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Biology 115L: Principles of Biology: Find Secondary Sources: Popular Articles

This guide brings together library resources needed by students completing assignments for Biology 115L

Search for Secondary Sources

Use these article databases to find articles in magazines and newspapers.

Using Find It @ WVU

Use Find It @ WVU to retrieve the articles not in full text.

This link is included in each citation.

In the Find It @ WVU window, click on Article to see full text.  Click on For Journal to search MountainLynx for a print copy.

Getting Articles from the Depository

1.  If you haven't already, set up an interlibrary loan account using the ILLiad software (one time only)
2.  Search for the journal in the search box on the Libraries' web page
3.  Click on the Request: Book Express +
4.  Log on to your interlibrary loan account
5.  The request form will be partially populated
6.  Key in any additional fields
7.  You will get an e-mail telling you the article is available from your interlibrary loan/ILLiad account; usually the same day
8.  Logon to your account to access the article

Grow from Study: Be Skeptical

"Science is the best thing ever devised for understanding how the world works."  Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine in "The Baloney Detection Kit."