The journals Science and Nature are very, very well respected scientific journals. Both are published weekly. Both include science research articles and also science news articles. Both are peer-reviewed so that even the science news articles can be assumed to be accurate.
Science is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is an American organization of scientists that is not part of the United States government. Science is also called Science Magazine, although it is definitely a scholarly peer-reviewed journal (so do not confuse the publication title with what type of publication it is). Science Magazine was first published in 1880.
Nature is published by the Nature Publishing Group, which is a British publishing company of science and technology. Nature journal was first published in 1869. Several companion Nature journals were subsequently created to manage the many different disciplines of science.
Here is a suggestion for help finding online articles from the above journals using the library databases.
It is a good strategy to use the science databases to search for information about global warming. The librarian's preferred method to search. However, she already knows many of the reputable sources and has experience with evaluating sources for accuracy and relevancy. This is why this Guide is also telling you how to search within only specific reputable sources. (See other Box)
On the Tabs above is a list of science databases provided via the ISU Library. You may use them to search for information about global warming, climate change, and alternative energy sources.
Many of those databases include articles from both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and popular magazines, but they do not necessarily label whether the publication is scholarly or popular. So you may need to look that up elsewhere! Also, many science databases do NOT include full-text BUT they usually have a link to help you find the full-text.
