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Title: Literature Search Strategies


1
Literature Search Strategies
  • Resources and approaches at
  • UMW

2
Finding an article of interest
  • Go to the databases
  • Databases
  • See different Subject Areas
  • Biology OR
  • Environmental Science OR
  • Geography

3
Finding an article of interest
  • Biology most useful
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Annual Reviews
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Biological and Agricultural Index
  • Biological and Medical Sciences
  • BioOne
  • Environmental Sciences
  • General Science Full Text

4
Finding an article of interest
  • See Annual Reviews
  • Databases
  • Databases Alphabetically by Name
  • A
  • Annual Reviews

5
Word searches
  • Boolean operators
  • And
  • Or
  • Not
  • Phrases and wildcards
  • xyz abe
  • organism or communit or commun

6
Word searches
  • Where is it searching? and stuff
  • title
  • keyword
  • abstract
  • full text
  • author

7
Finding an article
  • Journal or periodical title is key
  • Hubbell, S.P., R.B. Foster, S.T. OBrien. 1999.
    Light-gap disturbances, recruitment limitation,
    and tree diversity in a neotropical forest.
    Science 283 554 557.
  • 4 places to look
  • Simpson Library holdings
  • Online full text sources
  • VIVA
  • Interlibrary loan

8
Finding an article
  • www.library.umw.edu
  • Basic Search
  • Browse for ________ as a Title of Periodical

9
Finding an article
  • www.library.umw.edu
  • Full-text Databases
  • Full Text Electronic Journals Holding List
  • Several ways to find title
  • Title begins with OR
  • By first letter of title

10
Finding an article
  • www.library.umw.edu
  • Databases
  • VIVA (bottom of top section)
  • Electronic Collections
  • Online Journal Locator
  • Search a variety of ways

11
Finding an article
  • Interlibrary loan

12
One article leads to many
  • One good journal article
  • Read and highlight interesting references
  • Find those articles
  • Search databases for authors names

13
  • Are rare plants weak competitors?
  • Have good invaders been released from competition?
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