plants and people bio 184 library database workshop

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Leonard Lief Library Homepage– http://library.lehman.cuny.edu

Finding Plant Information Using the Library’s Databases:

Go to the Library’s Website at http://library.lehman.cuny.edu Click on Electronic Databases

Then click on the first letter of the name of database you wish to search

Look for the database in the alphabetical list displayed

Click on the database name to launch the database

Gale Virtual Reference Library A collection of electronic reference books covering everything from the arts and history to medicine and the sciences. It contains 41 medical reference sources and 55 science reference sources. Good database for background information for lab reports. Advanced Search

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Click on the down arrow to select Keyword (ke) from the pull down list.

The * after the word soybean is a wildcard that allows us to search for both the words soybean and

soybeans at the same time.

Off-Campus Access to the Library’s Databases: To access the Library’s databases from off-campus you will need to enter your Lehman

e-mail account username and default password after clicking on the database name.


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An MLA style citation for the article is at the end of each article.

Also, at the end of an article there can be links to related articles.

Most articles have links to PDF files, which show exactly how the article appeared in the printed reference

source. PDF files are similar to picture files and can take time to open and print.


General Science Full-Text A bibliographic database that indexes articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain. Periodical coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals. General Science Index also covers The New York Times Science Section (published weekly on Tuesday). Subjects covered: Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health,

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Science Direct Access to 765 full-text journals covering scientific, technical and medical research. One can browse or search for specific articles. Also, one can find other articles that have cited a paper you are reviewing. This is a good source for scholarly and peer reviewed articles.

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SCOPUS Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. One can search for articles by topic, author or university. Also, one can see how many times the articles have been cited.

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Additional Plant Information Print Resources: McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Call # Ref Q121 .M3 2007

The New York Botanical Garden Call # Ref SB 317.58 .E94 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture By Thomas H. Everett

Biology of Plants 7th edition Call # Ref QK 47 .R25 2005 by Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert & Susan E. Eichhorn

Economic Botany 3rd edition Call # Reserve SB 108 .U5 S56 2001 By Beryl Brintnall Simpson & Molly Conner Ogrzaly

World Economic Plants Call # Ref SB107 .W485 1999 By John H. Wierseman & Blanca León

Cornucopia II Call # Reserve SB 175 .F332 1998 By Stephen Facciola

Mabberley’s Plant-Book 3rd edition Call # Ref QK 11 .M29 2008 By David J. Mabberley

Plant Identification Terminology Call # Ref QK 9 .H37 1994 By James G. Harris & Melinda Woolf Harris

Guide to Flowering Plant Families Call # Ref QK 115 .Z65 1994 By Wendy B. Zomlefer

A Gardener’s Dictionary of Plant Names Call # Ref QK 11. S56 1972b By Archibald William Smith


Additional Online Plant Information Resources: PLANTS Database http://plants.usda.gov/ ITIS – Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.gov National Center for Complementary and http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): Herbs at a Glance

MedlinePlus: All Herbs and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/herb_All.html Supplements

Recommended Online Image Resources: NSDL – National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org BEN Portal – BiosciEdNet http://www.biosciednet.org LIFE - Library of Images From the Environment http://life.nbii.gov

http://plants.usda.gov/

http://www.itis.gov/

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/herb_All.html

http://nsdl.org/

http://www.biosciednet.org/

http://life.nbii.gov/

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