Thinking about topics
A great way to discover topics worth researching is to review science news for the general public. Browse through science news to read about current research, see the different ways in which topics in chemistry are important to the public, and learn how advances in chemistry are reported.
Science news
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary, scholarly, full text journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Access World News This link opens in a new window
Resource covering topics related to business, communications, economics, education, political science, social sciences and more from a variety of news media including newspapers, newswires, blogs, broadcast transcripts, journals.
Once you are comfortable with lay articles on the topic, look for review articles that are aimed at other scientists. These will give you an good overview of the issues in the field. You can search for review articles a number of ways including within a specific journal, within a database, or by searching review collections such as Annual Reviews.
- Annual Reviews Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the Sciences Collection which includes 48 journals.