Brainstorming synonyms or variations on words yields a more productive search strategy. For example, if you are searching for someting on GENES, you might also want to look for:

• GENOMES
• GENE EXPRESSION
• GENETICS

Adjust your searches by narrowing the focus, ex: Human Genome

OR

combining terms, ex: Human Genomes AND Gene Expression

Once you type in your search terms, use the "Refine my results" list on the left-hand side to help narrow down your search by:

• library location
• genre
• topic
• and more!

Recommended Databases

• AGRICOLA Indexes journals, government reports, books, theses, patents, technical reports, and audio-visual recources in agriculture.
• BioMed Central Contains both full-text and citations to peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. 
• BIOSIS Previews (1989 to present) Encompasses the entire field of life sciences and provides comprehensive coverage of the world's published biological and biomedical research. 
• Ecology Abstracts Indexes current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines and focuses on how organisms interact with their environments and with other organisms. 
• MEDLINE (EBSCOhost version [with full text]) Indexes journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
• ScienceDirect Provides access to full-text of Elsevier journals in  science, technology and medicine

Recommended Annual Reviews

• Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution,  and Systematics
• Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
• Annual Review of Microbiology
• Annual Review of Public Health

Recommended Websites

• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Virtual Library: Biosciences
• Journal of Bacteriology
• Clinical Microbiology Reviews
• The Arabidopsis Information Resource
• FlyBase: A Database of the Drosophila Genome

• Genome News Network