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Journals to browse
Article indexes and databases
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Academic Search PremierA great place to start your research on any topic, search multidisciplinary, scholarly research articles. This database provides access to scholarly and peer reviewed journals, popular magazines and other resources.
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Web of ScienceA comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of journal article citations. Subjects generally covered are within science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences.
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Zoological Record (Web of Science)Search articles covering all animal taxa from protozoa to the primates, and all aspects of their life cycles, behaviors, taxonomy, ecology and evolution. There are taxonomic summaries of each animal discussed in an article, geographical headings and additional subject approaches.
Search tips:
Use as many synonyms as possible, and take advantage of the subject terms assigned by the index Use the Find It button to link to full text
Resources on Citations and Annotated Bibliography
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Citation Management ToolsCitation managers are software packages used to create personalized databases of citation information and notes. They allow you to: import and organize citation information from article indexes and other sources save links to pdfs and other documents, and in some cases save the document itself format citations for your papers and bibliographies using APA and many other styles include your own notes.
Journal of Mammalogy style
An example of a journal article reference in Journal of Mammalogy style:
House MR, Pyles MR, White D. 2005. Velocity distributions in streambed simulation culverts used for fish passage. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 41(1):209-217.
Tip: Use Journal of Mammalogy as your style in Zotero or Mendeley
Tips on Annotated Bibliography
- Import citations to your articles into Zotero/Mendeley and put them into a separate folder
- Under Bibliography select "Journal of Mammalogy "as your style and the folder with your references
- Either download the list or e-mail it to yourself
- Bring the list into Word and add your annotations
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Center for WritingFree face-to-face and online writing consultations. Available by appointment and drop-in in Nicholson or Appleby Hall. Also find online quick help and resources for writers on the writing process, common assignments, grammar, punctuation, style and more.
Last Updated: Jun 23, 2020 12:37 PM
URL: https://libguides.umn.edu/EEB/4129
