LIBRARY GUIDE TO BIO 3140 - Histology

PubMed (MEDLINE)
The National Library of Medicine's free interface for MEDLINE, the premier database for biomedical journal citations. MEDLINE dates back to 1946 and includes more than 20 million citations in medicine, nursing, allied health and dentistry. How to export to RefWorksSEARCH TIPS:

• to find all the forms of a word use *
  embryo* = embryo, embryonic,...
  "stem cell*" = stem cell, stem cells, stem cell-derived,...

Web of Science
Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). These indexes contain references that have been cited in other articles. You can use these citations to perform cited reference searches (locate articles that cite an earlier publication). How to export to RefWorks. 

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
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Kresge Library Plagiarism Tutorial

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Plagiarism is defined by the Modern Language Association (MLA) as "the use of another person's ideas, information, or expressions without acknowledging that person's work" [MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., p. 66].

Examples of plagiarism include copying from a source word for word without citing the original source, as well as paraphrasing an author's words or even ideas withoutgiving appropriate credit.

Take a look at Oakland University's statement on plagiarism and academic dishonesty in the Oakland University Student Handbook.

Refworks allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.

Interlibrary Loan
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Writing Resources for Students
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