Biology 292: Topics in Cell Biology

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This guide includes information and resources designed to aid you in locating research and citing sources for assignments in Biology 391D. For further assistance with your research, schedule a research consultation or contact your librarian using the contact information in the left-hand column.

Reference Entries

Encyclopedia of Cancer
Publication Date: 2017
This online encyclopedia includes thousands of entries, written by experts, about cancers and cancer-related topics.

Best Bets: Databases

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, online books, and other materials in biomedical fields, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and preclinical sciences. Links to some full text. Covers materials published 1950-present, with some coverage extending earlier.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A very powerful and varied database. Use the "citation" feature to check for new citing authors. Coverage from 1900 to present.
CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly and professional journals, books, dissertations, standards of practice, audiovisuals, and other materials in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and related disciplines. Provides some full text. Covers materials published 1937-present.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar searches scholarly literature and provides a simple interface for accessing full-text content, tracking citations, and citing sources.

More Biology Databases
Links to all St. Olaf databases which include content relevant to biology research.

Types of Review Articles

Overview of Systematic Reviews from Brown University
Trying to understand the differences between literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta analyses, and more? This guide from Brown provides a great overview of the differences between and definitions of various reviews.

Browse Journals

BrowZine This link opens in a new window
BrowZine is the preferred service that researchers around the world use to browse, read and follow the scholarly journals available from their library.

Zotero Help

Zotero Guide
A guide compiled by the St. Olaf librarians to help you download and get started using Zotero. Please refer to this guide before contacting the IT helpdesk or emailing the library.