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BIO 5

LIBRARY RESEARCH

Preventable deaths from heart disease & stroke by race & gender

1.  Getting oriented to a research topic

"Race and Ethnicity:  Clues to your Heart Disease Risk?" (Harvard Health Publications, 2015)

  • Identify keywords, authors, organizations
  • Start to formulate research questions

2.  Use your keywords to search for scientific research articles in SuperSearch

3.  Types of sources:  popular vs. research articles

4.  Evaluate your scientific research article

  • Use the worksheet to identify and describe the parts of your scientific research article

5.  Use your scientific research article to find additional sources in SuperSearch and Google Scholar

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

LIBRARY ACCOUNTS

Library Card  to access databases from home, checkout laptops, use textbooks on reserve

WebAdvisor login to use computers, Wi-Fi, or printing on campus.

BOOKS