Science and Math Librarian
Find articles
For this course, you will primarily be using magazine and news articles written for a general audience (as compared with the more technical journal articles written for scholars of science).
To find magazine and news articles, use any of the following resources. Try searching in three or four of these resources to find the best articles for your assignment.
Magazine Articles
These databases may be searched simultaneously. Click on one of the links below, then select additional relevant databases before you continue in to run your searches.
Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary | Broad Subject Coverage | General Sciences
Health Source - Consumer Edition
General Health Topics | Consumer Information | Nutrition | Childcare | Sports Medicine | Wellness | Exercise
Consumer Health Complete
General Consumer Health Topics | Streaming Video
MasterFILE Premier
Multidisciplinary | General Interest
**Important!** On your search results page, you may want to use the option in the left-hand column to Refine Results by Source Types - Magazines and News (if available), as illustrated below.
Source types labeled as Academic Journals are more scholarly and may be too technical for the purposes of this assignment. If you are having trouble understanding an Academic Journal article, look for a Magazine or News article on your topic, instead.
Newspaper Articles
Science Daily
Recent scholarly scientific articles are summarized in layman's terms. Use the search box on the top right of the page.
New York Times
Use the search box in the center of the page.
BBC Health
Use the search box on the top right of the page.
