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Google Scholar
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Wiley Online Library
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ScienceDirect
Provides indexing and abstracting for over 2,500 scientific, technical and medical journals as well as access to 503 full-text Elsevier journals, and titles subscribed to by Pepperdine University Libraries, through the SCELC consortium, plus 45 titles in the Psychology backfile.
Nature
An international weekly journal of science, Nature publishes the peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation to all readers who have an interest in science.
BioOne
A collection of peer reviewed journals in the fields of biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. The collection may be searched without a subscription. Open access content provided; other articles, if not available through Pepperdine University Libraries may be requested via interlibrary loan.
National Academies Press
Access to free PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences (also accessible by subject) published since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities. Introduces the National Academies Press, created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
Scopus
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eBook Collection (EBSCO) formerly netLibrary
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Wiley Online Library
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ProQuest Ebook Central
Includes e-books that were formerly in Pepperdine's ebrary and EBL collections.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.

National Academies Press
Division on Earth and Life Studies

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Citing Your Sources

Citing your sources is extremely important! Here are two guides created by Purdue OWL to help you cite sources in both MLA and APA styles.

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