Resources for Biotechnology students

An electronic version of this handout for easy access to the sites is available from the TCTC Media Center Home page @ http://tctc.k12.oh.us/tctc/. Click on “Class Assignments.” Your page is under “Biotechnology resources.”

Subscription sites

1. (through the “core collection” of www.infohio.org)

One of the best resources for looking at journal and magazine articles is in EbscoHost through the infohio.org site. A handout with specific instructions on accessing the databases is available.

NOTES: Username and password is required when using from home.

Choose databases according to your search purpose.

Select title list to browse a particular journal.

Here is a link to a tutorial if you need more help: http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/BasicSearchingK-12Tutorial.html

2. (through the “core collection” of www.infohio.org)

Also in the “Core Collection” of infohio.org, Access Science houses research updates, current news, science encyclopedia articles and images.

3. Public Library Databases

You need your public library barcode to access this site.

► Go to http://www.oplin.org

► Choose “Research Databases” (you will be prompted to enter your library barcode)

► Select “Consumer Health Complete” and others appropriate to your topic.

4.

Once in the http://www.2facts.com site (you need username and password), click on the “Today’s Science” tab to enter the science database. There are some general articles and topic overviews in this site.

Open access sites

Science.gov @ http://www.science.gov/

The Center for Disease Control @ http://www.cdc.gov/

The National Agricultural Library @ http://www.nal.usda.gov/

Science Central @ http://www.scicentral.com/

The Science Niche @ http://scienceniche.com/science/science.cfm

Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections @ http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Scirus: For Scientific Information Only @ http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

National Institutes of Health @ http://www.nih.gov/

Environmental Protection Agency @ http://www.epa.gov/

The National Science Digital Library @ http://nsdl.org/

Medline Plus @ http://medlineplus.gov/

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services @ http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Healthopedia @ http://www.healthopedia.com/

For fun

PBS Science and Nature @ http://www.pbs.org/science/

The Why Files: The Science Behind the News @ http://whyfiles.org/