Research Guides: Biological Sciences
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Biological Sciences Articles in Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
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- Biological Abstracts
- Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) provides the most comprehensive coverage of worldwide journal literature in the life sciences.
- Coverage: 1969 - present
- General Science Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)
- Indexes journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and other fields. Included titles such as American Journal of Human Biology, Animal Behavior, Annual Review of Microbiology, and Nature.
- Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly
- General Science Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) Tutorials
- Scopus
- An abstracting and indexing database that searches across 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers. Subjects covered include health and life sciences, chemistry, physics and mathematics, engineering, earth and environmental sciences, social sciences, psychology, and economics, business and management. Includes titles such as American Journal of Veterinary Research, American Journal of Dentistry, Cancer Research, and Advances in Pharmacology.
- Coverage: 1841 - present, updated bimonthly
- Agricola
- Index to over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Includes titles such as Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, Journal of Animal Science, Bioresource Technology, and Food Chemistry.
- Coverage: 1970 - present
- MEDLINE in EBSCO
- International in scope, Medline covers materials in the biological, physical, psychological, and social sciences. The database contains citations to over 4,000 journals. In addition to searching by keyword and author, users can also search by grant number, gene symbol, and molecular sequence. Includes titles such as Journal of the American Medical Association, Nursing, Health, and Medicine & Society.
- Toxnet
- A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases.
- GreenFILE
- GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. Included titles such as American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Global Ethics & Environment, and Naturalist.
- Academic Search Premier
- To broaden your search use this comprehensive multidisplinary database which indexes articles from over 600 biology related journals and most articles are provided in full text. Includes titles such as Biology Bulletin, Microbiology, Science, and Genetics.
The Biological Sciences Research Guide is maintained by Philip Yannarella. Suggestions and comments are welcome.
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