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TCORE 112 Plankton to Porpoises: organisms of the Puget Sound Waters - Hunt: Scientific Literature

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What are popular articles and primary, peer-reviewed articles?  Where do I start?


  • For popular articles, try searching broad, interdisciplinary databases like Academic Search Complete (available from the Find Articles tab).

  • For scholary, peer-reviewed articles, you can search the interdisciplinary databases, but you may be more successful searching a subject specific database such as Web of Science, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, or Georef (also available from the Find Articles tab).
  1. Once you find an article, identify the following: