BIO182 (General Biology): Scientific Paper Resources

This guide was created specifically for biology students in BIO182.

Library Databases Are Better Than Google Scholar for Articles

#1 - The Library has paid for you to have access

#2 - Resources have been evaluated by journal editors, peer-reviewers, database companies and librarians

#3 - Much easier to cite - all the citation information is easily identifiable and often the citations are already created for you.

Introduction to Journal Literature

Chart explaining differences in scholarly journals, magazines, and in-between (trade) journals