Biology Research Guide

General Biology Databases

Databases provide access to journal articles, and sometimes videos and additional content.

New to scholarly science journals? Read How To Read a Scientific Journal, a short tutorial to help you get the most out of your research.

BioMed Central -- the free online publisher of 199 peer-reviewed open-access journals
Academic Search Premier
EBSCOhost. Full text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. 3,700+ are peer-reviewed. A great starting point for a wide variety of subjects!
JSTOR
Full text of about 600 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. This is where you'll find the classic experiments of the past!
Access Science
An online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. In addition to 8,000+ articles there are biographies, research updates, and science news. The student center provides study guides and video tutorials.
Biology Journals
ProQuest. Full text articles from 280 biology journals, many of them peer-reviewed.
BIOSIS Previews
Ovid. A comprehensive index to life sciences and biomedical research worldwide, including journals, meetings, patents, and books. Coverage is from 1990 to 2004 only.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
EBSCOhost. Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
Medline
EBSCOhost. Covers the international literature on biomedicine, including allied health. Citations available from 1965 - present; some full text.
Science Direct
Full text for over 890 peer reviewed health and life sciences journals. For best results click on SEARCH to get started. Limit your search to SUBSCRIBED Journals.
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Access Science
An online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. In addition to 8,000+ articles there are biographies, research updates, and science news. The student center provides study guides and bibliographies.

Research for Lab Papers

Sometimes the best sources for a lab-related paper aren't the most obvious. You may need classic articles from older journal issues to explain your results, or you may need to look in unexpected places to find the most relevant current information.

Check the Culinary Arts Collection by starting at the library home page, selecting Databases by Title from the Research list, and then scrolling to the C's until you can select Culinary Arts Collection. Many of the enzymatic reactions studied in biology classes are important in food processing, and this database is where you'll find journals like Food Chemistry and Journal of Food Biochemistry.

Other useful databases include JSTOR (in the General Biology Databases list) and Google Scholar.