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How to Find Articles and Books for ESOH Research: Using This Guide

This guide shows you how to locate primary and secondary research sources through the library.

Overview

This guide is designed to help you find research articles in the area of environmental health and management. The following describes the type of information you will find in each of the tabs.

Primary & Secondary Sources

Research articles are the most common type of primary source used in the sciences. You can find defintions and examples of primary and secondary sources in the Primary & Secondary Sources tab.

Article Databases

  • One of the best sources to find scientific articles is Web of Science. Another good source is Science Direct. Also try Environment Complete.
  • For public health related topics, PubMed is the recommended database.
  • For business related aspects of your topic, including risk management, try Business Source Complete and Risk Management Reference Center.

Have a great citation and can't find full text of the article?  If so, type the name of your journal in "Journal Finder" to see if full text is available in one of our library sources. Journal Finder is located in the Article Databases tab.

Tutorials

To learn the basics of searching the databases, click on a tab to view screenshots and short videos for specific databases. The skills you learn in one database can easily be transferred to another since article databases tend to use the same features and funtionality.

  • The Web of Science tutorial focuses on basic funtional options of databases
  • PubMed tutorial focuses on using different keword combinations to retrieve more relevant article citations

Find Books

This tab shows you how to locate books at UF, through the OhioLINK library catalog, and electronically. If requesting books through OhioLINK, choose the pickup location closest to where you live in the state. If you live out of state, the e-books will be your best source.

APA Citation Style

Find examples on using the APA citation style guide.


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Rebecca Quintus, College Librarian for Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Sciences

quintus@findlay.edu 419.434.4549

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