Finding Research

Databases

BioOne Complete This link opens in a new window
Over 190 journals on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
Includes AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, Environmental Impact Statements, and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of articles from scholarly journals for arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities. Includes selected book chapters and primary sources.
Summon This link opens in a new window
A research tool that searches all DelVal databases simultaneously. Contains books, ebooks, dvds, online videos, journals, magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings, and more.

Online Resources

Water Resources of the United States
These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.9 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ecologically Based Small Pond Management
Volume 2: The Limnology of Small Ponds

Interesting Links

Why Does Pennsylvania have only a Handful of Natural Lakes?
For a state with a ton of water, Pennsylvania has very few natural lakes. Even Pennsylvania's modest frontage on Lake Erie—the state's largest natural lake—had to be secured through some political wrangling.

Identifying Peer-Reviewed Literature

Research Articles

Research articles are also often known as scientific or peer-reviewed articles. If the article is NOT written by the person or group who did the research, it is NOT a peer-reviewed or scientific article. Research articles are important for knowing what new discoveries have been made. This is why it is important to use recent articles, since they will be the first things published on a new scientific development.

Here's a quick overview of how to identify these journal articles:

written by the scientist(s) who actually did the research
follows a specific format
- abstract
- introduction
- materials & methods
- results
- conclusions
- references
assumes reader already knows background information about the topic has been evaluated by experts
Tip: Look for a statement about when the article was accepted for publication. Most peer-reviewed articles will include one.

Setting up RefWorks

RefWorks

RefWorks is a new way to collect, manage, and organize research. You can read, annotate, organize, and cite your research as well as collaborate by sharing collections.

From simple bibliographies to papers formatted with in-text citations or footnotes, RefWorks handles it all. To learn more about RefWorks, use our RefWorks research guide.

To create a RefWorks account:

Go to the link below and click Create account
Fill in your information, making sure to use your DelVal email address.
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RefWorks
Citation generation service covering hundreds of styles including Chicago Scientific (Author-Date), Journal of Animal Science, and Council of Scientific Editors (Name-Year).