The recommended databases for this assignment are:
You may also want to do some searching in another Biology database if you're not finding what you need.
Tips on Searching
| Tip | Examples |
| Select appropriate search terms |
Instead of "frog", search for a specific species: wood frog, Rana sylvatica Instead of "performance", search for a specific performance: fecundity, breeding date, survivorship |
| Use keywords, not long search phrases |
Instead of searching for "what are the effects of climate change on Rana sylvatica performance?", break down your search into the main keywords: climate change, wood frog, Rana sylvatica, fecundity |
| Use AND to combine different keywords | frog AND fecundity |
| Use OR to combine similar/related keywords | frog AND (fecundity OR fertility) |
| Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together | "climate change" AND "Rana sylvatica" AND (fecundity OR fertility) |
| Look for ways to limit your search in the database | You can often limit by type of article (primary/empirical or review/secondary), year of publication, or searching only within the abstract/title |
| Start with the article provided by Dr. Jorve Hoos and look for related articles in the databases | Search for the Walther et al 2002 article within a database and see if there are any related articles. This is sometimes called Related Records or Related Articles. |
| Finding full text PDFs |
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