Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, datasets, and funding data dating back to 1970. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine social sciences and arts, and humanities. Scopus features tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Is a dictionary of over 400,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, and structures). ChemIDplus includes links to NLM and other databases and resources, including links to federal, state and international agencies.
The database contains a comprehensive listing of brand name product ingredients available. The Brand Product Report for each brand name product provides a quick summary of safety, effectiveness, drug interactions, and adverse effects for each ingredient contained in the product.
Cabells Journalytics help professors, graduate students, and researchers publish their manuscripts in academic journals. The directories are aimed to assist in organizing and preparing manuscripts. They provide the information on the type of review process, acceptance rate and the number of internal and external reviews.
OneSearch allows you to search the Cal State LA library catalog and most of our databases. It is a great place to begin searching.
AND
for when you need all terms in a search string included in the articles you retrieve
OR
for when you have more than one way to say the same thing
if either of the terms shows up in articles retrieved it will be a useful article
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wild-cards for getting a root word and all of it's endings
for example: nutri* will search for nutrition, nutritious, nutrient, nutritional, etc.