NATSCI 387 CNS Junior Writing

To find books, use Discovery Search. 

Search strategies:

• Use keywords to find good subject headings 
• Start with specific search terms - then use broader terms
• Try broad categories, browsing the sub-topics
• Try the Advanced Search and limit by date, language, format or with additional words

TIPS:  

• If the book is not available in the Five College Library System, you may request a copy through InterLibrary Loan.

Try specific terms first,
   then try more general ones.

• Specific terms (Northern Flicker or Colaptes auratus) give fewer but more precise results
• General terms (birds or woodpeckers) give more but less precise results
  

Searching specific terms may miss a book about the broader topic with just  a chapter on your topic.

Use both scientific and common names for organisms, connected with or, as above.

Try using truncation (forest* will find forest, forests and forestry) and variant spellings so you won't miss important titles.