Biology: BIOL 343 Genetics

You can find articles in a wide range of our databases.  The Discovery search on the front page will search all of our resources.  Some databases will more specifically focus on science and medicine.

Peer reviewed journals are the most used sources.  These articles are analyzed by other people in the fieild for accuracy and significance to the field.  

You can find these journals in our databases. If you use the library Discovery search, you can select peer reviewed journals by checking the box as noted below.

Also, in a general search, peer reviewed items are labeled as noted below

Academic Journal Articles aren't just about information, but contributing to the field.  It helps to think of them as a conversation.  They tend to be longer than magazine articles and include several parts:

1.  Introduction that establishes a problem 

2. Literature Review--a summary of the research in this area previously for background

3.  Methodology-what the researchers will study and how--It will include important information on sample sizes and how the study was conducted

4. Study findings--what the research showed--lots of charts and stats about results but without much commentary

5. Discussion--what the findings actually mean

6. Conclusion--how this study fits in with previous studies and ideas for continued study.

You will find information in a wide range of journals relating to science and medicine, specific diseases, etc.   These titles give you examples of the kind of journals that you will find in our resources.