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Summer Assignment for Intro Students
Summer Assignment for Intro Students
These databases are all provide access to journal articles about a wide range of scientific topics. The difficulty of the reading levels will vary, so please allow yourself ample time to explore and read.
Databases to Search
Databases to Search
Scientific American (Ignore the sign in and subscribe buttons)
Magazines to Look out For
Magazines to Look out For
- Discover (back issues available in ProQuest Science, current articles on Discover website)
- National Geographic
- New York Times Science Section
- New Scientist (back issues available in ProQuest Science, current articles on New Scientist website)
- Popular Science (full-text articles on ProQuest Science, additional features on Popular Science website)
- Psychology Today (full-text articles on ProQuest Science, additional features on Psychology Today website)
- Smithsonian
Science Databases for Science Research (beyond summer!)
Science Databases for Science Research (beyond summer!)
Science is the bi-weekly publication of original research by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Science and Social Media
Science and Social Media
Social media has become ubiquitous in our lives, and this is just as true for scientists. Below are links to articles written by scientists and research about how they use social media and how it impacts their research
How I Use Social Media (from Dr. Paige Jarreau’s blog From the Lab Bench
Talking About Science on Social Media (article by Caitlin Bird for Boston University’s Research)
Social Media in Science (Huffington Post)
Requesting Journal Articles
Requesting Journal Articles
Science Research Students may are request the purchase of scholarly articles that cannot be access through Blackburne Library’s databases. Use the link to the request form below. You must discuss the request with your Science Research teacher and your must sign off on the request. Plan to fill out the form together!
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