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BIOL 179: Cancer Biology (Islas): Home

Cancer Biology Research Guide

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Poll 1

How many library instruction sessions on searching specifically for biology or biomedical information have you attended?
None--this is my first: 16 votes (47.06%)
1: 12 votes (35.29%)
2: 2 votes (5.88%)
3+: 4 votes (11.76%)
Total Votes: 34
How many library instruction sessions have you attended for other (non-bio/health sciences) classes?
None--this is my first: 2 votes (6.45%)
1: 13 votes (41.94%)
2: 9 votes (29.03%)
3+: 7 votes (22.58%)
Total Votes: 31

BIOL 179: Cancer Biology

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Poll 2

How would you rate your familiarity with using the MeSH database to search PubMed?
Very familiar: 0 votes (0%)
Somewhat familiar: 14 votes (42.42%)
Not very familiar: 8 votes (24.24%)
Not at all familiar: 2 votes (6.06%)
What's MeSH?: 9 votes (27.27%)
Total Votes: 33

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Poll 3

What is the first place you think to look for the information you'll use in Assignment II (Molecular Basis) and Assignment III (Treatment & Outcomes) parts of the Cancer Project?
Google: 8 votes (24.24%)
Google Scholar: 4 votes (12.12%)
PubMed: 14 votes (42.42%)
Web of Science: 0 votes (0%)
OneSearch: 2 votes (6.06%)
OSCAR (Library Catalog): 4 votes (12.12%)
Other (I'm going to ask you what this is!): 1 votes (3.03%)
Total Votes: 33