The following is an emailed comment from an ORU Biology major: "I just took a look at the new Science Direct Database and I am very very glad that this is now available for us. [Remember, though, this is just a trial for now.] For a lot of the Biology classes we have to find peer-reviewed journal article which can be very difficult as most of them require that you subscribe to an expensive journal website or something like that. With this new database, it will be much easier to access a lot of good information, and because so much of Biology is constantly changing, maybe teachers will be able to incorporate even more cutting edge research findings into their classes. Another good thing is that Dr. Gaikwad is offering an oncological biology class this summer and much of it will be reviewing article on the newest findings in cancer research, this website will definitely help."
Last year I took Intro. into Biological Research and we looked at the databases for our senior reasearch projects. I was dissappointed to see that we did not have access to more biological databases. Now that we have added more biological databases it makes it easier for biology majors in doing research.
I just found out about this part of the library from my teacher, Dr. Meyers. She told us to go check it out and leave a little feedback on the blog that was setup for it. After briefly exploring the site I was very happy to see the diversity of journals that they had been attained for the Science Majors here on campus. Before when I was trying to write a science paper I would settle for less than reliable source that I would get off the Internet, but now that I have access to this database I will be able to better articulate what I want to say in papers.
I am a bioogy major and a former reference library assistant. I know that we have had Science Direct for some time now, but it really only offered limited resources to science majors. The health and life science journals had really added to amount of peer reviewed journals articles available to science majors. I especially appreciate the fact that it offers medical and dental journals. When we first scribed to Science Direct I tried to do a search on my senior paper topic and I didn't find a single article. I just performed the same search and found articles that I didn't find on others search engines. I especially appreciate the fact it offers a link to related articles. I also really like the fact that Science Direct will send you an email alert when they receive new articles on your subject or topic. I highly recommend that we get a full subscription of Science Direct Health and Life Sciences.
The Science Direct Database is a very useful tool for research. Many of the articles contained information relevant to topics covered in my Biology classes. The database allows greater understanding of practical applications of biological concepts and gives great insight into modern developments in medicine. The journals are concise yet detailed and are quite easy to read and grasp. One journal that I found particularly interesting discussed the research done with protease inhibitor resistance in HIV-1 strains. I am also interested in other areas of biological research as well as research in the areas of Psychology and Engineering. I believe that the database will definitely be an asset for biological and medical research.
I think that these scienceDirect collections are very helpful to have for science majors. Teachers ask us on a regular basis to research using peer-reviewed journals so having ScienceDirect's database at our fingertips would make researching scientific topics much easier. I hope that you keep this around for a while, it's really convenient.
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The following is an emailed comment from an ORU Biology major: "I just took a look at the new Science Direct Database and I am very very glad that this is now available for us. [Remember, though, this is just a trial for now.] For a lot of the Biology classes we have to find peer-reviewed journal article which can be very difficult as most of them require that you subscribe to an expensive journal website or something like that. With this new database, it will be much easier to access a lot of good information, and because so much of Biology is constantly changing, maybe teachers will be able to incorporate even more cutting edge research findings into their classes. Another good thing is that Dr. Gaikwad is offering an oncological biology class this summer and much of it will be reviewing article on the newest findings in cancer research, this website will definitely help."
Last year I took Intro. into Biological Research and we looked at the databases for our senior reasearch projects. I was dissappointed to see that we did not have access to more biological databases. Now that we have added more biological databases it makes it easier for biology majors in doing research.
I just found out about this part of the library from my teacher, Dr. Meyers. She told us to go check it out and leave a little feedback on the blog that was setup for it. After briefly exploring the site I was very happy to see the diversity of journals that they had been attained for the Science Majors here on campus. Before when I was trying to write a science paper I would settle for less than reliable source that I would get off the Internet, but now that I have access to this database I will be able to better articulate what I want to say in papers.
I am a bioogy major and a former reference library assistant. I know that we have had Science Direct for some time now, but it really only offered limited resources to science majors. The health and life science journals had really added to amount of peer reviewed journals articles available to science majors. I especially appreciate the fact that it offers medical and dental journals. When we first scribed to Science Direct I tried to do a search on my senior paper topic and I didn't find a single article. I just performed the same search and found articles that I didn't find on others search engines. I especially appreciate the fact it offers a link to related articles. I also really like the fact that Science Direct will send you an email alert when they receive new articles on your subject or topic. I highly recommend that we get a full subscription of Science Direct Health and Life Sciences.
The Science Direct Database is a very useful tool for research. Many of the articles contained information relevant to topics covered in my Biology classes. The database allows greater understanding of practical applications of biological concepts and gives great insight into modern developments in medicine. The journals are concise yet detailed and are quite easy to read and grasp. One journal that I found particularly interesting discussed the research done with protease inhibitor resistance in HIV-1 strains. I am also interested in other areas of biological research as well as research in the areas of Psychology and Engineering. I believe that the database will definitely be an asset for biological and medical research.
I think that these scienceDirect collections are very helpful to have for science majors. Teachers ask us on a regular basis to research using peer-reviewed journals so having ScienceDirect's database at our fingertips would make researching scientific topics much easier. I hope that you keep this around for a while, it's really convenient.
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