Research Guides: OCN 320 Aquatic Pollution: Scientific Literature & Databases

How to find full text.

Never pay for articles or settle for partial full-text. The Library can get access to nearly everything, either through our library subscriptions or through InterLibrary loan.

OPTION ONE: Try searching for the journal title via the library's E-journal Search.

E-journal Search - copy the journal title into the search box. If UHM has the e-journal, you will see links to access it. Then using additional citation information such as article title, author, date, etc., you will be able to narrow in on the article.

OPTION TWO: If you know the article title, try searching via OneSearch Manoa.

OneSearch Manoa - copy the article title into the OneSearch Manoa search box to retrieve the article record. You can also use OneSearch Manoa by searching for author's name and selecting article as the material type:

OPTION THREE: If you find an article in a database that does not have full text, look for the FIND IT button. You will be taken directly to the article if it is discoverable in our collection of e-journals, or to the Voyager record telling you where to get a print copy in the library, or to request the article through ILL services.

Here is an example from Web of Science that has the FIND IT button highlighted.

OPTION FOUR: If UHM does not subscribe to the journal you can request it via InterLibrary Loan (ILL). The library's ILL office processes requests daily. ILL will borrow an electronic copy of the article from a partner institution and email it to you within three to five business days.

A sample of subject databases to try.

AGRICOLA Compilation of materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions. Contains citations to journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports covering all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts International database of abstracts from journals, reports, monographs, dissertations, grey literature and proceedings. Coverage includes all biological and ecological aspects of marine; fisheries, aquaculture; oceanography; related legal, economic, and sociological resources. ASFA-2: Ocean technology, policy and non-living resources. NOTE: If you use an ad blocker, you may receive error messages when using certain functions in ProQuest databases. Please whitelist search-proquest-com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu and search.proquest.com to avoid such errors.
Biological Abstracts Biological Abstracts is a basic research tool for biological and biomedical sciences. Includes full bibliographic citations and current life science abstracts derived from approximately 7,000 biological and biomedical journals from over ninety countries.
CABI Digital Library (CAB Abstracts) Agriculture and allied fields, including rural tourism development and world agricultural economics. Corresponds to the 50 printed abstract journals published by CABI. Over 10,000 journals, monographs, conference proceedings, theses, technical reports, patents from over 100 countries. Running a search in CABI Digital Library will search Tropical Diseases Bulletin in addition to CAB Abstracts.
Google Scholar Full-text @ UH Manoa links should automatically display. If the links are not displaying you can manually set the links to UH Manoa subscriptions by clicking the menu icon in the upper left corner of the Google Scholar search page. Go to Settings. Click on Library links and search for Hawaii. Select University of Hawaii at Manoa - Full Text @ UH Manoa and save your preferences. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
Oceanic Abstracts Oceanic Abstracts indexes journal articles in the subjects of marine biology, ocean engineering, oceanography and marine biology. Includes article abstracts. NOTE: If you use an ad blocker, you may receive error messages when using certain functions in ProQuest databases. Please whitelist search-proquest-com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu and search.proquest.com to avoid such errors.
SciFinder-n NOTE: Access to SciFinder-n is restricted to UH Manoa students and faculty. You must create a free personal account to use SciFinder-n online. Formerly SciFinder Scholar, SciFinder-n provides access to Chemical Abstracts from 1907 to the present and covers all areas of chemistry and chemical engineering. If this is your first time using SciFinder-n online, click here to create a free personal account. NOTE: Once you have created your personal SciFinder account, you must access SciFinder-n Online via the above link on this page. This will ensure you are recognized as an authorized UH Manoa user before proceeding to the resource. Please bookmark this page for quick access.
Web of Science Multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences (Science Citation Index Expanded) as well as both the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Approximately 70% of the records have author abstracts. Online coverage from 1900 to present.
AGRICOLA

Interdisciplinary databases are great for finding info on a wide variety of subjects. Here is a sample to try.

Academic Search Complete Provides full text for more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
JSTOR The Library has purchased access to the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-XV collections, Life Sciences collection, and Business IV. These collections provide full-text journal backfiles in various disciplines. Selected journals in the following subject areas are available: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
ProQuest Search across 30+ databases hosted by ProQuest covering all subjects NOTE: If you use an ad blocker, you may receive error messages when using certain functions in ProQuest databases. Please whitelist search-proquest-com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu and search.proquest.com to avoid such errors.

Understand the components of scholarly scientific literature and learn how to read a scientific article.

View this example of a the Anatomy of a Scholarly Article from the NCSU Libraries:

Here is an excellent explanation of how to read a scientific paper from ASU School of Life Sciences.

OCN 320 Aquatic Pollution: Scientific Literature & Databases

How to find full text. Never pay for articles or settle for partial full-text. The Library can get access to nearly everything, either through our library subscriptions or through InterLibrary loan.

A sample of subject databases to try.

Interdisciplinary databases are great for finding info on a wide variety of subjects. Here is a sample to try.

Understand the components of scholarly scientific literature and learn how to read a scientific article.

How to find full text.

Never pay for articles or settle for partial full-text. The Library can get access to nearly everything, either through our library subscriptions or through InterLibrary loan.