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Guide Details

Fall 2008 - Theodosia Wade - Bio 111

 

Locating Background Resources

Browse our print reference collection at R 360's and R 500's for general works.

Recommended Background Resources:

 
  • Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology
    Call Number: 574.5 E56N  Location: REFERENCE
  • Encyclopedia of Global Change
    Call Number: 363.7 E56G  Location: REFERENCE
 
 

 

Locating Books

Search DiscoverE -- the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections. 

Recommended Search Terms:

 

Search strategy example: If your topic is on Population Control consider using:

Human Population AND

  • [country or region where this is a major concern] China or India
 
 

 

Locating Articles

Use to find articles about your topic.

Recommended Article Databases:

 
 
 

 

Evaluating and Citing Your Sources

Don't forget to evaluate your sources based on:

  1. Relevance
  2. Evidence
  3. Author of source
  4. Publisher of source
  5. Timeliness
  6. Comprehensiveness

Evaluating Sources:

 

Need help deciding if a source is right for your project? Use the Evaluating Sources Checklist (Bedford-St. Martin's) to help!