ES 172: Intro to Environmental Studies

If the popular news article links to the scientific study, that's great! However, that isn't always the case. Most likely, you'll need to do a bit of detective work. From the popular article, look for clues -- key terms, a scientific name, a scientist's name, a date range of the study. Individually, these clues might not lead to the scientific article, but together it will help narrow your results. If you get stuck, visit the research help desk in the library 

Here are two ways to help track down a scientific article: 
ONE

1. Start with OneSearch  located on the library's homepage. 
2. Type in your key terms.
3. Limit by Article. Located under resources type on the left hand side. 
4. Limit by the year (2021-2023) and academic journals.

TWO

1. Start with Google Scholar.
2. Do an advanced search (click on the three line icon in the upper left hand side to find advanced search).
3. A new window will pop up
   • add your key terms
   • the scientist(s) mentioned
   • the date limiters

For example, if your popular news article is from the BBC about red pandas, start with OneSearch. Type in the search term ("red panda"), the scientist mentioned in the BBC popular news article (Hu), and add the date limiters (2020-2023) will return this scientific abstract and the full science article.