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BIOL 392: Oceanography

Resources for BIOL 392 Scavenger Hunt

RefWorks for Citation Management

Create a RefWorks account for importing and collecting citations, as well as for properly formatting citations.

Databases for the Reference Scavenger Hunt

Explore the differing capabilities and coverage of three search engines used for finding scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.

Google Scholar is ideal for basic keyword searching, and is adept at providing easy access to recent scholarly articles. It is less effective for detailed searching when robust limiters for dates, subjects, and other indexing is needed.

Be sure to customize Google Scholar to access Gleeson Library journal subscriptions: see "more" in the database description above.


Socpus is an ideal search engine for complex searching involving many parameters — it provides the detailed indexing and advanced features for this kind of searching that Google Scholar lacks. 

Scopus also contains extensive citation metrics and other data for articles, journals, authors, and institutions. The author information is particularly useful for the scavenger hunt.


SciFinder, like Scopus, is ideal for complex, detailed searching, but emphasizes chemistry-related journals and information. Registration is required to access SciFinder.

In addition to article information, SciFinder is unique in collecting extensive data and information on chemical substances, reactions, and suppliers. 


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