Literature Search Techniques

The goal for today is to find two or three articles about your project topic.

Article resources

• The library's website is the starting point. http://library.sonoma.edu/default.php
• Tips on writing a literature review http://libguides.sonoma.edu/content.php?pid=13859
• Science Direct has lots of articles (including Geomorphology). http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.iii.sonoma.edu/
• Science Magazine http://0-www.sciencemag.org.iii.sonoma.edu/magazine.dtl
• Nature Magazine http://0-www.nature.com.iii.sonoma.edu/nature/archive/index.html
• JStor has older articles http://0-www.jstor.org.iii.sonoma.edu/search/AdvancedSearch
• The Environmental Studies library webpage has some good local websites that may provide info. http://libguides.sonoma.edu/content.php?pid=6238&sid=139268
• Google Scholar sometimes provides different leads than you get from the other searches, but you then usually have to go find the article somewhere else. http://scholar.google.com/
• I'm sure there's more, but that'll get you started.

Bibliography

You should also start your bibliography using the Chicago Manual of Style. The library's citation styles website has some examples. Or you can go to the original source (using the T and R formats).