CHEM 161 - Biodiesel: Home

What do you need?

• To find research journal articles on a topic, use a library database. Try this exercise.
• To find an article for which you already have the reference, check the KCC Journal Collection to see if it is available online at KCC or other UH libraries.

ScienceDirect

• Review articles provide a summary of important articles. Research articles provide specific details and procedures, suitable for replication.
• A white icon indicates abstract only, no full text. Green or orange icon indicates full text access.
• Refine by years if needed. 

EBSCO

• Select Academic Search, Agricola, Business Source, GreenFILE, MasterFILE, Science Reference.
• Use the automatic Cite button.

Google Scholar

• Go to Settings, click on Library Links, add Kapiolani Community College Library to link to more pdfs.

PubMed Central

• Open access, full-text available to the public.
• Use the Citation link to copy the APA reference.

Science:

• Scientific research, global news, and commentary.
• More Help.

Sample search string: biofuel production
Use more search words to focus results: biofuel production cooking oil

Use Ebook Central and EBSCO eBook Collection for full-text online books

Don't forget to check out the recommended CHEM book lists.

1. What are you looking for?

Define your terms and plan your search strategy.

2. Where should you look?

Not all sources are created equal...

3. How do you know if your results are good?

Use the CRAAP Test (no, really)!

4. Who did you get your information from?

Give credit with proper citations.