Biology + Health Sciences Library Guide
In this Guide
Core Resources
AccessMedicine - Content types: books, videos, reference. Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As.
ClinicalKey - Content type: articles, books, and video. Provides full-text access to over 600 journals, 1,000 books, and 9,000 medical and procedural videos.
MEDLINE - Content type: articles. Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.
PubMed - Content type: articles. PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Learn More.
Science Reference Center - Content type: articles, books, video. Includes reference books, journals, biographies, images, and videos on the topics of biology, chemistry, life science and more.
Stephens Library Catalog - Content type: books, video. Search the traditional catalog for Stephens College books, videos, and more.
Stephens Library Quick Search - Content types: articles, books. Search across most all of Stephens Library holdings as well as millions of additional books and articles using the EBSCOhost Discovery Service. Learn More.
Librarian for Biology + Health Sciences
Emma Fernandez (she/her)
efernandez@stephens.edu
(573) 441-5129
Library Contact Info
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Library Resources
AccessMedicine - Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As. Note that you must create a personal account with AccessMedicine in order to access cases, the self-assessment, download bulk images, and to create favorites/folders.
Stephens Library Catalog - Search the traditional catalog for Stephens College books, videos, and more.
MOBIUS Catalog - Search the MOBIUS Consortium catalog and request physical/print books be sent to Stephens for pickup. Books are generally ready to be picked up in two to three work days.
eMO Electronic Books - Search and view over 250,000 electronic books. Entirely full-text.
Physical Book Locations
Books about biology and health sciences are generally located in the following sections (the second floor of the Stephens Library):
Q - Science (General)
QH - QR - Biology
QH - Natural History - Biology
1-278.5 - Natural History
301-705.5 - Biology
QM - Human Anatomy
QP - Physiology
QR - Microbiology
Please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance.
Search Tips
Search the Stephens Library Catalog to find physical materials and eBooks held at Stephens Library. The MOBIUS Catalog is also a good option to broaden your search for print books to libraries across Missouri.
Try using the phrase “biology” or “health sciences” to get started, or use more specific terms for the field you’re researching.
Use the advanced search function and search for these phrases as subject terms to find materials about that term (rather than narrowing to a specific title).
Here are some other examples:
Physiology
Genetics
Organism
In addition, use the filters on the left hand side of the catalog to narrow or broaden your search.
Availability (Online vs. At The Library)
Found In (Subject, Title, Author, etc.)
Format (E-Book, Book/Print. DVD, etc.)
Language (English, Spanish, etc.)
Publish Date (use the sliding bar to create a timeline)
Place (U.S., Canada, etc.)
eMO Ebooks - Health Information
Search by:
Source type
Subject
Language
Category
Finding Articles
Library Resources
ClinicalKey - Provides full-text access to over 600 journals, 1,000 books, and 9,000 medical and procedural videos.
MEDLINE - Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.
PubMed - PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Learn More.
Science Reference Center - Includes reference books, journals, biographies, images, and videos on the topics of biology, chemistry, life science and more.
Stephens Library Quick Search - Search across most all of Stephens Library holdings as well as millions of additional articles using the EBSCOhost Discovery Service. Learn More.
Search Tips
Break your research question into essential key words and connect with AND.
exercise AND mental health
Use synonyms and connect them with OR
adolescents OR adolescence OR teens OR teenagers OR young adults
Use truncation (*) to get plurals and alternative endings.
educat* = educate, education, educating, educated, etc.
Put quotes around a term that’s a phrase to keep the words together.
“body image”
When you find a good article, look at the works cited or reference list at the end to help identify other useful resources on the same topic.
When searching these databases, you will likely come across articles that are not immediately available. In such cases, choose to “Request It” and complete the process. Articles usually become available within one business day, although it can take as many as five days. You can review your request history and make requests from scratch using Interlibrary Loan.
All About PubMed
PubMed is a free search engine provided by the National Library of Medicine (or NLM), which you can use to find published biomedical and health science research.
What’s in PubMed?
PubMed has citation information (e.g., title, author, journal, publication date) and abstracts of published articles and books (including articles that report on research funded by the National Institutes of Health) and links to most full text from other sources (when available) such as the publisher’s website and/or the PubMed Central archive.
This online guide provides detailed directions for numerous search methods and database functions.
Citations
Each result has a “Cite” link, which lets you grab a properly formatted citation in the citation format of your choice, to copy-and-paste or to download to your computer.
Searching PubMed
One of the key design focuses of PubMed is sensors built into the search box. These sensors analyze your search query and try to detect what exactly it is you’re looking for.
Video: Learn How to Search by Subject!
PubMed matches your search terms to MeSH (Medical Subject Headings.)
How to Search by Author
Search by the author’s last name and initials (without punctuation).
If you only know the author’s last name, use the author search field tag.
How to Research a Topic
Enter your search terms into the search box
Be specific
Avoid quotation marks
Avoid truncation (*).
Websites
Public Library of Science - PLOS is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization founded to accelerate progress in science and medicine.
Encyclopedia of Life - The Encyclopedia of Life gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.