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RNG 341: Rangeland Ecology & Management

Library guide and writing resources for OSU students on all campuses taking RNG 341

Start Broadly - 1Search

Search 1Search to find books, online scholarly articles or newspaper articles that OSU subscribes to or can borrow for you for free.  If you need to find specific items, such as books by a particular author, use the advanced search option for more precise searching. Use the drop-down menu to access the journal title search to find specific journal titles like the Journal of Ecology. Click Databases A-Z to find specialized subject search tools like Web of Science or Academic Search Complete.

1Search box, journal title search, and A-Z database access links

 

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

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A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

Find out how to set your preferences in Google Scholar, so you can use OSU Libraries subscriptions to get free access to content that is not free on the web:

How to use Google Scholar (without Paying for the Articles)

Recommended Databases for Rangeland Sciences

Other databases to try

Finding the full text of an article

 Look for the 360 link to full text button to open the full article.

Options for getting to the PDF will open in a new window. Sometimes the link will take you to the journal, not the individual article. Use the citation information for the article to get to the right year, volume and issue of the journal.

If the library doesn't have it, request the article for free from Interlibrary Loan. On average, articles arrive digitally within one business day.