Abstracts of Current Research

One way to find current research is to read abstracts on line of full papers that have been printed of current research. (Abstracts are one paragraph summaries of journal articles.) You can do searches for abstracts on particular topics OR go to the websites of journals and look at their abstracts and read those that sound interesting. Some journals won’t let you access abstracts or full articles unless you subscribe, but many will. If you find a title that interests you, but you can’t access the full abstract or text, many of these are at Framingham State Library where you can go and get the journal from the reference librarian and copy the article. If you find an abstract that interests you, you should try to get the full text.

Here are some sites of scientific journals to get you started but you can find hundreds more on-line.

1. MedBioWorld:  http://www.medbioworld.com/index.html  (You can access journals and read abstracts for free).

2. Engineering search engine: http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/

3. Engineering Journals: In the top area under “Welcome to our Online….” Open the menu to find all kinds of engineerng journals. Choose one and then look at the abstracts. http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/jrns.html

4. Environmental Journals: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/publications/publications.shtml

5. Earth Science Journals: http://psmac0.ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/Journals/HomePage/Journal.htm

6. Soil Biology: Perhaps take something from research and use it to investigate the quality of soil around Hopkinton. Click on articles to find abstracts: http://hintze-online.com/sos/index_old.html

7. Current Research in Social Psychology:  http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html

8. Science Direct: (access to 100’s of journals): http://www.sciencedirect.com/ (click on journals at the top for a complete list, or do a search. After selecting a journal, select an issue, and then click on “abstract” for anything you are interested in.)

9. Psychology research: www.brainresearch.com and  http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.html