LibGuides: BIO-101 Gen. Biology (Primary & Secondary Literature): Tips

I already have a citation, what's the trick to finding the article?

To find out if the Library subscribes to a specific magazine, newspaper or journal, go to the Journals A-Z list.

Here's a citation:

Dubilier, N., McFall-Ngai, M., & Zhao, L. (2015). Microbiology: Create a global microbiome effort. Nature, 526(7575), 631-634. doi:10.1038/526631a

This citation refers to the journal Nature. See if you can locate Nature on the Journals A-Z list. If you have multiple matching links, make sure you check the available dates. Coverage is not the same in all of the article databases!

Science & Nature--Primary & Secondary Articles in the Same Issue of the Journal

Using Science and Nature Online to Find Secondary and Primary Sources in the Same Issue:

Science: Browse issues search

Use Journals A-Z list (Under Discovery Box on Library Homepage) to search for Science.
There will be 3 possible links. Look for the one that says:

American Academy for the Advancement of Science and click on the link that says Science just above . (Link has small Icon of a page with an arrow pointing up to the right.)

From Science Magazine home page, select ARCHIVE on the right side of screen.
Click on issue of an interest.
Scan contents on left side of screen for the PERSPECTIVES section. (These are all secondary sources.)
Click on article of interest. You will be able to get to the PDF of the secondary source article.
Click on RELATED CONTENT (if available) on the right side of screen to get to primary source. If it says REPORT, you will be able to get to the full text and PDF of the primary source.

OR

Science : Subject / topic/ keyword Search

Follow steps 1 and 2 above. Top right of screen, click to SEARCH button and enter search for your topic.
- Open Article type menu and select "Perspectives and Commentary."
- Open Source drop down and select "Science." (AAAS publishes many Journals. BCC only has a subscription to Science, in full text.)
- Open Order Results (Right side of screen) "Newest First"
Click on article and follow 6-8 above.

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Nature: Browse issues search

Use Journals A-Z list (Under Discovery Search Box on Library Homepage) to search for Nature.
There will be three possible links. Select the access that goes to Nature Publishing Group.
Click MENU at the top of the screen.
Click "Browse Issues" and click on an issue of interest.
Scroll down to RESEARCH. Under the heading, you will see:

NEWS and VIEWS section. (These are all secondary sources.)

Select an article of interest. You can link to secondary article and then to PDF.
On the right side of the Secondary Source Article, you can click on ASSOCIATED LINKS (If there are any.) to get to the Primary source and PDF.
You can also get to a Primary Source directly from the Table of Contents #5 above.

OR

Nature: Subject / topic/ keyword Search

Follow steps 1 and 2 above. Top right of screen, click to SEARCH button and enter search for your topic.
- Open Article type menu and select "News and Views"
- Open Journal drop down and select "Nature." (Nature Publishing group publishes many journals. BCC only has a subscription to Nature in full text.)
- Open Sort By Date drop down and select "Most Recent"
Click on article and follow 6-8 above.