Biology Resources

Biology - Article Databases

SciVerse - ScienceDirect and Hub: ScienceDirect -; Hub - platform that searches across ScienceDirect and the Web (e.g. PubMed Central, IOP Publishing, BioMed Central, MEDLINE, SAGE Publications; repositories; patent offices; and other web sites) and brings up a single result set. How to use the hub video. more...; SciVerse is mobile...see the mobile apps gallery

Scirus Free on the Web: http://scirus.com/; The most comprehensive science-specific search engine. Indexes and searches over 410 million science-specific Web pages.

Search: Use Advanced search to limit journals, information types, file format, subject areas and more.

Scirus includes indexing for more than 30 special sources (listed below), including Medline , PubMed Central, SAGE Publications , and ScienceDirect .
Scirus "...allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information."See Scirus Help for tips, tools and more.

Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar Free on the Web
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)
GreenFILE Free on the Web
HighWire: Browse by Topic Free on the Web: http://highwire.stanford.edu

Medical & Health Databases
BioMed Central Free on the Web
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Health Sciences
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
MEDLINE with Full Text
MEDLINE
OVID: Journals@OVID
PubMed Central Free on the Web
SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Thesis & Dissertations
Proquest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT): ~68,320 titles for the subject "molecular biology"; ~36,633 titles for the subject "cellular biology"; ~30,776 titles for the subject "biology"; ~19,110 titles for the subject "genetics"; ~8,766 titles for the subject "ecology"
Note: After you select a dissertation/thesis, use the Citation manager to get a citation in CBE 6th, Citation-Sequence or CBE 6th, Name-Year Sequence.

Biology - Reference Materials

eReference Collections

Concept Map Examples: wildlife conservation | genome


Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics	The Gale Encyclopedia of Science	Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 2004	Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

Points of View Reference Center

Example: wildlife conservation

In the Library
To find reference materials, use the Library catalog and limit to Reference Collection.

View a List of Selected Reference Books

Biographical Directories

American Men and Women of Science — Q141.A47 LRC-R
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists — Q141.B528 LRC-R
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Dictionary of Scientific Biography — Q141.D5 LRC-R
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists — Q141.N73 LRC-R

Dictionaries

Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology — W13 J95C LRC-R
Dictionary of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology — QH324.2.D53
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology — QH575.L24 LRC-R
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology — QH491.D94 LRC-R
Dictionary of Environmental Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics — QH427.R437
Dictionary of Theoretical Concepts in Biology — QH302.5.R63 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences — QH13.G7 LRC-R
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms — QH302.5.H65 LRC-R
Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology — Q123.C482 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience — QH302.5.M382 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of the Life Sciences — QH302.5.M3 LRC-R

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 vols.) — QH332.552 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences — QH13.G7 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Ecology & Environmental Management — GE300.E53 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Microscopy and Microtechnique — QH203.G8 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Fishes — QL614.7.E535 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Sea — GC9.E38 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of World Scientists — Q141.O25 LRC-R
The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology — GH302.5.F38 LRC-R
Grizmek's Encyclopedia of Ecology — QL3.G7813 Supp. LRC-R
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms — QH302.5.H65 LRC-R
Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology — Q123.C482 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience — QH302.5.M382 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of the Life Sciences — QH302.5.M3 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology — Q121.M3 LRC-R
Plant Identification Terminology — QK9.H37 LRC-R
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia — Q121.V3 LRC-R

Handbooks

Environmental Biology — QH310.A395 LRC-R
(CRC) Handbook of Microbiology — QW4 C111 (5th floor)
The Human Body — QT104 H918 LRC-R
Magill's Survey of Science — QE28.M33 V.1-6 LRC-R
Reagents for Organic Synthesis — QD262.F5 LRC-R
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms — QH83.S89 LRC-R

Biology - ebooks

ebrary: For the most recently published ebooks to appear at the top of the list change "Sort results by" from Relevance to Date.; Use the All Subject link and drill down through the subjects for a list of ebooks on your desired subject.; Examples:; ebrary: Biology ~250 ebooks; ebrary: Life Sciences ~2,200 ebooks

eBook Collection: Reading full text of an ebook in is limited to 1-5 simultaneous users.; Search: Use advanced search, type a subject such as biology or chemistry, and then change Select a Field (optional) to Subject.; Examples:; eBook Collection: Biology ~55 ebooks (Includes evolution)
eBook Collection: Life Sciences ~ 130 ebooks
: Search and refine your results with the subjects listed in the left sidebar.; Click the show more link (shown circled above) to view all the subjects. At the top of the subject list page (shown below), options are available to arrange the list by name or hit count.

