Subject Guide
Michael Truran
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Subjects: Biology, Counseling, Course Guides, Environmental Studies, Nursing & Health, Physics, Psychology
Where to find primary and secondary articles
- American Chemical Society web journalsSearchable full text of most ACS journals. Covers all years for journals included.
- NatureSearch and browse for articles in this scientific journal from its beginning to the present day, 1869 to present.
- ScienceDirectRecent full-text articles from many Elsevier journals in science and the social sciences. Not all journals are available. If you browse, look for the small green icon for subscribed journals. 1995 to present.
Video about primary and secondary sources
Here is a video from Grand Valley State University about primary and secondary literature. We may not have the exact resources and services they use, but we're likely to have something similar. Please talk to a librarian by subject area on the librarian liaison page.
More videos
- Primary Research Articles in the SciencesAt 1 minute 37 seconds, this video, from the library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is fantastic. Sadly, it cannot be embedded here, so go watch it!
- Web of Science: Finding primary research and review articlesSix minutes twelve seconds. More in-depth but uses only Web of Science.