Introduction for DBBS Students

• Danforth Campus library privileges and how to keep them: keep your student registration up-to-date; pre-register if possible; some services require your WUSTL Key and password More info about password
• Library Homepage [http://library.wustl.edu]
• Library Catalog [http://catalog.wustl.edu] | new Catalog Beta site
  • If item not available, try MOBIUS search and request
  • Use request button for recalls, searches, and delivery from West Campus; see also Online Services.
• Biology Library News
  
• General Guides and Miscellaneous Links for Graduate Students
• Services for Graduate Students
• Some current awareness tools: RSS for Biologists; BioOne issue alerts; Database, Journal, and Search Engine Alerts; ScienceDirect Alerts; most journal publishers offer email delivery of tables of contents; Email search alerts in PubMed; Search alerts in Find it!; saving searches in various databases.
• Journal Indexes and Databases [http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/databases.html]
  • Short list - most important - biology databases
  • Common keyword strategies; Boolean Logic (PubMed); Boolean and other operators
  • OCLC format databases WorldCatalog, ArticleFirst, etc.
  • Web of Science [http://isiknowledge.com/wos]
  • Medline - Ovid Online [I think DBBS students get no-charge accounts for awhile from Becker Medical Library]; the most popular alternative is PubMed More info.
  • Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) More info.
  • Find it! Multisearch - allows you to search up to 10 resources at the same time; most biology resources are listed under the Subject: Life Sciences. Find it! FAQ
  • SciFinder Web (CAplus, 1907+, & Medline)
  • Library staff can help you select and use the hundreds of resources we have available at Washington University so you can make efficient use of your time and locate the information you need. You are welcome to contact the Biology Librarian for an appointment rlewis@wustl.edu or phone 935-4819 or visit at Olin Library room 139.
• Full text sources - by journal title and sometime by keyword in journal title - watch for frequent changes!
  • A-Z List
  • Becker list through Becker Catalog ["Access restricted to WU faculty, staff, and students" means we can use on Danforth campus; "Access restricted to WU Medical School faculty, staff, and students" means full-text is only available at the medical campus or via WUSM proxy]
  • Usually linked in journal record in Catalog [http://catalog.wustl.edu]; for example, see Journal of biological chemistry online
  • List maintained for biology: Biology ejournals [http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/ejournals.html]
• Information about access from outside WU campuses (Danforth campus libraries' online resources); Information about WUSM Proxy Service (Becker Medical Library online resources)
• Photocopying. Note: Copycards from Medical Campus do NOT work on Danforth campus and vice versa.
• Computing and Printing
• Interlibrary Loan; ILLiad (Danforth campus); if you need books, Mobius is usually faster
• Questions, comments, complaints, confusions - contact Ruth Lewis, 314-935-4819, rlewis@wustl.edu, Olin Library room 139. Other librarians and the help desk are also available for consultation.