Biology Research Guide
Library Databases for Biology Research
- General Science Index
- Index to journal articles from a number of disciplines, including biology, botany, conservation,
the environment, genetics, health, medicine, microbiology, physiology, and zoology. Some titles include
full text.
- Ecology Abstracts
- No linked full-text articles are available through this database, but check in our
Electronic Journals listing and in
our Library
Catalog for the journal titles that you need.
- Academic Search Premier
- A good general-interest database which includes both scholarly journals and newsmagazines with articles
about biology, medicine, and enviromental science.
- CINAHL
- CumulativeIndex to Nursing and Allied Health Literature— although this database doesn't
carry any full text articles with it, you may find linked full text. Note: this database is limited to 5 users
at any given time.
- MEDLINE
- Mostly medical content, containing articles and using subject headings intended for medical professionals,
not environmental scientists or the general public.
Biology Web Links
General Biology Links
Agencies and Organizations
Botany
- The Tree of Life
- A plant dictionary with over 1,444 entries including color photographs and descriptive materials.
- Ohio State University factsheet
- A horticultural/agronom search engine linked to some 53 databases.
- Plant pathology Internet guide book
- The Institute for Plant Diseases & Plant Protection, Department of Horticulture, University of
Hannover, is designed to provide one-stop shopping for the advanced plant pathology student or
researcher.
- PLANTS National Database
- Contains information about the approximately 45,000 currently recognized plant taxa, both vascular and
nonvascular, known to occur as native or naturalized species within the boundaries of the US including
its territories.
- Scott's Botanical Links
Genetics
Zoology