Biology - Periodicals

ORU A-to-Z Journals List: Includes all ORU periodical records; includes all formats -- print, microform, CD-ROM, and electronic with links to online full text.; Sample Journal Titles by Subject; Biology (General) ~589 Titles
Other Sciences ~3,700 Periodical Titles

In ORU Databases
Use the Publications link, or similar, to browse or search journal titles within a database. (ScienctDirect Publications page is shown right)
ScienceDirect Title List - Alphabetically: To view free full text titles mark "Full-text available" then click Apply.
ScienceDirect Title List - By Subject

BioOne - Titles Free on the Web: Indexing and abstracts available. No full text. More...

Biology - Selected Websites

American Association of Bioanalysis: http://www.aab.org/
ArXiv: http://xxx.lanl.gov/
Cornell University Library. Open access to ~692,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics.
Bioethics.net: http://bioethics.net/
BioExchange: http://www.bioexchange.com/ (Check out "Directory" > "Government.")
Biology4Kids: http://www.biology4kids.com/
Biology fundamentals. Try a quiz!
BiologyBrowser: http://www.biologybrowser.org/ (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University) Directory. Covers journals, conferences books, review articles and links to current science news stories and relevant web sites.
Biology Links - Selected list of biology sites.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
Cells alive!: http://www.cellsalive.com
EcoEarth.Info: Environmental Portal & Search Engine: http://www.ecoearth.info/
Ecosystem Valuation: http://www.ecosystemvaluation.org/
EPA: A—Z Index Topic List: http://www.epa.gov
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Faculty of 1000: http://f1000.com/thefaculty/biology
"...highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences." Includes cell biology, biochemistry, genomics and genetics, neuroscience, plant biology, and more. Biology: 2011 Articles (free full text)
HighWire: Browse by Topic: http://highwire.stanford.ed
Online full text back issues of scientific journals. Browse by topic (for example, Biological Sciences), publication or title. See free issues title list.
Information Systems for Biotechnology: http://www.isb.vt.edu/
"...provides information resources to support the environmentally responsible use of agricultural biotechnology products."
Intute: Biological sciences: http://www.intute.ac.uk/
A browsable and searchable collection of biological and biomedical Internet resources provided by the University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library's.
ipl2: Life Sciences: http://ipl2..org
Web directory of sites evaluated by librarians and categorized by subjects.
NatureServe: http://www.natureserve.org
Contains common name, scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, life history, habitat, distribution maps and more on 50,000 plants and animal species mostly in the U.S. and Canada.
Photosynth (Microsoft): http://photosynth.net/
Includes 3D (and zoom!) views of insects, parks, forests and more.
Planet Ark: http://planetark.org/
"aims to work with people and business to teach them the simple ways in which they can reduce their impact on the planet, at home, at work and in the community."
PLANTS Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
(U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service)
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: http://www.bioethics.gov/
(U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
National Museum of Natural History: Research & Collections: http://www.mnh.si.edu
Science.gov: Biology and Nature: http://www.science.gov
Includes authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, and more.
USGS: Ecosystems: http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/
The WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences: http://vlib.org/Biosciences.html

Biology - Sr. Paper Students

LIBBI Session: Database Examples & Sample Searches (PDF)

OneSearch
A comprehensive meta search across ALL information types of platforms available at ORU. Search multiple databases simultaneously. As shown below, two options are available to narrow, or specify, the databases to search.

Option #1.
Search pre-selected databases for a subject.

Mark the box(es) in front of the subject heading(s) to select and search all the databases in that subject group.

CAUTION! You may want to browse the list of databases for your subject before you begin your search as some may not be relevant to, or appropriate for, your research needs.

Option #2.
Select databases from a comprehensive alphabetical database list.

TIP: For senior paper research, consider a simple search in ONESearch to identify databases where your topic appears. Then, search those databases individually with advanced queries (i.e., use the thesaurus/subject terms, combine searches, and select from available search fields).