Resources for Biology Current Events Summary: Databases & Journals

A database is an "electronic collection of research materials, usually journal, magazine, and newspaper article, but also ebooks, images, and video."

--from University of Notre Dame Australia Library website, accessed 11/16/11

• Databases contain journal articles, images, video/audio clips, abstracts/summaries, eBooks, etc.
• You can email, save, and/or print most database items.
• Most databases will generate citations in your preferred format!

StorySearch gives you access to content from databases like-- 

• Academic Search Premier
• BioMed Central
• BioOne
• GreenFILE
• MEDLine
• PubMed Central

• A journal is like a magazine, only its content is
• authoritative,
• usually peer-reviewed,
• highly scholarly, and
• acceptable for college research projects.
• Journals are typically field-of-study specific.
• For eJournals, look in StorySearch.