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BIO 230: Microbiology: Topics in the News and in Academic Journals

Choosing a Topic for Your Project

If you need help finding a topic for your Microbiology project, try these sources:

Topics - Try one of the categories related to Microbiology for ideas.
Paper Topics for Microbiology - Bacteria and viruses

Finding Articles in Newspapers

U.S. Northeast Newstand (Proquest)
Includes Portland Press Herald and Portland Sunday Telegram
Proquest Newsstand
Includes Boston Globe and New York Times

Finding Scholarly Articles

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
World's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database
Biology Journals (Proquest)
Includes animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, plant science, microbiology, immunology genetics, etc.

Reading a Scholarly/Scientific Article

How To Read a Scientific Paper
How to Read a Scholarly Article
Two undergraduate biology students share how they approach reading a scholarly paper.
What are the differences between a scholarly article and a magazine or newspaper article?