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Sciences and Nursing Librarian
Kellogg Library 3421
ymeulema@csusm.edu
760-750-4375
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This course requires you to complete a research project
on a selected topic in cellular biotechnology.
This guide provides assistance in completing the research
portion of the assignment. Consult your syllabus and any
other course materials for assignment details.
Background
information
The selected sources
below provide background
information that may be helpful to begin your research
project.
Reference sources
Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals :
transforming proteins and genes into drugs
RS380 .H6 2003
5th
Floor Stacks
Glossary of biotechnology terms
TP248.16 .F54 2002 5th
Floor Stacks
Biotechnology from A to Z
TP248.16 .B33 1998
Reference
Basic biotechnology
TP248.2 .B367 2001 5th
Floor Stacks
Books
Books and
similar resources provide comprehensive overviews of
various issues; and are
valuable for your background research.
Consult tables of contents and indexes
to find out where in a book your research topic is
discussed.
Most academic
books have bibliographies that direct you to other
resources and journal
articles.
- If we don't have an item you can request it through
 .
- Start
from our library catalog.
- Enter the key term for your concept.
- Too many? Add another term to describe the
particular issue: sickle cell anemia--diagnosis
- Too few? Search
- When you find a good source, click on its "Subject
Headings" for other items on that topic.
Journal articles
The databases
listed below are key collections of the primary literature.
Successful completion of the research projects in this
course requires the use of primary literature that are
accessible through the databases below.
Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
A complete collection of bibliographic
references covering life science and biomedical
research literature published from more than
4,000 journals internationally. Provides access
to
ScienceDirect and
Wiley Interscience.
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1969→current |
PubMed @ CSUSM
Click here
for help in searching PubMed.
The premier database of world biomedical
literature on clinical medicine and preclinical
research.
Medline provides a more user-friendly
interface, but less updated content.
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1966→current |
GoogleScholar
Search the research literature using Google.
Does not link to our library's collections
when accessed outside of the campus network.
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unknown |
Citing your
information
The Council of Biology Editors produces a guide to
appropriate scientific style. If you are a Biology major, you
ought to have your own copy of it:
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Scientific style and format : the CBE
manual for authors, editors, and publishers.
6th ed. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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If you need some quick help, the following are web sites on
CBE citation style:
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