Web of Science

Allows you to start with a document and find references later in time that cite it. This way you can build up a bibliography of related works. You can also look up papers that have cited your own papers. Also, rank papers by how many times they have been cited.

We also have paper coverage of ISI data. Science Citation Index, covered in Web of Science, is in paper for 1955-1993.

Basic Biosis

SciFinder Scholar Chemical Abstracts and other chemistry related databases, but check for interdisciplinary coverage in relation to biology. For example, see Explore Biology and Life Sciences Information with SciFinder Scholar.

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts.

Agricola

FOR YOUR STUDENTS

Above databases are relevant depending on level of research they are doing.

Great encyclopedia of the sciences: Access Science

"General" coverage databases may prove helpful in first-year seminars, lower-level courses. Examples:

Caveat: Be sure to let students know that they need to cull out scholarly or peer-reviewed articles from such databases.

Information relevant to avoiding plagiarism.

We have used bibliographic databases to find references and abstracts for papers that look interesting.

How do you actually locate the paper(s)?

(1.) First, check ASA to see if Lehigh has the journal, either in paper or electronic format. Select "browse", type in the title of the journal,
and then click "Journal Titles".
 

NOTE:

• A record will come up that shows you where the journal can be found in the library, if it is in print.
• Journals in electronic format have a link right out of the ASA record.
• Locations for paper versions of journals are listed in ASA.

(2.) You may want to see if one of the regional libraries has the journal.

(3.) You may order the article through interlibrary loan.    Don't wait til the last moment to order articles through ILL. 
 

An additional way to find papers: browse the tables of contents of recent issues or archived (bound) copies in the library, or look for relevant electronic journals browsable here by title or linked on ASA.