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BIO 102 Honors Lecture: General Biology II (Terranova-Loudoun)

This guide has been created by librarians at NOVA to help you find books, articles, videos, and other types of resources related to this program of study. Direct comments to Julie Combs, jcombs@nvcc.edu.

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Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete is a general database with access to several types of publications covering a variety of disciplines from magazines to scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, including limited newspapers.

Log in with your MyNOVA username and password when prompted.  If you have forgotten your username or password, you can look up your MyNOVA username and password.

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Search for articles by topic or keyword (any topic of your choosing related to biology).  Remember not to write sentences in the search box. Scroll down to limit your results to Full Text AND Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.

Browse through the results and click on the article title to view the detailed record which includes the abstract/summary and full text article. Use the toolbar for email, permalink, and citation options.

To locate a related popular source, uncheck the Scholarly (Peer Reviewed Limiter) and choose Magazines and/or Newspapers from the Source Types menu. You can also limit by publication date to further narrow your results and find current resources.

Examples of Topics & Articles