The Innovation Station & Virtual Reality
The Innovation Station in the J.D. McKean Library, Room 102, has three VR setups offering a selection of Steam VR programs to explore and experience. Biology related programs and games include:
- opens new window3D Organon VR
- opens new windowThe Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell
- opens new windowSave the Earth
- opens new windowLifeforms: Binary Fusion, and more.
To use VR, just stop at the Library Service desk, check out the VR controllers, and then go to the Innovation Station.
Suggested Research Outline
Before you start or as you begin your research, it may be helpful and beneficial to meet with a librarian to get help with how to start your research, the best resources to use, important search terms, and more.
Preliminary work:
- ZOTERO - Set up your free account in Zotero to save and manage your articles and citations. (See: Citations)
- EBSCO FOLDER - Create a folder in EBSCO to save and manage EBSCO database/EagleSearch articles and your searches. (See: EBSCO Folder & Google Drive)
- REFERENCE MATERIALS - Check out your topic in reference databases and books. (See: Search Examples: Explore a TOPIC)
- EAGLESEARCH - Search your topic to identify other databases to search. (See: Search Examples: IDENTIFY Databases)
Search, tweak, and search some more:
- SEARCH - Subject databases, web resources, Google Scholar, etc. (See: Search Examples: CREATE Search Expressions)
- Use keywords.
- Use subject headings/thesaurus terms/subjects.
- SAVE citations/articles to EBSCO folder and/or Zotero
- Request articles from interlibrary loan, as needed.
- EDIT SEARCH EXPRESSIONS; SET SEARCH LIMITS (See: Search Examples: SEARCH, EDIT, SEARCH; and LIMIT Results))
- REPEAT STEP 6
- REPEAT STEP 7
It may be helpful and beneficial to meet with a librarian. - BIBLIOGRAPHY - Create the bibliography/reference list.
Featured Reference Books
- Keywords for Environmental Studies byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781787855441Publication Date: 2016
- A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America byCall Number: EbookISBN: 978178754062Publication Date: 2018
- A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781787854093Publication Date: 2017
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- Basic Biology and Clinical Aspects of Inflammation byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781681082288Publication Date: 2016
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- Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture byCall Number: EbookISBN: 980415882774Publication Date: 2012