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Introduction to Library Research
Writing Center Handouts
Tips to get you started and help along the way in the writing process.
Evaluating Information
Citing 
Citing Information Tutorial


Use this web-based tool to create your own article database and automatically format reference lists.
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Academic journal articles 
Example of an academic journal article (click on the pdf to view)
Academic Search Premier
Abstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.
BIOSIS
A comprehensive biological sciences index that provides approximately 13 million records from nearly
5,000 life sciences journals and non-journal literature.
GeoRef
Provides access to worldwide geological literature. Articles from more than 3,000 journals are indexed, as well
as books, maps, conference papers, reports, dissertations, and theses.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences, including water resources and water pollution.
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How Do I Find Articles? |
How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text? |
How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?
Internet resources
Census of Marine Life - Marine Life Discoveries
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Ocean Surface Topography from Space
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management
NOAA Fisheries Service
NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NOAA's National Ocean Service
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - explorations e-magazine
Tree of Life - may be helpful in researching a specific organism
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Science Topics
USGS's Coastal & Marine Geology Program
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Additional resources
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (online resource)
Stow (2006).
Oceans : an illustrated reference.
Denny (2008).
How the ocean works : an introduction to oceanography.
Plagiarism & the Honor System
Plagiarism
A handout from the UNC Writing Center that defines plagiarism and explains how to avoid it.
UNC Honor System
Reference sources
AccessScience
An online encyclopedia of science plus news, images, and study guides.
Today's Science
Science in the headlines, suggestions for research topics, and more.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
An online encyclopedia containing over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles by leading scientists.
Google Scholar
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