Biology

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Databases - Specific

Science Direct From their web site, this database features:"more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical, and technical information online."

MEDLINE with Full Text from EBSCOhost
Created by the National Library of Medicine, Medline is the premiere medical database. Ebsco's version includes full text for nearly 1,200 of the 5,264 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Search results can be limited by type of research, reviews, and case reports when using the Advanced Search mode.

MEDLINE can also be searched in the NLM's PubMed database which includes "in-process" records for articles that have not yet been entered into MEDLINE. PubMed also covers a broader range of journals, but does not provide full text articles as Ebsco access does.

Web of Science from ISI
In addition to covering over 22,000 journals, ISI's Web of Science covers conference proceedings, patents, and scholarly web content. Virtually all scientific fields of study are included. Web of Science contains the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts &; Humanities Citation Index.

GreenFILE. From EBSCO Publishing comes this collection of indexing for 600 titles, some dating back to the 1960's. Limited full text access, however check the Journal Locator for any results you are interested in obtaining access to.

Agricola from EBSCOhost
AGRICOLA contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library and covers every major agricultural subject. The citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, patents, software, and other materials on a broad range of agricultural topics.

Databases - General

Research Library from ProQuest
Provides full text for over 1,700 scholarly journals and general magazines. All subjects.

Academic Search Complete from EBSCOhost
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database that searches a total of 10,900 publications including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Full text is provided for 5,300 journals.

JSTOR
A digital archive of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. The collection's coverage begins with the earliest issues of these journals and continues up to a few years before current publication.

Encyclopedias &; Reference

From Credo Reference:
The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates
Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates

Ecyclopedia of Life. From a cooperative of scientists and researchers worldwide comes a growing database of comprehensive species-specific information.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online from Access Science
This web version of McGraw-Hill's authoritative, print multi-volume encyclopedia provides The McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, weekly science and technology news articles, research updates, comprehensive and current science biographies, study guides, and recommended web sites. Coverage includes agriculture, forestry & soils, biological & biomedical science, and veterinary medicine.

Discovery of Global Warming. Supported by the American Institute of Physics, Center for the History of Physics, and the National Science Foundation, this page serves as an electronic supplement to Spencer Weart's acclaimed book of the same title.

Journals - access holdings by clicking titles

Subscriptions are subject to change. Additional titles of potential interest to the field are available. For complete, current journal holdings, and online access info, search the Journal Locator.

Writing Guides

• Writing Guide for Science Students from Michael Alley, Penn State, et al
• APA Citation Guide from Purdue

Web Sites

• Biology Browser from Thompson Scientific
• Gene Gateway Guides &tutorials from the Human Genome Project
• Index Nominum Genericorum Searchable index of generic names of plants
• National Biological Information Infrastructure from the U.S. Geological Survey
• National Human Genome Research Institute
• SciWeb presents life science industry links
• Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Selected Books in Lane library