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KnovelOnline access to books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables.
Review articles
Annual Reviews are journals that publish review articles (overviews of a topic) only.
You can also search Web of Science or Scopus for a topic and filter results for review articles.
News from scientific societies
Elements from the Geochemical Society
EOS from the American Geophysical Union
Geology Today from the Geologists' Association and the Geological Society of London
BAMS from the American Meteorological Society (or view and search open access articles)
Off-campus access information
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Proxy BookmarkletAdd this button to your browser toolbar and click on it to reload a page and authenticate as a U of M user.
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Virtual Private Network (VPN)Download and log in to VPN before accessing resources
Article database shortcuts
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Google Scholar (Setup connection to get to PDFs)Search citations and look up academic articles. If you are using from off-campus access, change the "Library Settings" to University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Look for the "FindIt@U of M Twin Cities" links in your Google Scholar search results to access article PDFs.
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Web of ScienceSearch reference lists and citations, and use operators ("", *, AND, OR) to look up original research articles. Books are not covered. Use Find It to access the article PDFs.
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Anthropology PlusAnthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
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GeoRefSearch tool for scholarly research about the geosciences. Includes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government publications, theses, reports, and maps.
Journal Shortcuts
Geophysical Research Letters Flagship journal of the American Geophysical Union.
Nature Prominent interdisciplinary journal.
Science Another prominent interdisciplinary journal.
Read Scientific Papers
Look up a citation
Look up the title of the article in Libraries search. If it doesn't show up, write down the
- journal title
- year it was published
- and the volume number, issue, and page numbers
and use them to look up the journal title, then find the right volume, issue, and page.
Organization and time management
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Research and citation helpFrom Purdue OWL: how to find and cite your sources well, from start to finish.
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Peer Research ConsultantsThey provide one-on-one assistance with your research. View the schedule of drop-in hours at various locations or make an appointment.
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Talk to the librarianMy office hours during the semester are Thursdays from 1-3pm in Tate 401-07. Email updates are sent to grad and undergrad lists in ESCI, Physics, and Astrophysics.
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Assignment CalculatorEnter in the due date for your research project (paper, speech, lab report) and get a suggested time-line for completing with links to the resources to help you succeed in each step. Optional: sign up for reminder via text.
