Biology(Subject Guides)
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Databases
Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index Expanded provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in 5,800 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 100 disciplines. Please log out when you are finished.
ScienceDirect
(Full Text)
Provides abstracts and full text for articles from over
1500 techincal, scientific, and medical peer-reviewed
journals. Users have the option of creating an account
and saving searches. Searches Medline abstracts. Covers
a wide variety of subject areas and disciplines, including
biochemistry, biological sciences, microbiology and
immunology, neurosciences, and pharmacology and toxicology.
JSTOR (Full Text)
Contains a group of 163 full text scholorly journals that makes the Biological Sciences Collection. Covers ecology & evolutionary biology (53 journals), botany & plant sciences (35 journals), zoology (37 journals), developmental & cell biology (3 journals), paleontology (10 journals), aquatic sciences (6 journals) and health sciences (10 journals).
Zoological
Record
Indexes 4500 journals and selected books covering all
aspects of zoology; considered the definitive index
for the field. Topics featured include biochemistry,
behavior, ecological evolution, genetics, and more.
Aquatic
Science and Fisheries Abstracts
Major areas of coverage include: aquaculture, aquatic
organisms, aquatic pollution, brackish water environments,
conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater
environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine
environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and
legislation, and wildlife management. Coverage is from
1978 to present.
Oceanic Abstracts
Abstracts of scholarly journal articles in the areas of marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology. Also includes environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
Agricola
Index to over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Covers 1970 to the present.
Academic
Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary
database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications,
including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic
study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
This database is updated daily.
Infotrac Academic OneFile (Full Text) 
A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Print and Electronic Resources
Access Science
Over 8,500 articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th edition; Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology; 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms and much more.
Biology (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research. Amply illustrated with full-color photos and line drawings. Glossary illuminates scientific terms.
Birds of North America
The Birds of North America (BNA) is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and recordings of bird's songs and calls.
CSH Protocols
Coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. Protocols are presented step-by-step and edited in the style that has made Molecular Cloning, Antibodies, Cells and many other CSH manuals.
EBSCO Animals (Full Text)
Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO Animals) offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Biology (ebook via Ebrary)
Oxford Reference Online: Biological Sciences
Online access to the following classic reference books
Science Resource Center (Full Text)
Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. This resource contains more than 30 reference titles, over 300 periodicals, multimedia content, web site links and a selection of newspaper science sections.
Atlas of Human Anatomy
REF QM25 .N46 2003
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (electronic version available via Gale Virtual Reference Library)
REF QH 77 .N56 B43 2001
Bergey's Manual of Determinative
Bacteriology
Reserves QR 81 B47 1994
Bergey's Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology
QR 81 B46 2001
A Dictionary of Biology (5th Edition, 2004 available via Oxford Reference Online)
REF QH302.5 .D5 2000
Dictionary of Microbiology
and Molecular Biology
REF QR9 .S56 1987
MRL REF QR9 .S56 2006
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
REF QH541.15. B56 E539 2000
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
REF QH332 .E52 1997
Encyclopedia of Human Biology
REF QP11 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
REF QH 302.5 .E525 2002
Encyclopedia of Microbiology
REF QR 9 E53 1992
Gray's Manual of Botany
REF QK 117 G75 1987
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Internet Resources
Biology
Topics
General resources from the Librarians' Index to the
Internet. Links to information about biomes to exobiology
to taxonomy. Brief descriptions of sites are offered.
BioSites
Internet resources in the biomedical sciences, chosen
by librarians. Access to wide variety of biochemistry
and molecular biology Internet links. For faculty and
upper-level students, brought to you by the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine.
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
From University of Cambridge.
Documenting Sources: Print and Internet Sources
Produced by CofC science librarian Dongmei Cao
Plants
Database
Focuses on US plants.
Scirus
Quality, science specific Web search engine.
Science.Gov
Science.gov is the gateway to reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations. From science.gov, users can find over one thousand government information resources about science. These resources include: technical reports, journal citations, databases, Federal web sites, and fact sheets.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Creator of PubMed, PubMed Central, and many other databases. It's a national resource for molecular biology information.
Tree
of Life
Internet project containing information about organisms,
their history, and characteristics. Information is shown
as an evolutionary tree that connects all organisms
to each other.
Writing Resources: Print and Internet Resources
Produced by CofC science librarian Dongmei Cao
WWW
Virtual Library-Biosciences
Comprehensive site with links to other useful educational
and commercial sites and e-journals, brought to you
by Harvard University.
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