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Library Resource (catalog, databases, etc)

Important tips when searching for people in the library databases

Always enter last name first, and first name last. For example: Doudna, Jennifer

When looking for works about a person, you can limit your search to SUBJECT. This is what you would do if you are looking for a biography.

When looking for something your scientist wrote herself, then limit your search to author.

Library Online Databases

Databases for Biographies

All of these resources include scholarly, vetted articles and reports. They will not include the "explicitly forbidden references" in your assignment.

Biography in Context Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Biography includes over 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. This resource is continuously updated to ensure users have access to the latest information.

If your scientist is in this database, the BIOGRAPHIES in this database would be the one Gale reference you are allowed. The BIOGRAPHIES articles may be supplemented with non-Gale journal articles, interviews, videos or websites, all of which are linked to other outside websites, and they can lead you to other resources.

Women and Social Movements in the United States Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women.s activism in public life. Coverage: 1600 to 2000

As you can tell from the title, this database might be helpful with the contemporary culture and attitudes your scientist lived with. This is a database of Primary Source materials.

Science Resources

These databases might contain citations and/or journal articles by your scientist:

Web of Science Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1975 to the present , Social sciences citation index from 1975 to the present, and Arts & humanities citation index from 1975 to the present. Continually updated. 1900 - Current
ScienceDirect The ScienceDirect platform provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed journal articles and ebooks from Elsevier. The library subscribes to three ScienceDirect College Edition journal collections: Social and Behavioral Science Journals Collection containing 435 full-text peer reviewed journals, Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection containing 1050 full-text peer reviewed journals and Physical Sciences Journals Collection containing 730 full-text peer reviewed journals. In addition the library provides access to over 7,000 Elsevier ebooks. Journal coverage 1995 - Current
JSTOR JSTOR offers full-text journal coverage in the social sciences and humanities. Examples of disciplines covered are: history, economics, Asian studies, classics, archaeology. African, Latin American, Slavic, Middle Eastern studies, the literary cultures of many different countries. The lag time in publication ranges from 3 and 5 years. Updated in an ongoing basis.