Biology 230 Cell Biology Staples 

Reading your Article

These articles are often very difficult to read! Here are strategies to help:

·         Re-read abstract

·         Ask your professor

·         Search for a “review” article

·         Ask classmates

·         Do more background reading using

·               textbook

·               AccessScience

Using Your Article

Cite your source using a format such as APA (American Psychological Association),  CSE (Council of Science Editors) or your professor’s recommendation!

·         Library Website

·         Library Guides

·         APA website (American Psychological Association)

·         CSE website  (Council of Science Editors)

·         Ask a librarian for help!

Scholarly articles are written by experts in the field and, additionally, reviewed by a panel experts in the field.  They tend to include a lot of research and data, and the information in the article is backed up by a list of references. 

Example of a Journal with Scholarly Articles

Popular articles are often written by journalists for a general audience and are not reviewed by experts in the field.  Popular articles rarely include references.

Example of a Magazine with Popular Articles

For more detailed information on what a scholarly article looks like, see the excellent tutorial Anatomy of a Scholarly Article.

Finding Scholarly, Refereed Articles on Cell Biology

• www.canadacollege.edu/library
• Locating Articles
• On or Off Campus
• Health and Wellness or Proquest Biology Journals or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Limit to Full Text
• Limit to Refereed
• Type your words (Not too many) (Use asterisk to “truncate” for example musc* will get muscular, muscle, muscles, muscularity, etc.)
• Print or e-mail

Using a database off campus? You need a library card from any library in San Mateo County. Don't have one? Get one at the library!

Cañada College Library’s

Important Journals* for Cell Biology

(and a few for general science)

* LaGuardia, C. (Ed.). (2004). Magazines for libraries, 13^th edition. New Providence, NJ: Bowker.

Dave Patterson, Librarian 
pattersond@smccd.edu
(650) 306-3476

About the Library

Website: http://www.canadacollege.edu/library

Phone: (650) 306-3267

Hours:

Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm,

Fridays 8am-3pm

Library Services

Textbooks on Reserve – Ask at the front desk. Usually only for using in the library for 2 hours.

Computers – The library has over 40 free-use computers. Just sit down and start!

Getting a Library Card

• You can use any San Mateo County library card at Cañada College Library

• With a library card you can place holds on books, CDs, DVDs and more and pick them up at Cañada College Library