Biology 170: Human Biology
Human Biology - Page address: http://library.uwb.edu/guides/biol170.html
New Student Checklist Getting Started with your Topic
New Student Checklist

New Student Checklist - Everything you need to know as a CCC student including activating your library account, connecting to restricted online resources from home, and accessing electronic course reserves.

Getting Started with your Topic

The resources below will help you get started. They tend to contain very broad overviews of topics, with links or references to other useful materials.
  Facts.com from Facts on File includes World News Digest, Issues and Controversies and Today's Science databases - UWB/CCC on-campus use only
This Web site serves as a portal to background information on a variety of topics, and is updated regularly. Try searching in Issues and Controversies first (although depending on your topic, you may want to explore other resources as well). Because of our licensing agreement, this source can only be accessed from a computer on campus.

CQ researcher - UW/CCC restricted.   Offers in-depth coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Synthesis articles focus on one topic per issue.

Does UW/CCC restricted mean Cascadia students can't use this database? No--it just means that you must use the off-campus access button in the upper right hand corner of this page to access them from off campus. More info on setting up your CCC UW NetID

Topics Collection (Information Commons, 1st floor of the Library)
This collection contains books on topics that lend themselves to an argument of some kind. Many contain overviews of the issue, along with summaries of the key positions (and the individuals who promote or refute them). Two series that cover a broad range of subjects are "Opposing Viewpoints" and "Contemporary World Views."

This list is organized by the publication year.

Finding Articles: Search the following periodical databases to find journal, newspaper and/or magazine articles on your topic. Some of these databases will provide you scholarly articles, some with provide popular magazine or newspaper articles, some will provide both.

MORE DATABASES:  UW Libraries Databases page

Finding Books
  The UW Libraries Catalog provides you with access to titles between the Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses. Through the UW catalog you can also search the Summit catalog and gain access to items at academic libraries throughout WA and OR. If we don't own a book or if it's checked out, you still might be able to get a copy from another library.

 

Reference books are located in the Information Commons on the first floor of the library. This list is organized by the call number.

Online Books - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Nonfiction

Online book databases:

Research and Writing Guides
Interactive Anatomy web sites

The Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington in Seattle has numerous anatomy models that you are welcome to check out. If you visit, be sure to bring your student ID card.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Rob Estes
Science Librarian
425.352.5242
Office # LB1-310G
email: restes@uwb.edu.

Also, other librarians are available to help you by calling 425.352.5340, or use our Ask us a question services.