Research Resources: Biology
Subject-Specific Online Databases
| AGRICOLA |
Indexes scholarly journal articles and books in botany, agriculture, forestry, and animal science. |
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| Annual Reviews - Biomedical Sciences |
Indexing for the Annual Review volumes. Some full-text. |
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| Annual Reviews - Physical Sciences |
Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles. |
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| Biological Abstracts |
Indexes scholarly journal articles in biology and all other life sciences. |
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| BioOne.1 |
A full-text collection of select peer-reviewed scholarly journals in biology, ecology, and environmental sciences. Covers the most recent two to five years. |
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| GEOBASE |
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. Citations and some abstracts for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and reports published 1980 – present. |
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| GreenFILE |
Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. |
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| PubMed |
Indexes scholarly articles in biomedicine, health, |
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| Science Direct College Edition |
Provides citations, abstracts and full text (1995-present) for over 1100 journals in the Health & Life Sciences Collection. Provides citations and abstracts for all other Elsevier Science Direct journals. |
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| Wiley Interscience |
Wiley Interscience offers a collection of scientific, technical and medical journals. Current citations from 1997-present, plus a backfile. Limited full text available. |
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General Online Databases
| Academic Search Complete |
An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text. |
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| JSTOR |
A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals. |
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| Project Muse |
Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
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Newspapers and Current News
| New York Times (1995-Present) |
Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present) |
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| New York Times, Historical (1851-2005) |
Searchable full-text newspaper articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2005. |
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| Newspaper Abstracts |
Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – present |
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| Newspaper Source |
Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNN®, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR). Full text for most articles |
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| Wall Street Journal |
Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text on microfilm (1972 – 2001): AN2 .W2 Full text online for issues published 1984 – present. |
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Print Indexes
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Index Area: AI3 .P7
Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index only.
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Index Area: AI3 .I6
Citations for articles in English language general interest magazines published 1890 – February 1983.
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Internet Resources
| A Dictionary of Biology |
Provides coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as key terms from medicine and palaeontology. Chronologies chart developments in major fields |
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| A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia |
Includes over 4,000 articles about |
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| Silvics of North America |
Two-volume set – these documents provide information about the biology of tree species growing in forest lands of the United States. |
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| Visible Body |
Visible Body is a complete, fully interactive, 3D human anatomy model with detailed models of all body systems, dynamic search capability, and easy-to-use, 3D controls. [Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer] |
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Print Reference Resources
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Reference QH332.E52 2004
A five volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of bioethics, discussed from various points of view. A list of all the articles and a topical outline appears in volume one. Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Reference QH75 .E49 1994
This one volume encyclopedia provides roughly 700 accounts, ranging in length from about a third
of a page to two pages, of endangered animals and plants around the
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Reference QL462.3 .E522 2004
This three volume encyclopedia provides a broad overview of insects and
their close relatives, including taxonomy, behavior, ecology,
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Reference QP11.E53 1997
This nine-volume set includes over 670 articles on the subject human
biology; ranging from genetics and cell biology to public health,
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Reference QH302.5.E53 2002
A 20 volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of biology and life sciences.
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Reference QR 9.E53 2000
This 4 volume encyclopedia contains over 300 scholarly articles in twenty different subject areas
within the overall field of microbiology.
Style Manuals & Writing Guides
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Reference Desk T11 .S386 2006
A guide to citation format in the sciences.
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Ref Desk T11 .M485 2004
A style guide for presenting qualitative information.
