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Welcome to the Biology Research Guide. This guide is designed to support your research process. In this guide, you'll find:

subject-specific materials and resources, such as books, articles, and databases
citation style guides for your subject

Use the tabs to navigate through the boxes and pages of the guide. If you have any questions, schedule an appointment with a librarian.

Agricola
Peer-reviewed agriculture, forestry, and animal research (coverage starts in 1970)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Current issues and archives of all publications of the American Chemical Society (1879-).
BioOne
High-impact bioscience research journals (coverage starts in 1998).

bioRxiv
A free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit research and educational institution.

Birds of the World
Comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada.
CAS SciFinder Scholar-n
A username and password are required for use of SciFinder Scholar. Please contact Chemistry Faculty (Tim Machonkin) to set up an account.
Greenfile

Multidisciplinary database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
ProQuest One Applied & Life Sciences

Full-text resources covering biological sciences, engineering, materials science, advanced technology, and aerospace.
ProQuest One Health & Nursing

Healthcare, public health, health professions, pharmacology, and other topics.
ProQuest One Sustainability
Structured around sustainability's environmental, social and economic pillars, its key competencies and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
PubMed
Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.
Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
Leading scholarly literature in the science

Annual Reviews
Literature reviews for many different disciplines in biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.

Credo Reference
Reference sources for all subjects, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles.

Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Covers topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, and helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.
Plant Sciences
Introduces the fundamentals of plant sciences, such as cells, transportation and photosynthesis, and also examines related fields, such as agribusiness, conservation and ethnobotany.

TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource)
Database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Encyclopedia of Life
"The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an international effort, led by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, to raise awareness and understanding of living nature by providing free, open, multilingual, digital access to trusted information on all known species."

Films on Demand
Content is provided by the BBC, the Canadian Broadcast Corp, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, and others.
Kanopy Videostreaming
Streaming documentaries and feature films

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