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Articles
Use these
databases to search for articles. Links to the online full text versions
of the articles are often available. If the article is only available
in print, and the database does not provide the library's call number
(location) for the journal, you can search for the journal by its title in
CruzCat to find the location. Also use CruzCat
if you have the full
citation, again searching by the journal title.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe [UC Only]
This rich resource only begins with access to regional, national and world
wide access to full text newspaper and popular magazine articles.
It also provides a business section which contains information on companies,
business news, industries, and accounting. The legal section contains
extensive information on state and federal case law as well as law reviews
and legal news. The reference materials include country profiles, polls
and surveys, and biographies. The medical section indexes medical journals
and health news sources. Coverage varies depending on journal or news
source.
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Academic Search Complete [UC Only]
- 1980-present.
Citations to articles from selected scholarly, scientific and general
interest journals, and popular magazines in all subject areas. Many
citations include links to the full-text of an article. Good place
to start for general multidisciplinary searches or for more popular
articles.
Proquest
Newspapers [UC Only]
LA Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal. Limited by these three
papers, however years covered is greater than Lexis Nexis, and the database
interface is more user-friendly. If you are content with only searching
these three papers, then this database is a good choice.
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PubMed
- Mid-1960's
- present.This
searchable database of citations to biomedical literature is a customized
University of California edition of the the National Library of Medicine
PubMed database. This edition includes more links to full text than
the public version, and provides enhanced access to document delivery,
among other things.
Quick
Guide to PubMed [pdf]
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Complete
list of Science & Engineering Databases available to UCSC users.
Not finding
what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Online
Journals
Use these databases to search by journal title to obtain links to the
electronic versions of the journal.
List
of Electronic Full Text Journals
Search by words in the journal title to find journals which are available
in full-text electronic format to UCSC users.
How To Determine
if UCSC Owns A Particular Journal
Web Site Directories
: Evaluated and annotated sites, organized by subject.
InfoMine features web sites selected by academic librarians.
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is best searched with broad search terms.
Library of Congress Science Reference Service
Their "Science Tracer Bullets"
are great research guides!
Books
Use
these resources to find books at UCSC, to request books from other libraries,
or as a guide for notable science communication books. Send
me your favorite science communication titles and I will post them
here!
CruzCat
Catalog for UCSC McHenry and S&E Libraries. Includes our holdings
for books, journals, conference proceedings, maps, videos and more.
Melvyl
Catalog
This is the book catalog for the entire UC system. You can REQUEST books
to be sent from other libraries.
Notable Science Communication Books: [check CruzCat
for circulation status] [email
me your favorite scicomm books!]
A
Field Guide for Science Writers,
edited by Deborah Blum and Mary Knudson
S&E Stacks T11 .F52 2006, 1998, 1997
AP
Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law:with Internet Guide and Glossary
S&E Ref PN4783.A83 2001
The
Best American Science and Nature Writing, various
years
S&E Stacks Q1.B47
Communicating
Science to the Public : Ciba Foundation Conference
S&E Stacks Q223.C6544 1987
Communicating
Uncertainty : Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science,
edited by Sharon M. Friedman ... [et al.]
McH Stacks P96.S33 C66 1999
Handbook
of Science Communication, compiled by Anthony Wilson ... [et
al.]
S&E Stacks Q223 .H345 1998
Public
Understanding of Science
Online
A survey by the National Science Foundation that shows Americans'
interest in science grows but actual understanding of scientific terms
and concepts still lags.
Selling
Science : How the Press Covers Science and Technology, by
Dorothy Nelkin
S&E Stacks Q225 .N35 1995
Science
in Dispute, vol. 1,
2
& 3
Online
"Explores
controversial subjects in science."
Writing
for Story : Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a Two-time Pulitzer
Prize Winner, by Jon Franklin
McH Stacks PN187.F73 1987
Other
News/Report Online Resources
Goverment publications:
- Science.gov
- This is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies,
including research and development results.
- firstgov.gov
- Offers a search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government
document (i.e. search for "methyl bromide"). Also offers a
"browse by topic" option.
- Google U.S. Government Search
- Search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web -- from the same search box.
- GAO
- General Acccounting Office, the "watchdog" for the U.S. Congress, produces reports evaluating
and auditing federal programs. For example, you can select "GAO
Reports" and then "Find GAO Reports" and search for "global
warming" to retrieve independent, non-partisan reports.
- EPA
- The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency has as its mission to protect human health and to safeguard the
natural environment: air, water, and land, upon which life depends.
The link "Browse EPA Topics" has a list of environmental topics
which include fact sheets and other useful background information.
- USGS
- The U.S. Geologic Survey is an
independent fact-finding agency that collects, monitors, analyzes, and
provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions,
issues, and problems. Use the search box in the upper right hand side,
or browse environmental information about California by selecting the "USGS Information by State" link.
Not finding
what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Writing
Tools
NCSU
Online Writing Lab List of resources from the North Carolina State
University's now defunct Online Writing Lab.
Dictionaries
The Oxford English Dictionary [UC ONLY]
Oxford
Reference Online Premium [UCSC ONLY]
A very useful collection
of dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations, bilingual dictionaries,
grammar and other language reference sources.
Copyright Resources
Creative
Commons "offers
a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists.
We have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional
copyright to create a voluntary 'some rights reserved' copyright.
We're a nonprofit. All of our tools are free."
UCSC
University Library's list of recent copyright resources From CruzCat.
U.S. Copyright Office
Rich with resources including copyright procedures, new and pending
legislation, online forms & publications, and a database to search
copyright records.
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Provides licenses to reproduce or distribute copyright materials.
Copyright Management Center
Provides information on copyright issues concerning research and teaching
from a university standpoint. Includes multimedia and distance education
information. Hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Not finding
what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Statistics
Statistics research guide from UCSC McHenry Library.
Societies & Associations
National
Association of Science Writers
(NASW)
Committee on Communication
& Outreach National Science Board (see "Communicating Science
& Technology in the Public Interest")
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing will meet at Stanford in 2008.
Media Resource - Linking
Journalists and Scientists
Northern California Science Writers
Association (NCSWA)
The
Science Writing Librarian
Cynthia Jahns (831-459-3187) is the
Science
Writing Librarian at UCSC. She can help you with:
- Suggestions
for books or journals about science writing for the library to purchase.
- Questions
or comments about the books or journals in the library Questions or
concerns about library policies Library instruction in your classes,
ranging from basic computer searching to the use of specialized resources
in science writing.
- Citation
searches online, or reviewing how to use the California Digital Library
Databases, Melvyl, CRUZCAT, Lexis-Nexis or other resources.
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