The document provides an overview of the resources available at the John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons for biological sciences students, including databases and research guides. It details how to use Biosis Previews to find bibliographic records and offers guidance on search strategies and account creation for alerts and history saving. For further assistance and tutorials, contact information and support resources are provided.

1. John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons
BIOSIS PREVIEWS
FOR THE
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES

2. http://lib.fit.edu
Research Guides collect the
most useful databases,
reference materials, Internet
sites, and other tools for your
field of study in one
convenient resource.

3. Each discipline
contains both
general and
course-specific
guides

4. These are the Library’s best
resources for biological
sciences students, organized
by type.

5. Use the Articles &
Databases tab to find
journal articles about
your topic.
BIOSIS Previews, from
Web of Knowledge,
provides bibliographic
records in the life
sciences from journals,
meetings, patents, and
books from 1979 to the
present.

6. Log in with TRACKS.

7. Read about scope
and search
strategies in the
Help menu.

8. Advanced Search
Major Concepts are
controlled vocabulary.

9. Basic Search
Current Limits

10. Many results – refine by
concept, document
type, date, etc.
Click title to view
information about the
article.
360 LINK Check
for full text.

11. Abstract, concepts, and
taxonomic data are
displayed here.
Click Times Cited to
view papers that
have cited this one.

12. Here is the source
article with citation map
link.
Here are the articles
that include the article
above in their reference
lists.

13. Create an account and
alerts in Search History.
Save History and Create
Alert to be notified of
any new results of the
search.

14. Log in, then name
your saved search.
Don’t forget to click Save.

15. You can also subscribe
to updates by RSS.

16. Choose your RSS
application.

17. Mark the records that you
are interested in and click
RefWorks to import to your
account.

18. You may need to allow
popups in your browser,
and then click Return to
export again.

19. Log in with your
account information.

20. Remember to check
your references!

21. Thank you!
View tutorials and training here:
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training
For more information, please contact me:
petraliar@fit.edu
Evans Library 309