Class Help Page: Biology 590, Fall 2007

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

MEDLINE via PubMed the primary database for this class [more...]

Cancer Lit a subset of PubMed [more...]

MEDLINE via EBSCO almost the same database as PubMed with a different interface [more...]

Academic Search Premier an excellent place to start for almost any class assignment [more...]

Especially useful journals
While the [tips] provide you with general information about journals in the Christopher Center, there are some specific titles you may want to browse:

For all available issues and separate titles of the American journal of physiology, enter only the words American journal of physiology into JournaLocator.
   American journal of physiology: Cell physiology
   American journal of physiology: Endocrinology and metabolism
   American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology
   American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
   American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
   American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative
      physiology
   American journal of physiology. Renal physiology

Other journal titles to browse in JournaLocator:
  Physiological reviews
  Journal of applied physiology
  Journal of cellular physiology
  Journal of general physiology

If you already have a journal title, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.

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Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

Library of Congress Classification System [tips]

  QP -- Physiology
  RB -- Pathology

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Reference & Background Information Resources [tips]

Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor
Example listing of available books:

Encyclopedia of reproduction Ref. QP251 .E48125 1998
Magill's medical guide Ref. RC41 .M34 2002

Print -- Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 3rd & 4th floors

Annual review of physiology Stacks QP1 .A535 2006
Handbook of physiology Stacks QP6 .H25

Recommended Internet Resources [tips]

American Physiological Association
   http://www.the-aps.org/

Canadian Physiological Association
   http://cps.cfbs.org/home.html

Physiological Society (U.K.)
   http://www.physoc.org/

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
   http://www.sebm.org/

Society of General Physiologists
   http://www.sgpweb.org/

Best Information on the Internet: Biology
   http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/biology/bioindex.htm

More life sciences internet resources ...

Final Writing and Presentation

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
    Reference, Reserve, Stacks BF 76.7 .P83 2001

Successful Scientific Writing, 2nd ed. Stacks R119 .M28 2000
Scientific Papers and Presentations
Stacks T11 .D324 2005

Citing Resources   http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html#apa
VU Writing Center  http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/

Librarian for Biology
  Prof. Donna Resetar [info]

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