Research Guides: BIOL 492A & BIOL 592A Stem Cell Research Internship: Articles & Journals

Search Strategies

Select & Use Keywords

Choose Specific Keywords: Use precise terms related to your topic such as: Stem cell therapy, regenerative medicine

Combine Keywords: Use Boolean operators to refine searches, such as: (Stem cell therapy AND regenerative medicine)

Expand with Synonyms: Broaden your search by including related terms: Stem cell therapy AND (regenerative medicine OR tissue engineering)

For more guidance, watch the video Selecting & Using Keywords to refine your search strategy.

Enhance Your Search with PubMed's MeSH

When Should You Use MeSH?

If your keywords do not appear in the titles or abstracts of your search results, try using PubMed’s MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) to find more effective search terms.

Test your keywords in PubMed or another database.
Review your search results:
- Are your keywords appearing in the titles of relevant articles?
- Are they frequently found in abstracts?
If your keywords are not commonly used, search MeSH to identify standardized terms that may improve your search results.

**View Use MeSH to Build a Better PubMed Query to learn how**

PubMed@CSULB Provides access to MEDLINE, Pre-MEDLINE, additional life science journals, and molecular biology databases. If articles have no free full text use Get It@CSULB. Medline covers 1940's to present, updated daily.

Off-Campus Access

Off-campus database access
Only current CSULB students, faculty, and staff can connect by logging in when prompted through the library website.

Databases

Core Biomedical & Life Sciences Databases

These databases are essential for finding peer-reviewed research articles on stem cell biology, molecular mechanisms, and clinical applications.

PubMed@CSULB Provides access to MEDLINE, Pre-MEDLINE, additional life science journals, and molecular biology databases. If articles have no free full text use Get It@CSULB. Medline covers 1940's to present, updated daily.
PubMed Central PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It is not a journal publisher. Access to PubMed Central (PMC) is free and unrestricted. The currency and age of material in PubMed Central varies by journal.
MEDLINE (via Web of Science) The National Library of Medicine’s international, biomedicine & health journal database covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences. The majority of the publications covered in MEDLINE are scholarly journals; a small number of newspapers, magazines, and newsletters considered useful to the discipline are included.Coverage = 1951 - current.
MEDLINE (via OVID) The National Library of Medicine's international bio-medicine & health journal database covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences. The majority of the publications covered in MEDLINE are scholarly journals; a small number of newspapers, magazines, and newsletters considered useful to the discipline are included.Coverage: 1951 to present.Updated monthly.
Biological Abstracts An expansive index to the world’s biology journal literature, with topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology. 1926 to present.

Multidisciplinary & Citation Tracking Databases

Web of Science Provides access to high-quality research from the world's leading arts, humanities, science and social science journals. Includes a Cited Reference search. Online coverage is 1993-present. Earlier print versions are in the library.
ScienceDirect Full text of Elsevier's journals, covering sciences, health, and social sciences since 1995 as well as indexing of other publisher's journals.
SpringerLink Journals Online Collection SpringerLink consists of over 1,000 electronic journals from scientific, technical and medical disciplines.Coverage: 1997-presentUpdated daily.
JSTOR Archive of scholarly journals cover to cover. Interdisciplinary coverage of journals back to the first issue through to the last few years. Also includes over 2 million images originally from Artstor.

Ethical, Social, and Policy Research

Opposing Viewpoints A collection of viewpoints from various sources on social issues, such as gun control, genetic engineering, censorship, abortion, endangered species, to name a few. Includes relevant articles, encyclopedia entries and opinions for each topic covered.
CQ Researcher Find in-depth coverage of current political events. Each issue provides a summary, the pros-cons, a chronology, and a lengthy bibliography to more sources. 1991 to present.
GreenFILE Provides articles on the of human impact to the environment, including global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, etc.

Free Databases by Subject

Free Databases

Web of Science Tutorial

Web of Science Tutorial
Learn to navigate and use Web of Science

Web of Science Provides access to high-quality research from the world's leading arts, humanities, science and social science journals. Includes a Cited Reference search. Online coverage is 1993-present. Earlier print versions are in the library.

ScienceDirect Tutorial

ScienceDirect Tutorial
Learn to navigate and use ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect Full text of Elsevier's journals, covering sciences, health, and social sciences since 1995 as well as indexing of other publisher's journals.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar
Configure Google Scholar to link your account with the CSULB Library for access to full-text materials. Watch this video to learn how.

Search Google Scholar

Cited Reference Searching

Track research trends and find more resources by exploring cited references.

Web of Science

Use citation tools and 'Times Cited' to trace influential works and expand your research.

Web of Science Provides access to high-quality research from the world's leading arts, humanities, science and social science journals. Includes a Cited Reference search. Online coverage is 1993-present. Earlier print versions are in the library.

Google Scholar Citation Linking

Find articles that cite your source using Google Scholar.

Find Journals

Locate specific journals by title or subject and evaluate their impact using citation data.

Journal Search
Locate specific journals by title or subject

Use Cabells to find academic journals, publishing information, manuscript tools, and journal metrics.

Cabells Journalytics and Predatory Reports Find academic journal information for publishing research with Cabells suite of tools for identifying over 11,000 academic journals, tools for identifying predatory journals, manuscript preparation tools, and a suite of metrics to help users find the right journals.

Locate highly ranked journals Use Journal Citation Reports to search a journal title or select another option to find journals ranked by impact factor

Journal Citation Reports (InCites) Allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from approximately 12,000 scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. Citation data on journals in virtually all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.

Use Ulrichsweb for an easy-to-search source of detailed information on academic and scholarly journals

Ulrichsweb (Ulrich's) Ulrich's™ provides comprehensive bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals, including type of periodical, frequency of publication, format, ISSN, subject and LC classifications and price information.

BIOL 492A & BIOL 592A Stem Cell Research Internship: Articles & Journals

Articles & Journals Hub

Search Strategies

Select & Use Keywords

Enhance Your Search with PubMed's MeSH

When Should You Use MeSH?

View Use MeSH to Build a Better PubMed Query to learn how

Off-Campus Access

Databases

Core Biomedical & Life Sciences Databases

Multidisciplinary & Citation Tracking Databases

Ethical, Social, and Policy Research

Free Databases by Subject

Web of Science Tutorial

Web of Science Tutorial Learn to navigate and use Web of Science

ScienceDirect Tutorial

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Configure Google Scholar to link your account with the CSULB Library for access to full-text materials. Watch this video to learn how.

Cited Reference Searching

Track research trends and find more resources by exploring cited references.

Web of Science

Google Scholar Citation Linking

Find Journals

Find Journals

**View Use MeSH to Build a Better PubMed Query to learn how**

Web of Science Tutorial
Learn to navigate and use Web of Science

Google Scholar
Configure Google Scholar to link your account with the CSULB Library for access to full-text materials. Watch this video to learn how.