Quick Tips:
Library home page (http://www.sunybroome.edu/library)
- Books: Search for books on the “books/media” tab. The Biology books are on the second floor of the library, near the recycling bins.
- Articles: Search for articles on the “articles” tab. (If you are off-campus, it will ask you for your MyCollege login information.)
- Interlibrary loan: If we don’t have the book or article you need, we will borrow it from another library for you. For free. Books can take up to a week to get here; articles take 2-3 days.
- Help:
- Reference Desk: 607-778-5043
- Me: Amanda Hollister, L202, hollisteraj@sunybroome.edu
Get Started
Find a topic or learn more about your topic:
Books
Our library catalog allows you to search for books that we own, and books that you can borrow from another library. If your search does not yield many results, try clicking on “Quick delivery libraries” under the change library heading, or one of the links under “Related Subjects”.
Click the “get it” button to borrow the book from another library.
Magazine Articles
Magazine articles can be searched for in most databases by limiting your search results to "magazines", which can be found on the left-hand side of the page under "Source Types". You can also search databases that have mostly magazine articles such as:
Scholarly Articles
From the library homepage, click either the “databases” or “complete list of databases” links. Under “databases by subject”, click “Science”. Recommended databases for Biology are:
- Science Direct - ~95% scholarly, scientific articles.
- Environment Complete - covers ecosystem ecology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, etc
- Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
- GreenFile - covers aspects of human impact to the environment
- Medline - medical research
Other places to search:
- Academic Search Complete
- Discovery Search - Search for articles and books in multiple databases.
- Google Scholar - Click on the "Full-text @ BCC Library" link to get the article. Do not pay for articles.
- Jstor
Citation Guides
- APA style guide: http://sunybroome.info/library/guides/apa-style-guide
- Citation Fox: http://library.albany.edu/cfox
A. Hollister
2/5/2015