Guides: Biological Science: Home

Top Resources

CCOHS - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety This link opens in a new window
Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
PubMed This link opens in a new window
SciFinder-n (CAS) This link opens in a new window
Merck Index This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals - provides chemical, common, generic and systematic names, molecular formulae, weights and percentage compositions, physical and toxicity data, therapeutic and commercial uses, etc.

Select 2-5 keywords that describe your topic. Combine them by using the connectors (boolean operators) found in the table below.

The library catalogue and databases use this type of logic to search.

Operator	Explanation:	Examples:
AND	To narrow	online AND privacy ...results must include BOTH words used in the search
OR	To broaden	internet OR online ...results will include EITHER word from the search
NOT	To limit	NOT email ...results will NOT include the word 'email'
“ ”	To search for a phrase	"privacy settings" ...retrieves the enclosed words as a package
?	For alternate spellings	e?mail ...retrieves e-mail or email
* or $	For different word endings	protect* ...retrieves protect, protection, protected, etc.

Here are some tips for accessing Library online resources from off campus:

Use Omni Search, the search box on the Library home page

You can choose "Available online" as a filter on the results page.
When you select any online resources, you will be prompted to log in. Use your Network ID.

Access databases and publisher collections through the Library

Found an article and can't access it? Here are some things you can try:

Copy the article title into Omni Search
Search for the journal in Journals A-Z, then navigate to the year, volume and issue you need.
Email me: kaelan.caspary@ontariotechu.ca (or use the "Ask a Librarian" chat button on the Library website. It will say "Email a Librarian" when the chat service is closed.)

Found an e-book in Omni and can't access it?

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