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- University of Minnesota Libraries Home Page Find books, scores, recordings, magazines, journals, movies, and more in the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog.
Discover a vast array of resources in the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog. Copy and paste any article title into the library search or browse the results using keywords from your topic.
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If the article you need cannot be found, Interlibrary Loan can often obtain it for you. Follow the link above, select the article form, and complete the necessary information for a free PDF copy via email.
Scientific magazines
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)
Archeology Magazine from the Archeological Institute of America
Scientific databases
Journals
Nature and Science are the two leading scientific journals.
Geophysical Research Letters is a leading journal for the geosciences.
American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, and Current Anthropology are all leading archeological and anthropology journals.
Annual Reviews are journals that publish review articles (overviews of a topic).
You can also search Web of Science or Scopus for a topic and filter results for review articles.
Basics of library research
Identify the author and the audience of the source.
That will help you decide whether the source is journalism, outreach, science news, or scholarship.
Look for primary and secondary sources.
Your sources should be written or reviewed by an expert in the field. That includes new research in a reputable journal, government documents, research reports, news reports filed by reporters (not analysis or opinion, and interviews.
A secondary source is an authoritative analysis of a primary source. Examples are review articles, scholarly analysis, and textbooks.
Dig as deep as you can.
Look up words, phrases, or concepts you don't know. Find more information about the authors of the sources. Is it written by someone who does research in that field? What is their field/department? Is it written by a science writer, aka a journalist who reports on research?