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10 things every Berkeley bioscience researcher should know:

1. Finding articles

Some key databases:

BIOSIS Previews
Citations for journal articles, conference papers, and books on a wide variety of biological and biomedical topics. [1926 - present]

Indexes journals, books, and conference proceedings are indexed on a wide variety of biological and biomedical topics. An electronic version to the print counterparts, Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM.
PubMed
Search biomedical literature citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. [1950 - present]

Access to citations from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, other journals in the field of medicine and life sciences, and links to NCBI's integrated molecular biology databases including nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system.
Note: The link above goes to a specially configured version of PubMed for UC Berkeley users that will display the Get It button for full text access. To use the free public version, please click here.
Web of Science
Indexes leading journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Allows cited reference searching. (ISI Web of Knowledge) [1900 - present]

Provides links to footnoted citations as well as sources that have subsequently cited an article. Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 1975), Science Citation Index (from 1900), and Social Sciences Citation Index (from 1900).
Google Scholar
Search across many disciplines and sources including articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas (though more specialized article databases may cover any given field more completely). Can be used with "Get it at UC" to access the full text of many articles.

A guide to databases by subject scope:

Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Article Databases
by Elliott Smith Last Updated Oct 20, 2021 1085 views this year

Finding the full text of an article from a citation:

Citation search
Search Google Scholar for a specific citation, even with only partial information.

2. Finding journals, books, reports, conference proceedings, and more

Journal search
Search or browse UC Library Search for journal titles in the biosciences.
Oskicat - UCB Library Catalog
Search to find books, e-books, journals, conference proceedings, and other materials at most UC Berkeley Libraries.
Request book chapters and journal articles to be scanned from materials in storage (NRLF), and print books and journal volumes to be delivered to the library of your choice.
Renew your books online.
UC Library Search
Search for journals, books and more at all of the libraries in the University of California system, or worldwide.
Request items from other libraries.

3. Getting articles, books and other materials to which UC Berkeley doesn't have access

Interlibrary borrowing
Interlibrary Borrowing Service (IBS) enables UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students, and retired faculty and staff to borrow materials not available through the UC Berkeley Library.

4. Finding papers that cite a key reference

Web of Science cited reference search
Search for citations to journal articles, books, and more in Web of Science. [video]

5. Keeping current in your field

Keeping Current
by Lisa Ngo Last Updated Aug 17, 2021 1479 views this year

6. Connecting from off-campus

Connect from off campus
Use the Library Proxy or the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access UC Berkeley Library databases, e-journals, e-books, streaming video, and more.

7. Saving, organizing, and citing your references

Citation & Research Management: Best Practice
by Michael Sholinbeck Last Updated Nov 17, 2021 2563 views this year

8. Borrowing laptops and other equipment from the library

Equipment lending
Borrowing laptops, accessories, study/presentation equipment, and more from UC Berkeley libraries.

9. Support your data

Research Data Management Services
Provides support to campus researchers on data formatting, storage, sharing and preservation.

10. Maximizing your impact

Measuring Research Impact
by Becky Miller Last Updated Oct 25, 2021 3259 views this year

Open Access Publishing for UC Berkeley researchers
Information on policies and support for Open Access publishing at UCB.

Bonus: Contacting your librarian for help

Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health librarians

Help

For help, please contact:

Marian Koshland Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library
bios@library.berkeley.edu
(510) 642-0456

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