PMB 107: Principles of Plant Morphology

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Finding Leading Researchers and Departments
Managing References and Evaluating Sources

Finding Books

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Core Databases for Plant Morphology	Years Covered
AGRICOLA Covers agriculture and biotechnology, among other topics, with a U.S. focus. Includes many USDA publications. (About AGRICOLA)	1970-present
BIOSIS The most comprehensive biological sciences database; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, book chapters and conference proceedings. (Guide: HTML \| PDF )	1926-present
CAB ABSTRACTS Broad coverage of agriculture, ecology, forestry, economics and social sciences. U.S. and international focus.	1910-present
FACULTY OF 1000 Citations from biology (including plant biology) and medicine, recommended by leading faculty in their disciplines.	2002-present
WEB OF SCIENCE Indexes core journals in science and the social sciences. Allows cited reference searching, which allows you to identify later articles which cite a given author or article.	1900-present

Finding Dissertations

DISSERTATIONS & THESES (1861-present)
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Finding Leading Researchers and Departments

Web of Science: Search on a topic or species name, then refine by author; Sort search results by times cited
A data-based assessment of research-doctorate programs: National Research Council, 2011
Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index: Botany/Plant Biology: Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007