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BIO 1500: The Scientific Method Lab - Literature Review

Introduction to searching for peer-reviewed, scholarly articles using library article databases for the scientific method laboratory assignment.

Finding journal articles

For this assignment, you'll explore two science-focused article databases. Try searching them both!

Toggle between Biological & Agricultural Index Plus and Scopus, below, for more information.

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus


Click "Select all" to add additional useful databases to your search when prompted after clicking the above link to Biological & Agricultural Index Plus. Then click Continue:

Screenshot of EBSCOhost: Option to select all databases


Enter key words in the search boxes, as shown below. This is an example search.

You might also try using these search terms or other relevant terms that interest you:

  • alcohol AND physiological effects
  • heart rate AND daphnia
  • humans AND heart rate
  • heart beat AND humans AND physiology


Think about how you developed your hypothesis and use key words related to those ideas. Put each key word or phrase in a separate box to increase your results, as below:

Database screenshot with "caffeine" in the first search box AND "physiological effects" in the second search box.

Articles with , , or  icons can be read and printed with one click.

Articles with the icon may be available electronically. See instructions: Using "Get Full Text" to locate articles.

Scopus

Enter your search terms and click Search.

Scopus screenshot of the search: stress "heart rate" humans.

On the search results page, note the options to sort results (see image below). By default, results are sorted by the newest first--that is, documents published most recently are your top results. You may want to view the most relevant at the top of your results. Use the drop-down menu in the top-right of the results page to adjust your preference.


Screenshot of Scopus database search results
 

You will always need to use to locate full-text articles in Scopus. See instructions: Using "Get Full Text" to locate articles.

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