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Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

• BIOSIS Previews
  Citations to the journal and book literature in the life sciences fields
  Date coverage: 1998-present.
  

• Proquest Biology Journals
  Provides access to a wide range of biology topics. The database includes over 285 titles, with more than 250 available in full text.
  Date coverage: 1998-present.
  
  
• Academic OneFile
  A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
  Date coverage: 1980-present.
  
  
• Web of Science
  Provides citations and abstracts to approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the sciences and social sciences.
  Date coverage: 1994-present.
  
  
• Science Resource Center
  This database focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms including biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more. It contains articles from full-text academic journals, science-related magazines and newspapers, multimedia records including pictures, illustrations, and audio and video clips, links to 500 Web sites chosen for their relevancy to the curriculum, a time line covering science subjects from antiquity to today, and content Level indicators to help students choose articles that meet their needs.

Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search.

The asterisk * symbol will search for all variations of a word. For example: intell* will search for intellect and intelligent and intellectual. Using quotes will search for a phrase.

Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:

("global warming " OR "climate change") AND penguin*

Here's another example:

t-cell* AND diet AND (HIV OR AIDS)

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Databases are basically just search engines for articles on specific subjects.