LITERATURE RESEARCH FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
http://www.cocc.edu/finney/bio.edu.htm

Note: this information can be used as a hand-out (use the URL's provided) or a webpage (click on the blue links). 

Introduction:
As this is an U of O class (Bio 390), you will have access to UO library resources, including delivery of ORBIS books and remote access to UO Library databases.  The link http://libweb.uoregon.edu/distanceeducation/ provides more information.

Online Catalogs (locating books):

Start from the COCC Library home page (www.cocc.edu/library), then

Use the COCC Online Catalog to locate books at COCC.

Go to http://janus.uoregon.edu/search~/  to locate books within the U of O book catalog.

Use the Orbis Union Catalog to search other northwest college/university libraries.  

As a UO student you will need to go the COCC Library Circulation Desk to make sure you are in our system.  You can then choose COCC as the institution location when requesting ORBIS books.  Books will be delivered to the COCC Library Circulation desk for you to pick up within approximately 48 hours.

More information for UO students wanting to  obtain books is available at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/distanceeducation/books.html#UOlibrary .

Periodical Databases and Indexes:

Go to the COCC databases page at http://www.cocc.edu/library/databases.html and click on the "Social Sciences" category, or "List all Databases" to access the following resource:

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite
Used for locating journal articles on academic topics.

Accessing University of Oregon Library Databases (to locate articles):

If you are an enrolled UO student, you have access to an amazing array of UO Library databases to locate articles.  You may need to modify 'preferences' in your web browser, and then use your last name and ID# to access these databases.   Additional information and instructions are available at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dbs/proxy/.

First, get to UO Library databases by entering the Janus Online Info System.  Look for the section on finding articles and using databases.

Choose your database from the many offered at UO.  As you click on the database, you will be prompted for your name (type in your last name) and your University ID# (type in your social security number with no hyphens.)  An additional Library ID# is required, and that is your social security number once more.

Information on getting to articles is available at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/distanceeducation/articles.html

Databases for "Animal Behavior":

• ArticleFirst
  ArticleFirst (yep, all one word!) consists of nearly two million bibliographic records from the table of contents of over 13,000 journal titles. The titles cover a wide range of subjects, including business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social science, and technology. Most journal titles in Article1st have been indexed from 1990 to the present. ArticleFirst is updated daily. ***From within this database you can check if UO owns the journal of interest and if not, request an interlibrary loan.
   
• Biosis
  BIOSIS covers original research reports and reviews in biological and biomedical areas. Coverage includes traditional areas of biology, such as botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as related fields such as plant and animal science, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. Interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are also included. Information is available from 1996 to the present. ***From within this database you can check if UO owns the journal of interest. To request articles not owned by UO you must submit an interlibrary loan form.
   
• ingenta
  ingenta provides citations to articles from the tables of contents of approximately 25,000 journals and magazines in all disciplines. The database has citations from 1988 to the present. ingenta was formerly UnCover.
   
• Web of Science
  The Web of Science provides access to both the Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), from 1996 to the present. The database can be searched for words in article titles, by author, and for cited references (ask a librarian to explain this and/or show you how). The pre-1996 print and cd version of "Science Citation Index" is available in the Science Library [Z7401.S365]. ***From within this database you can check if UO owns the journal of interest and if not, you must submit an interlibrary loan request.
   
• Zoological Record
  Zoological Record is the definitive index for comprehensive zoology and literature relating to phylum or class of the animal kingdom. Citations are included from 1993 to the present. The print version of Zoological Record, back to 1864, is available in the Science Library (Z7991.Z87). ***From within this database you can check if UO owns the journal of interest and if not, request an interlibrary loan.

Web Research:

Go to COCC's websearch page to use web search engines and directories.

OR...go to UO's Virtual Library page for the BioSciences.

Here's UO's link on evaluating web sites.

You may want to review web searching techniques.

Citation Formats:

Research and Documentation -a guide to finding and documenting sources in the Humanities (MLA), Social Sciences (APA), History (Chicago), and Sciences (CBE).

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association  -APA's own guidelines for citing electronic sources.

Style Guides (APA, MLA, Turabian) at the University of Southern Mississippi

Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides - a compilation of citation sources.