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Hello and welcome to the WRS 107 Research Guide. This guide has compiled a list of useful resources for your to utilize. On this guide you will find links to general, STEM focused, and health focused databases. The guide also lists different links to grey literature sources. There are resources related to citation and citation management systems.
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Erica Newcome
STEM and Interdisciplinary Research Librarian
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General Databases
SCOPUS
Covering the life, physical, health, and social sciences, Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources.
Web of Science
A multi-disciplinary database that provides integrated access to over 8,000 key research journals indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
Google Scholar @ UM
Search Google Scholar with direct links to University of Miami Library Resources.
Health Science Focused Databases
PubMed - US National Library of Medicine, NIH
Provides access to citations for biomedical articles from Medline and life science journals.
MEDLINE (ProQuest)
Comprehensive index to the international literature of biomedicine including clinical practice, psychosocial issues, health care administration, medical research, nursing, and more.
Primary index to the international literature of nursing and health.
Embase
comprehensive biomedical literature database that provides over 30 million abstracts and indices from published, peer-reviewed literature, in-press publications and conferences covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day.
Proquest Health Management
- start here or try if the previous databases don't provide the information or if it is too specific.
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Research Library provides in-depth coverage of the top 150 core academic subject, including 5,060 titles -over 3,600 in full text- from 1971 forward.
STEM Focused Databases
Agricultural & Environmental Science (ProQuest)
A multidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts the world's research literature in the fields of agricultural and environmental sciences, providing comprehensive coverage from 1967 to the present.
American Meteorological Society Journals
Contains the full-text of journal and bulletin articles published by the American Meteorological Society.
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ProQuest)
ASFA is the most comprehensive database covering research and technical literature in aquatic sciences. Subfiles include Environmental RouteNet and Water Resource RouteNet.
MathSciNet
Access to the Mathematical Reviews Database and Current Mathematical Publications,including literature reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information.
SciFinder-n
CAS SciFinder-n is a source for authoritatively identifying a chemical substance and its related chemical structures, chemical names, regulatory information, and properties, including CAS Registry Numbers, reaction schemes, step-by-step experimental procedures, detailed conditions, and product yields.
Scitation
Provides the full-text of selected research journals in physics, engineering and mathematics.
STEM Database (ProQuest)
Comprised of more than 500 scholarly journals and popular science magazines, these publications support research and instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Grey Literature
- CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC is part of Department of Health and Human Services. - PLOS (Public Library of Science)
PLOS is an nonprofit Open Access science organization that publishes the world's largest multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. - BioMedCentral
An Open Access collection of over 250 scientific journals covering science, technology, engineering, and medicine. - TRIP
TRIP is a search engine finding finding international high quality research evidence.
USearch
APA Citation
APA Formatting and Style Guide OWL at Purdue University
APA Style – Supplemental Resources for formatting manuscripts, papers, essays, etc.
APA Style - How to Cite ChatGPT blog from APA regarding citing your ChatGPT sources.
Citation Management Systems
Citation Research Guide -Citation Management Systems