Finding Science Articles Using
General Science
Abstracts
What is General Science Abstracts?
It is a
subscription article database covering more than 160 leading science journals
and magazines. The database covers a wide spectrum of scientific topics: anthropology,
astronomy, biology, computers, earth science and medicine and health. Online
coverage is from 1984-present. It is often abbreviated as GenSciAbs or GenSciAbstracts.
How do I get into General Science Abstracts?
Open the CU Library Homepage http://www.cameron.edu/library/
On Campus: Click on Individual Database Search – On Campus
Choose GenSciAbstracts
Off Campus: Click on Individual Database Search – Off Campus
Choose GenSciAbstracts
and login with your Cameron e-mail user name and password.
User Name = First initial first name, first initial last
name, last 6 digits Student ID. (in lowercase)
Password = First initial first name, first initial last
name, last 5 numbers of Social Security number.
To Use GenSciAbstracts:
Basic Search – Enter a word in the search box;
then click on Search.
Use Advanced Search
to limit a search to a specific field or range of publication years.
Limit to peer-reviewed
journals: enter your search terms in Advanced
Search. Then type in peer-reviewed
journal and choose reviewed journal
phrase from the drop-down menu.
List of Records
The search
results are shown in brief citation format. To view the full citation (detailed
record), click on an article’s title. This displays the abstract, subject
terms, and detailed information about the article.
Full Text
Article
available in full-text online will display either View
Full Text in PDF Format (WilsonSelectPlus), or View Full Text in HTML Format (WilsonSelectPlus). Clicking on these
links takes you to the text of the article in another database. Always cite the
databases that actually contained the full text of the article (e.g. Wilson
Select Plus from First Search)!
How do I find a print (hard copy) article in the
library?
When an
article is not available in full-text from the database, then you must
determine if the library has the journal containing the article. In the
database, the 
CAMERON UNIV on the Detailed Record page under
Availability.
Does the Library Own the Specific Issue Needed?
From an
article’s detailed record page in GenSciAbs, click on the link Search the catalog at your library.
If the library owns the journal, the full record containing
the location and holdings will appear.
Does the library have the year you need? If not, follow the
steps in the next paragraph.
What is the call number?
What is the format of the issue needed? Microfilm, bound, or
loose?
Combine the citation from GenSciAbs with the call number and
the format type from C.U.S.I.S.
Go to the 2nd floor to find the specific issue
that matches your citation.
If the library does not
own the journal title:
C.U.S.I.S. will display this message: No matches found;
nearby STANDARD NOS are…
Go to Library’s homepage and search Online Serials Directory for the journal title.
Complete an interlibrary loan (ILL) request for items not at
CU and with no full text in the databases.
