Databases for Biology
Best Bets
| Database | Description | Coverage | More Info |
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| Biological Abstracts |
Bibliographic citations with abstracts derived from over 5,000 life sciences research journals published worldwide. |
1926-present |
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| Environment Complete |
Contains citations from more than 1,500 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,094 active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. |
1940s-present |
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| Zoological Record |
Bibliographic citations with abstracts derived from over 5,000 serials published in over 100 countries; monographs (including reports); books; newsletters; conference papers and abstracts. |
1864-present |
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Also Useful
| Database | Description | Coverage | More Info |
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| BioOne |
Provides access to more than 150 scholarly journals from more than 110 publishers. |
2000-present |
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| Encyclopedia of Bioethics |
Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. |
2004 |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Provides full text access to more than 100 reference sources, primarily encyclopedias. |
2000-present |
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| GreenFILE |
Scholarly and general interest journals, as well as government documents and reports. |
1970s-present |
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| NRC Research Press Journals |
Canadian Science Publishing publishes 15 NRC Research Press journals in a broad range of scientific disciplines, with more than 2000 manuscripts each year. |
1951-present |
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| PubMed |
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information from more than 5,200 journals in the life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. |
1950-present |
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| ScienceDirect |
Full text access to more than 1,200 journals from the Elsevier Science journal collection (indexing for 1,300 more). |
1960s-present |
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| SciFinder Scholar |
SciFinder Scholar provides citations with abstracts from more than 10,000 journals as well as patents, conference proceedings, government research reports, books and dissertations. |
1840's-present |
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| SpringerLink |
Provides full text access to more than 500 peer reviewed journals and over 2,000 books online. |
1990s-present |
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