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Searching

To begin your search in BioOne, use the large search box in the middle of the page, or the small search box in the top right corner of the page. Type your keyword and click search. 

Reading Results and Articles

Results

Once you've hit Search, your results page will look like this:

BioOne results screenshot

On the left are all of your advanced searching categories again, as well as the same filters from before. You can add search terms and change your filters if you'd like - it will store all of the words you've already typed in.

In the center of the page are your results - the title of the article is in larger bolded font at the top, and each entry is separated by a thin grey line. 

To actually read an article, you'll have to click on the "Full Text" link at the bottom of the entry. (Clicking the title will not do anything.) You can also click on the "Abstract & References" link or the "PDF" Link if you'd prefer. 

 

 


Articles

Once you've clicked on "Full Text", your page will look like this:

BioOne Article screenshot

 

Your citation information will be at the top of the page above the article title (which is in large letters and bolded). BioOne will not format citations for you, so you'll have to do this step yourself.

To download a PDF, go to the top right corner under "Article Views" and click "PDF" (third from the top).

To see other related articles, use the "Related Article Search" to select the subjects you want to search, then click the gray "Search" button at the bottom of the box to run a new search (in the same tab, so be careful you don't lose your article in this process!). You can search through BioOne, PubMed, or Google Scholar with these.

To find sources that cite this article, scroll down and on the right you'll see a box that says "Citing Articles" (not shown here). You can search Google Scholar or Crossref by just clicking on the links.