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BIOL 106 Principles of Animal Biology

This guide will help you with your assignment for BIOL 106.

Finding a Popular News Source

You will need to find a current popular article that discusses any species of animal (found in Kingdom Animalia) and based on a peer-reviewed scientific study. The article should have been written in 2022 or 2023. It is helpful if the popular news article references a study. This will help in finding the scientific article. 

If you are set on focusing on a specific animal, there are a couple of ways to find a popular article: 

  1. A quick Google search that includes the type of animal and add science or scientists or research (i.e., panda AND science).
    1. Once the results are returned, limit by year.
    2. Click on Tools. then click on Any Time to set a custom range.
  2. You can also use OneSearch on the library homepage. 
    1. Go to the library homepage and enter your search terms in the OneSearch keyword field.
    2. Once the results are returned, select the Source Type filter and select Magazine and/or News.
  3. ​​​​​​​You can also click on one of the sites in the "Good Places to Start: Popular Sources" box to browse current science news articles.