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Research Platforms
PubMed is a free database supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature. It contains more than 38 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. The links to the full text are often present when available from other sources
bioRxiv is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
ScienceDirect is a premier database of peer-reviewed, scholarly, scientific, technical and health literature purchased by the library. It offers access to full-text materials published by Elsevier.
Research Databases Tutorials
- Research Platforms: open scholarly sites & library databases [Video: 4 min]
- Google Scholar, Open Research Platforms, and Library Synchronization [Video: 3 min]
- Start My Search: the library's search engine [Video: 3 min]
Types of Sources
- Scholarly, Trade, & Popular Articles [Video: 4 min]
- Scholarly Articles: Research vs. Review [Video: 2 min]