Merner Pfeiffer Library: Research Guide - Biology

The Top Biology Databases:

BioOne 1- Full text of scholarly articles from 86 biology journals with content from 2000 or later to the present
JSTOR- Full text articles from 37 scholarly biology (ecology, botany, evolution) journals from their inception to within the last couple of years
Annual Reviews – full text review articles from 1996 to the present
PubMed – Millions of citations from Medline and life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950’s.  Published by the National Library of Medicine.

Other great Biology databases to try if you still need more:

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences – online encyclopedia of life, biomedical, cell, and molecular sciences by Nature Publishing
Project Muse – recent issues of several scholarly journals in biology and the history of medicine 
Wilson Select Plus- contains indexing and full text for selected journals from Wilson’s General Science Index

Open Access or free biology databases:
PubMed Central- a digital archive of free life sciences journals published online
Agricola- the National Agricultural Library’s index to agricultural journals and books on plants and crops, animals and livestock, nutrition, natural resources and environment, research and technology
BioMedCentral- another open access initiative containing free peer-reviewed biomedical research articles
Google Scholar- searches the internet for scholarly articles; will link to our JSTOR and other subscribed articles
HighWire Press- Free access to 1.3 million articles in biological and medical science
Science Direct – we do not subscribe to this; however, you can search it as an index to 2,500 science journals and 6,000 books, and then order via Interlibrary Loan if needed

Web Sites

Use Google Scholar to search the Internet for research articles and related materials

Biology

• All the Virology on the WWW
• BioNetbook
• Center For Disease Control
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Genetics Education Center
• Human Genome Project Information
• Kimball's Biology Pages
• MendelWeb
• NatureServe
• SciTechResources.gov
• Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity

 

Botany

• Botany 301: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants
• Internet Directory for Botany
• PLANTS National Database
• Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Systematics Collection
• Wildland Invasive Species Team

 

Environmental Science

• EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
• NOAA Paleo Global Warming
• National Library for the Environment
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

Zoology

• Amphibia Web
• Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
• Peterson Online

Reference Sources

Use these sources for selecting and narrowing your topic.

• Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms – R QH13.B68
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics – R QH332.E52, 5 vol
• Encyclopedia of Genetics – R QH427.E56, 2 vol
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences – online encyclopedia of life, biomedical, cell, and molecular sciences by Nature Publishing
• McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology – R Q121.M3, 20 vol
• Notable Twentieth Century Scientists – R Q141.N73, 5 vol
• Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America – R QL 84.2.O35, 4 vol
• Science and Technology Desk Reference – R Q173.S357
• Using the Biological Literature – R QH303.6.D38
• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia – R Q121.V3, 2 vol