issue.

To view a tutorial for a demonstration of this process, go to: http://video.nelson.usf.edu/video/tutorials/finditatusf/