Chambers Library

Virology Resources

Tonya HoltReference & Instruction Librarian

Databases

Search for articles in periodicals Paid subscriptions not available on the

internet Accessible on and off campus

Login ScreenLogin Screen:: Appears when you click on a database off campus

Jane Student’s UCOnnect ID is jstudent

Jane’s birth date is June 17th, 1987. Her default PIN is 061787.

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Remote Access

Biological Abstracts Find Articles (Databases) > Subject Guides

One of many EBSCOhost databases Worldwide coverage in biology Majority of content scholarly articles

Effective Searching

Topic: Smallpox vaccinations Keywords and synonyms to describing topic

Smallpox - variola virus Vaccination

Combine keywords for best results

Boolean Operators

Use and to narrow your search Small pox and vaccination

Use or to broaden your search Small pox or variola virus

Combine strategies and nest terms in parentheses for specific results (Small pox or variola virus) and vaccination

Truncation

Truncate keywords with an asterisk * for

alternate endings

Vaccin* -e -es -ation -ations

Scholarly Journals

Written for academia Written by an expert or

credentialed researcher Full documentation Original or primary research

Peer Reviewed vs. Non-peer reviewed

Peer-reviewed or refereed journals articles have been reviewed by other experts

in the field before publication Non-peer reviewed

Articles have NOT been reviewed by experts

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory Find Articles (Databases) > Ulrich’s

Publishing information on serials Does not have articles Check for type of publication Type in journal name not article name

Journal Academic/Scholarly Trade

Newsletters, magazines, proceedings, etc.

More Biology Databases Find Articles (Databases) > Subject Guides > Biology

BioOne Contains recent full text articles from 65 bioscience

journals Use FIND IT button!!!

BioMed Central Free website with full text scholarly articles Browse without registering MUST REGISTER (free) to search for articles

BioDigest Library use only – get password at reference desk 2 concurrent user limit

Useful EBSCOhost Medical Databases Find Articles (Databases) > Subject Guides > Biology

HealthSource – Nursing Academic Addition Articles from popular and scholarly journals in all areas

of medicine, health care and allied health CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied

Health Literature Comprehensive coverage of citations & abstracts to

articles in scholarly nursing and allied health journals Medline

Worldwide coverage of scholarly citations and abstracts on all medical and health related topics

(Subject Guides > Health & Medicine)

UCO Library Catalog

Does NOT search for articles

Searches for materials located in this library (books, government documents, periodicals, DVD’s, CD’s, etc.)