This guide will provide links for finding journal articles and books from the Library. Focus will be on articles from journals which provide authoritative and scholarly research information.

If you are unfamiliar with your topic, fell free to use Wikipedia or Encyclopedia of Life Sciences for background information. Information found in encyclopedic articles can provide good background on a topic you know little about. Encyclopedias may provide links to additional electronic resources for further research material.

Keep in mind that the lab experiments you carry out, report writing and looking for background information or picking a topic is part of academic research that fellow students and faculty are constantly involved in - Learn more at research is a conversation.