Guide - CALS 297B - Research Readiness - LibGuides at University of Arizona

Literature review assignment

Find scholarly articles for your literature review. With this research guide you will be able to:

CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Find reports and analysis on a variety of current issues. Includes background information, pro/con debates, and a chronology of the issue.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of encyclopedia, reference, and other research resources. There is extensive subject coverage including Medicine & Health, American History, Language & Linguistics, General Literature, Psychology, Religion, Economics, Business, Art & Art History.
Web of Science
Web of Science indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Scopus
Find peer-reviewed scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings across all disciplines.
Elsevier accessibility features

Animal & veterinary science

PubMed (UA/HSL)
Find bibliographic citations with abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences with a focus on biomedicine. PubMed includes MEDLINE and citations to NCBI Bookshelf items.
Tutorial
PubMed screen reader instructions

Your Librarian

Engineering

IEEE Xplore
Find resources for computer science, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and mechanical engineering.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Find journals published by ASCE.
AIAA Aerospace Research Central
Find the AIAA meeting papers and current journals. (UA does not have access to the books, standards and archived journals.)

Materials from library class

Slide deck - library instruction
Learning & notes about finding a research topic from the library instruction day
Activity - exploring and finding a research topic
Mind mapping activity to find your research interest, start exploring, and refine & narrow

Health sciences

BioMed Central
Find articles in medicine, genetics, genomics, oncology, biotechnology, and health care.
Certain BioMed Central journals such as Genome Biology publish commissioned review content which is not available to the UA.
PubMed (UA/HSL)
Find bibliographic citations with abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences with a focus on biomedicine. PubMed includes MEDLINE and citations to NCBI Bookshelf items.
Tutorial
PubMed screen reader instructions

Life & physical sciences

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
Find articles, reports, proceedings, and government publications from Agricola, Toxline, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
ProQuest platform screen reader instructions
Web of Science
Web of Science indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

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CALS 297B - Research Readiness : Guide