Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hi I will be doing a experiment on popping 3 different brands of popcorns and which one pops the most and # of kernerls didn't pop. For my literature Review paragraph I will need to cite atleast 2 other studies related to my project. I tried searching in sciencebuddies but nothing came up. can you please help me. Thank you

Hi kuttu123,

Some other good resources for searching for scientific papers are scholar.google.com and PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Many of these articles are free, although you might need to pay for access to some of them. Alternatively, you can use these sites to find articles and then access them for free at the library.

If you're having trouble finding articles that are specifically related to your project, you can always expand your searches beyond just popcorn popping. If you can find studies on popcorn popping obviously those will probably be most helpful, but you can also look for other studies comparing food brands, or at studies with similar experimental designs to the one you're planning. Think through the steps of your project and look for information on any steps you have questions about. These other studies may be very helpful in guiding your project design.

In addition, you can do a normal Google search for your topic. You won't want to cite most websites, but you might find references to relevant articles that you can then find on scholar.google.com, and these sites might be easier to navigate and provide a good background.

Good luck!
Tricia Rubi