Biomedical Sciences

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Reading Lists

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Independent Research - getting started

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How to identify different sources of information and links to useful books and ebooks.

Creating a search strategy

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Independent Research - beyond the basics

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• Developing advanced search strategies

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How to search systematically for literature. From the initial stages of understanding your vocabulary to using advanced features in databases.

• Databases

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Collections of specialist, subject specific journal literature.

• Journals

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• Websites and professional organisations

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A database of digitised UK doctoral theses offering free online access to theses of participating Higher Education institutions.

Access books and videos about quantitative and qualitative research methods and many more social science research topics. Use the Tools drop-down at the top centre of the screen to access a handy Project Planner which is full of FAQs about what you need to consider at each stage in a project/dissertation. Tools also contains a Methods Map which is ideal for quickly finding details about a particular research method.

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

SpringerProtocols is a database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences, giving researchers step-by-step protocols for immediate use in their lab. The database is compiled from protocols from Humana's book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, as well as from Laboratory Handbooks. e.g. The Biomethods Handbook, The Proteomics Handbook, and the Springer Laboratory Manuals

 

• Statistics

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Links to databases and online sources of statistics

• Newspapers

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• Audio Visual Resources

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• Learning Resources

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• Research Methods

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Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA7 and links to information on reference management software

Your Subject Team

 Hannah Britcher

Faculty Librarian

email hannah.britcher@port.ac.uk

 Marie Smith

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email Marie.smith@port.ac.uk