1. An introduction to the Library and its resources BIOL 2230 Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

4. Library home page Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

6. Finding a Subject Guide Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

7. Subject Guide for Biology Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Includes dictionaries encyclopedias, databases and websites

9. Finding Journal Articles Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

11. Biology Databases Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Biological Abstracts, Web of Science and PubMed are your “top 3” databases

19. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s search green fluorescent protein

20. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Note the option to limit to Articles

21. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s select Cell Biology and then click on Continue

22. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Over 1175709 results!!!

24. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s limit to English Language, from 2010 and an article. Remember to click on your result below

25. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Then click Search

26. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Now we have Over 7,000 results! That is too many We can limit our search further by clicking on Additional Limits

27. Additional Limits in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Limits include, publication types, gender, age, geographic location, plants, animals etc.

28. Additional Limits in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s limit our search by Human and Bacterial Disease

29. Additional Limits in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Then scroll up or down to the bottom or top of the page and click on Limit a Search

30. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 We now have 21 results! To view your results, click on Display

31. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can narrow your search by clicking on Subjects, Authors or Journals

32. Results in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Find Similar will find more articles on your topic

33. Results in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Find Citing Articles will find articles that cited this article

34. Results in Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Click on the get it! icon to check if we have the article in the Library

35. Example of a screen Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 get it! is an automatic service which will check if we have the article in the Library. If we have this article electronically it will tell you.

36. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 What if the article is not available electronically? Then the get it! service directs you to our Online Catalogue Click on the link Check to access the Online Catalogue

37. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 We don’t have this journal in the Library What do you do now?

38. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Since we don’t have the journal in the Library, you will need to order it via RACER – our interlibrary loan service You will need to register for RACER first. Click on the link to register

39. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 RACER Registration Form

40. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Now that you have registered for RACER, click on the Request document via interlibrary loan RACER link

41. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 This is the RACER order form. Notice that all of the information for your article is already on the form You will need to scroll down the form to login to your RACER account

42. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Choose your Pickup Location from the drop-down menu

43. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Login to your RACER account and click Submit

45. Searching Biological Abstracts Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Type in your question or topic and click on search Reminder: you can limit your search

46. Searching Biological Abstracts - Results Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

48. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012

49. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can choose one year or a range of years

50. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can search by topic, title, author, language etc .

51. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s search sonic hedgehogs as a topic Search Science Citation Expanded only Limit from 2008-2010

52. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Check out your results

53. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can limit your results by clicking checking off the Articles box You could also check off Cell Biology

54. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Now you have 210 results! If you want to check if the Library has a copy of the article remember to click on the get it! icon

56. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Note: Use the author’s last name and only the first initial Use an * (asterisk) if there is a middle name or second initial You can search by the author’s name, by the author and a specific work and by a year or a range of years For example, let’s search for Albert Einstein

57. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can see a whole list of articles which cite our author You can choose one, a few or all of the articles listed by clicking on the box next to the citation or by selecting page or selecting all

58. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Once you are done, click on Finish Search

59. Searching Web of Science Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Your result!

62. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s search for sonic hedgehog signaling

63. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 1654 results! Let’s limit our search by clicking on Limits

64. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can limit by date, publication type, language, gender, age etc.

65. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s limit to journals articles written in the last year, in English

66. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 When done, click Search

67. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 To view a record click on the citation link

68. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Click on the get it! icon to check if we have the journal article in the Library

69. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Note the Related Citations

71. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Select MeSH from the drop-down menu

72. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Type in your keyword e.g. cancer and click Go

73. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 We searched for Cancer and MeSH directs us to Neoplasms Click on one of the terms to get more information

74. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 This gives you an explanation of the term, other terms and subheadings which you can search

75. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Click on the box Restrict to MeSH Major Topic. Then click on the “Add to search builder” icon

76. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s search for Chemotherapy

77. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 We searched for Chemotherapy and MeSH directs us to Drug Therapy Let’s mark #1 and “Add to search builder” icon and then click on the “Search PubMed” icon

78. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 283037 results! Let’s limit our results

79. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Click on Limits to limit your search

80. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 Let’s limit to the last year, Human, Female, English Language, Journal article and Middle Aged: 45-64 years Click Search

81. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can always add more limits by clicking on Change under Limits Activated Note that you can also click on the link to Free Full-Text Articles

82. PubMed Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012 You can always add more limits by clicking on Change under Limits Activated Note that you can also click on the link to Free Full-Text Articles

86. Connecting from home screen Lakehead University Library - BIOL 2230 2012