How do I search Science Magazine?

Step 1:

Access Science Magazine. (If you're off-campus, you will be prompted to login with your myPVCC username and password).  

Step 2:

Click the Search, and then click Advanced Search.

Step 3:

Enter your search terms in the search box.

Select Science from the Source drop-down menu.  There are several Science journals published by the AAAS, but PVCC only subscribes to the main one called Science.

Step 4:

Click "Update Search" and review your results.  Pay attention to the type of source (news, research and reviews, perspectives and commentary), as well as the date.  If your professor wants you to find "peer-reviewed articles," then only look at the "research and reviews."  Also, the date will tell you when it was published, so be careful because an article published many years ago may contain outdated information.

Step 5:

Click the article title to read it.

• If you want to download the article, scroll down and look to the right of the article.  Click the "PDF" link.
  
• Science Magazine has some great articles about the life sciences, but it is only one journal.  Search our other biology databases or environmental science databases.