EnvSci101/HumBiol101 – Introduction to Becoming a Scientist

Searching for Books:

• Cofrin Library Catalog
• Universal Borrowing – Also called UB, allows Cofrin Library users to check out books directly from another UW system library (available after 8/17/09).
• WorldCat – Searches the catalogs of libraries all over the world.

Electronic Resources – If you are accessing Cofrin Library databases from off-campus, you will need to enter your username and password (the same information you use to log on to the campus network).

Cofrin Library databases:

• Academic Search Complete from EbscoHost
  Complete contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 titles. Academic Search Complete from EbscoHost contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
• OmniFILE FT Mega (Wilson)
  Description: Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text.
  Coverage: 1994 -
• General Sciences Fulltext
  Description: Provides indexing and abstracting to 168 popular and professional English language science periodicals. Designed specifically for students and non- specialists, the periodicals covered range from very general to highly specialized titles. Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, astronomy, conservation, earth science, medicine, nutrition, oceanography, and zoology.
  Coverage: 1984 –
• Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
  Description : Provides indexing to over 250 journals in the core literature of biology and agriculture. Subject matter includes agricultural, animal sciences, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental science, fishery sciences, forestry, genetics, horticulture, marine biology, microbiology, nutrition, paleontology, physiology, plant pathology, veterinary medicine, wildlife management, and zoology.
  Coverage: 1983 –
• Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
  Description : Provides indexing for over 5 million records in life sciences journals. BIOSIS monitors around 6,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology.
  Coverage: 1990 –
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
  Description : This multidisciplinary database, provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications
  Coverage: 1981 –
• Environment Complete
  Description : Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,590,000 records from 1,500 domestic and international titles going back to the 1950s (including 960 active core titles) as well as 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for 400 journals and 80 monographs.

 Other Sources:

• Google Uncle Sam – Uses the Google search to find websites and online articles from the U. S. Government related to your search.
• Google Scholar – Finds scholarly sources in peer-reviewed Journals on the web. Accessing some results may require searching our library.