Research Guides: BIO 155: Home

Welcome BIO 155 Students!

This guide will help you with lab reports and provide a basic understanding of how to find and use information effectively. Here you will find links to the following:

Databases covered in class
Ways to find background information
Research tips
Appropriate citation format for your lab reports
Plagiarism policies and tutorials

Please feel free to contact me or any other personnel at the Agricultural Information Center or Young Library if you have any questions. Good luck this semester!

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Questions?
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Library Databases Used in Class

Web of Science Core Collection
Web of Science Core Collection is the main database you will use when searching for articles in this class. It contains links to >12 million journals and >46 million records.
InfoKat Discovery
Provides access to the UK Libraries' catalog of books, journals, journal articles, and other resources.

More Science Resources

PsycINFO
More than 4 million bibliographic records centered on psychology and the behavioral and social sciences.
PubMed (NLM)
Comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts/RRM
Covers original research reports and reviews in biological and biomedical areas, including botany, zoology, and ecology. Includes content summaries, books, meeting abstracts, papers, and posters.
Google Scholar
Allows you to search across many disciplines and sources for articles, theses, books, and more from academic publishers, professional societies, universities, and other websites. This is NOT specific to Biology.
See instructions for setting up Google Scholar to access additional online fulltext available to UK users.

Essential Links

Director of Branch Libraries, Agriculture Liaison, Biology Liaison

Valerie Perry

Email Me

Contact:

Agricultural Information Center
N-24 Agricultural Science Center North

(859) 257-2758

Subjects:Agriculture, Biology