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Articles
- Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowCritical reviews in the subject areas of the physical and social sciences. Offers primary research literature to guide researchers to the principal contributions in the field. Limited titles available, other titles may be requested through the Interlibrary Loan process.
- Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (EBSCOhost) -- 1983-present This link opens in a new windowPopular magazines and scholarly journals on biology and related disciplines, dating back to 1982. About half of the collection focuses on agriculture.
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals and magazines (along with selected books, pamphlets and government reports) relating to human impacts on the environment.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new windowArticles from journals that are mainly scientific and medical back to 1997 with indexing for additional journals, books, and protocols. Includes ebooks in the field of education.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles and analyzes citations from 20,000+ journals in the sciences and social sciences back to 1970, though some are as far back as 1788. Search this database in lieu of Web of Science.
- Wiley Online This link opens in a new windowAccess to journals published by John Wiley & Sons, back to 1997. The database includes citations for additional titles, as well citations for articles older than 1997.
Specifically for Biomedical Issues
- MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) -- 1946-present This link opens in a new windowComprehensive index to all aspects of medicine, covering journals and some titles include full-text.
- PubMed -- 1946-present This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive index to all aspects of medicine back to 1946. Freely available from the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes all MEDLINE content, plus additional selected biomedical sources. Look for the "Check for Full Text at EWU" button within individual PubMed records.
Biodiversity literature
Biodiversity Heritage Library has legacy biodiversity literature that can be freely viewed.
for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). BHL content may be freely viewed through the online reader or downloaded in part or as a complete work in PDF, OCR text, or JPG2000 file formats. For help with downloading content, please see the FAQ page.
Specifically for Agricultural Issues
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
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A citation database that covers articles and books on agriculture from the National Agricultural Library, including historical materials dating back as far as the 1500's.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias and other reference books available online.
- Fields VirologyA virology reference that combines the molecular aspects of viral replication with the medical features of viral infections
Ways to narrow or broaden a search
Boolean operators allow you to combine words or phrases in specific ways.
AND requires that all words be present in the retrieved articles.
OR allows any of the words to be present in the retrieved articles. Use for synonyms of words.
NOT requires that the word is not present in any of the retrieved articles. Use with extreme caution because it can eliminate relevant articles.
Truncation or wildcards allow you to search for words beginning with specific characters.
Many databases use an asterisk (*) to turncate.
ex: categor* retrieves category, categories, categorical, etc.
Be careful truncating short words.
ex: cat* retrieves cat, cats, category, catastrophe, catacylsmic, etc.
Phrase searching keeps words together as a phrase. Many databases assume the Boolean "and" between words unless you indicate otherwise, usually by putting double quotes around the phrase.
ex: "size selective predation"