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Online text resources. websites that provide specialized articles & papers. Notes. Many of these sites provide abstracts free. Some provide a few full-text articles free, too. But usually you have to pay by credit card for full articles. Notes (continued).
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Online text resources • websites that provide specialized articles & papers
Notes • Many of these sites provide abstracts free. • Some provide a few full-text articles free, too. But usually you have to pay by credit card for full articles.
Notes (continued) • In general, abstracts are sufficient for text analysis. • If you can find one or two full-text articles, use them for reading comprehension AND text analysis.
Notes (continued) • You should take some time near the beginning of the course to visit these sites and find the best journal for you. • If you cannot find a journal in exactly the same field as yours, don’t worry! A journal from a related field is good, too.
Notes (continued) • General, serious science journals, such as Nature, are also good. And popular science magazines like New Scientist are good, too. • For many students, the AWL Gapmaker, used on abstracts, may be an important part of your project work.
Notes (continued) • You should document your search for journal articles: • where did you look? • did you browse or search? • what words did you use to search? • what journals did you find that were not appropriate for you?
ScienceDirect, from Elsevier • www.sciencedirect.com • This has more than 1700 journals in 23 major classifications: agricultural & biological sciences; civil engineering; earth & planetary sciences; environmental science; and materials science. • Click on the Journals tab and Search for a Journal title.
Choose a category here or type a word here
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ScienceDirect • www.sciencedirect.com • Probably the leading online science resource. • Most journals have one or two free issues (marked in yellow). • Nearly every journal has free abstracts. • Keep up-to-date in your field by looking at the titles in TOC emails.
Blackwell Synergy • http://www.blackwell-synergy.com • Not as big as ScienceDirect, but some useful journals, e.g. Ecological Research
Other titles on Synergy • Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management • Fisheries Science • Aquaculture Research • African Journal of Ecology • Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
More journals on Synergy • Engineering Construction & Architectural Management • Ecosystem Health • Environmental Microbiology • International Journal of Food Science & Technology • Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics • Waste Management & Research
Directory ofOpen Access Journals • www.doaj.org • Free, full-text journals in: • Agriculture & Food Sciences • Biology & Life Sciences • Earth & Environmental Sciences • Arts & Architecture . . . etc.
Springer Science Online • www.springer.de • Environmental Sciences • Life Sciences • Geoscience • Engineering . . . etc.
Some journal titles • Wood Science & Technology • Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment • Journal of Marine Science & Technology • Environmental Engineering & Policy • Environmental Management
More journals from Springer • Ecosystems • Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology • Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy • . . . etc.
Inter-Research Science Publisher • www.int-res.com • Marine Ecology Progress Series • Climate Research • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms • Ethics in Science & Environmental Politics • Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Highwire • http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl • More free online journals. Most are in the medical field, but some others, too, e.g.: • Journal of Environmental Quality • Journal of the American College of Nutrition • Health Policy and Planning • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
BioMedNet • Lots of information in biology and medicine • www.bmn.com
www.bmn.com It is best to register
BioMedNet for Life Sciences Some of the major fields covered
Limnology & Oceanography www.aslo.org/lo/index.html
EEE Gateway Elsevier’s Ecology, Evolution and Environment Gateway on BioMedNet http://www.bmn.com/ecology-evolution Sign up for monthly email alerts.