Scholars stay abreast of advances in their field by receiving and browsing alerts search alerts. You, too, can develop these scholarly habits of mind by setting up the following alerts:
You can set up a search alert for the genetic condition you are researching using Google Alerts. Customize the alert for frequency, types of sources (news, blogs, images, or all), and more. This will
Academic OneFile Search Alerts
After completing a search on your genetic disorder, click "Search Alert" to set up your email notifications. When new information is added to the database about your topic, you will receive an email.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
This database reference contains full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites for your science research and projects.
Genetics Home Reference provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variation on human health. I like this website because it points to other credible sources on the topic.
Covering all academic disciplines, it has millions of articles available in both PDF or HTML format. This is a great starting point for your research.
Multidisciplinary scientific journal. A top academic journal that publishes original research across a wide range of scientific fields.
PubMed
From the National Library of Medicine, the database covers the fields of biomedicine and health, life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.
Search for scholarly literature on the web. You may not find the full-text. If you need help finding an article of interest, please email Ms. Roberson at amy_roberson@yarmouthschools.org.
Articles on Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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