KAMSC Biomedical Sciences Class (Ms. Joyce 2022-23)
Guide to WMU resources for Ms. Joyce's KAMSC Biomedical Sciences
Tips for Searching for Info
- Before you search for books or articles, think about what question you are trying to answer
- Use books or review articles for general background information about a topic. Use articles when you what specific info about a narrow topic.
- All databases below except PubMed must be used from on-campus.
- Use specific terms when searching for articles. Use more general terms when searching for books.
- For more info about Library Search, see the Library Search tabs in this guide.
Good Article Database to Start With
- AGRICOLA
This link opens in a new windowCovers agriculture, forestry and animal science, includes food science and nutrition. Updated monthly. - Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowThis database covers the engineering literature and would be a good choice for synthetic biology topics.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental topics. Subjects covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCovers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Use this database for researching any psychological or mental health condition.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowThe best publicly available database for the biomedical sciences.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowDatabase for scientific research that contains the citations and abstracts of more than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences as well as selected full text articles. Science Direct can be searched as a database or browsed by individual title. Coverage varies.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexes scholarly literature in the natural and social sciences. Use this to get extensive inter-disciplinary access to journal articles and also to find out which articles are being cited by other scholars.
Finding Books with a Call Number
Once you've found a book using Library Search, how do you locate it? Look for the location and the call number in the Library Search description of that book. Here's an example:
- "Waldo Library" is the building the book is in, and "General Stacks" is where in Waldo Library the book is located.
- "HD9502.5 B542" is the book's call number. Use this to find a book on the shelf like you would use a street address to find a specific house.
Most of our library books are in Waldo Library. Depending on the letter the call number starts with, your book will be in different places within Waldo Library.Below are ranges of the first letter of call numbers and the floor they are shelved on. The floor names link to floor plans showing where call number ranges are.
- A thru C: Third Floor
- D thru K: Second Floor
- N and P: First Floor
- Q thru Z: Lower Level - Not open to the public due to construction
