Dunn Library

Biology

LIBRARY DATABASES

  • LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the  BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page.
  • ACCESS Science - Based on content from the Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition, this continuously updated science site includes videos, news, research updates, biographies and definitions.
  • AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY LEGACY JOURNALS - Backfiles of the journals of the American Physiological Society. Content goes back to the first issue of each of the APS journals. (APS) These include American Journal of Physiology (1898-1997) and Journal of Applied Physiology (1948-1996).
  • BioOne.1 - A collection of bioscience research journals. Full-text access is available as well as abstracts.
  • EBSCOHOST - Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access full-text periodicals, newspapers and reference tools. Academic Search Premier and Business Search Premier index peer-reviewed scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas. Other databases focus on specific areas such as health and education.
  • JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.  Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics.
  • MEDLINE - To search for articles on biology use MEDLINE. Include thousands of citation records with substantial abstracts.
  • LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.
  • WILEY INTERSCIENCE--LIFE SCIENCES - Journal index and full-text articles related to biology and life science.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects.

PRINT RESOURCES

  • Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (579 S61d) - Scientific definitions related to microbiology and molecular biology.
  • Encyclopedia of Human Biology (574 E56) - A 9-vol. set on all aspects of human biology.
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (R570.3 E56 2002) - A 20-vol. set that focuses on a wide variety.
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Supplementary 6 volume set (R570.3 E56s 2007) - A 6-vol. set that supplements the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  • Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (574.8 K33e) - Brief scientific summaries in a comprehensive volume.

WEB SOURCES

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  • ASM JOURNALS - The American Society for Microbiology 11 journals cover the spectrum of microbiology, from molecular and cellular biology to biomedical research and technology.
  • BIOMED CENTRAL - Publishes and provides access to peer-reviewed biological and medical research.
  • DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS (DOAJ) - Provides free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages.
  • FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS - Listing of medical journals with free access.
  • HIGHWIRE PRESS - Free online full-text science articles.
  • JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - Online access to JAMA. Abstracts only.
  • NATURE.com - Online access to the journal Nature, with some free access to information.
  • OPEN SCIENCE DIRECTORY - An ongoing program to create a global search tool for all open access and special programs journal titles. Supported by EBSCOhost, a large collection of e-journals is now available for researchers.
  • PLoS - Biology and health and medical pages.  The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit scientific and medical publishing venture that provides scientists and physicians with high-quality, high-profile journals in which to publish their most important work, while making the full contents freely available for anyone to read, distribute, or use for their own research.
  • PUBMED - Public access to MEDLINE citations from the mid 1960's. Available from the government.
  • HUBMED - Alternative search interface for PubMed.
  • PUBMED CENTRAL - Digital archive of life sciences literature. Contains a limited number of journals.
  • SCIENCE.gov - searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
  • ScienceBlogs - Over 70 blogs dedicated to a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
  • SCIRUS - Comprehensive science-specific search engine, searching not only websites but full-text articles and abstracts from Medline, ScienceDirect, and BioMed Central.
  • WorldWideScience.org - global science gateway connecting you to national and international scientific databases and portals.

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  • BioED ONLINE - Baylor College of Medicine, an excellent resource focusing on biology and related life-science topics.
  • HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES - provides the very best web resources for education and research for the following subjects: Medicine, Allied Health Agriculture, Bioresearch, Natural history.
  • MEDHIST - "Evaluated, quality Internet resources" regarding the history of medicine and medical knowledge.

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  • AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA - University of Pittsburgh is fortunate to own one of the rare, complete sets of John James Audubon's Birds of America.  Digital version.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE - Project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth.
  • INSECTS AND ENTOMOLOGY - From Iowa State, directory and search engine of insect-related resources on the Internet.
  • LONGEVITY RECORDS - Search for life spans of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish in this data collection.
  • PRIMATE INFO NET (PIN) - General online resource for links and original content about nonhuman primates. Check out the Great Ape Trust of Iowa , a world-class research center dedicated to providing sanctuary and an honorable life for great apes, studying the intelligence of great apes, advancing conservation of great apes and providing unique educational experiences about great apes.
  • USDA ANIMAL WELFARE INFORMATION CENTER - Mandated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to provide information for improved animal care and use in research, testing, teaching, and exhibition.

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  • DOLAN DNA LEARNING CENTER - Educational resources for teaching DNA and genetics.
  • EXPLORING LIFE'S ORIGINS - Using molecular illustration and animation to help describe origins of life research and theories.
  • GENOME.gov - From the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
  • HUMAN GENOME PROJECT - Online genetic database of joint partnership of the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health to identify DNA.
  • OMIM - Online human genetic database.
  • PHYSIOLOGYINFO.org - Developed by leading researchers in conjunction with the American Physiological Society to educate the public and answer your questions about this fundamental area of science.
  • VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT - From the National Library of Medicine.

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  • UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION - Non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology.
  • UPENN CENTER FOR BIOETHICS - The Center for Bioethics is a leader in bioethics research and its deployment in the ethical, efficient, and compassionate practice of the life sciences and medicine.

Last Updated: 2/8/10