Useful
Information 
Locations
Resources
Course
Material
- Short Loan Collection
There are a number of items available
for BIOSCI 320 in the Short Loans Collection which is
located on level 1 of the Kate Edger Information Commons.
To see the full list of items, go to the
Course Materials search
page on the library page, scroll down the alphabetical list of courses to find
the entry for BIOSC320 and click on the Search tab.
The items are in alphabetical order by title and may include books and
individual articles.
Lecture Readings
Course readings may only be used for the
University's educational purposes. You may print a copy for your own
use, but you may not make a further copy for any other purpose. You may
not copy or distribute any part of the reading to any other person.
Failure to comply with these terms may expose you to legal action for
copyright infringement and/or disciplinary action by the University.
- In order to gain access to the electronic readings you will need
to enter in your NetID and Password after clicking on the reading
links below.
- The following readings are in addition to sections from the
course text book and other books used in the course. Refer to
the Course Material list above for
availability of books.
- Not every lecture has readings, or readings that are available
online.
Lecture 2
Lecture 4
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 16
Lecture 22
Field Trip
Internet
Resources
Essay
Assignment Tutorial
A optional combined Literature Search Skills tutorial is sometimes
offered for all BIOSCI 320, BIOSCI
396, and BIOSCI 394 students. The tutorial will show you how to
carry out a literature search the easy way using a variety of literature
sources.
- The essay assignment requires you to conduct research using Library
databases, electronic journals, print journals, electronic books and print
books to find peer reviewed literature relevant to your essay topic - this
is called a Literature Search. [Primary,
Review and Popular Journals, what are the differences?]
- The tutorial will show you how to search the databases and use electronic journals.
When: not offered in 2010
Where: not offered in 2010
Please make sure that you Book
for this course. Thank you.
Finding Popular News Stories
The following Library databases index popular literature (newspapers,
magazines etc.) from New Zealand and Internationally, and are a good
starting point for locating popular news stories.
- NewzTextPlus
NewzTextPlus indexes New Zealand newspapers including The New Zealand
Herald, Waikato Times, Sunday Star Times, Sunday News,
The Dominion Post, The Dominion, The Evening Post, The Press, The
Timaru Herald, Evening Standard, The Daily News, Truth, The
Southland Times and the Nelson Mail. NewzTextPlus is a full text
database which means that you will be able to retrieve the whole
newspaper article from the database.
- Newspaper
Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 23
national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today,
The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times
(London), The Toronto Star. The database also contains selected full
text from more than 180 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The
Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami
Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury News.
Finding Scientific Papers (Primary Literature)
The following databases index primary literature (scientific papers)
- Biological
Abstracts | Help
with Searching
Biological Abstracts is an international database on biology,
clinical and experimental medicine, biochemistry and biotechnology.
It indexes and abstracts articles in 6,500 serials from over 100
countries and is produced in the United States by BIOSIS
- Aquatic
Science and Fisheries Abstracts | Help
with Searching
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts is an international
database on science, technology and management of marine, brackish
and freshwater environments. It indexes and abstracts a variety of
publications in over 40 languages and is produced in the United
States by Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System.
- Web
of Knowledge | Help
with Searching
The Web of Knowledge is an interface that searches both the Current
Contents and Web of Science (also known at the Science
Citation Index) databases at the same time. Both Current
Contents and Web of Science searched together via the Web of
Knowledge provides a comprehensive coverage of scientific literature
in all fields.
- SCOPUS
Provides citations, abstracts and references covering 14,000
peer-reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers. It includes
approximately 27 million abstracts. Subjects covered are Chemistry,
Physics, Mathematics and Engineering; Life and Health Sciences;
Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics; Biological, Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences; and General Science.
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