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Biology databases
Need a good starting point?
Try searching several science databases at once:
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Prefer a more in-depth, precise search? Try searching individual databases:
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Primary Databases
- Biological Abstracts
- Covers the life sciences, including biology, agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environment, genetics, medicine, neuroscience, nutrition, physiology, and public health
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- JSTOR
- An archive of scholarly full-text journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. A subset of JSTOR called the Biological Sciences Collection, includes full text journals in fields such as biodiversity, cell biology, conservation,
paleontology, plant science, and zoology. Search tip: On the advanced search screen, you can scroll down and select which subject areas, such as Botany & Plant Sciences or Zoology, that you wish to search.
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- Biology Digest [password required]
- Life-science information written in a non-technical style
Databases for related fields
- AGRICOLA [password required]
- Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science
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- American Chemical Society Journals
- Full-text chemistry journals, including some
related to biochemistry
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- GreenFILE
- Indexes information about environmental concerns such as global warming, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and more
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- Materials Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
- A high-quality collection of 15 scholarly journals covering subjects such as enzyme modeling by polymers, membranes for biological use, liposome stabilization, and cell modeling.
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- MEDLINE
- Premier bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and medical research
- MEDLINE via EBSCO
- MEDLINE via PubMed
More general databases with
some coverage of biology
- Academic Search Premier
- An all-purpose academic database covering many disciplines
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- Expanded Academic ASAP
- A multidisciplinary database; a good starting point for many academic research topics
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- ScienceDirect
- Nearly 2,000 full text journals, mostly from scientific, medical, and technical fields
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Another option: browse ScienceDirect journals by broad subject area:
E-Books and other resources
- Collections of online encylopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc.:
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- For additional resources, see our subject guide for biology.
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