Biology
Best Bet Search Tools
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Biological Science Database This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly and everyday articles on biology topics, including biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology.
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Science (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowDiscover how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues.
Search for Scholarly Journal Articles
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowSearch through more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.
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Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new windowSearch over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
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Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new windowFind environmental content related to biotechnology, bacteriology, ecology and biology.
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
Use this to: access a vast, free collection of peer-reviewed research articles in health, medicine, and life sciences.
Find: peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, clinical trials, reviews, cited systematic reviews, and meta-analyses from fields like biology, nursing, public health, and more.
Great for: researching health conditions, finding evidence-based sources for healthcare practices, and supporting assignments in biology, anatomy, and health-related courses. -
Europe PMC This link opens in a new window
Use this to: access a vast open-access repository of biomedical and life sciences literature.
Find: peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, preprints, books, patents, and associated research data from multiple sources in the biomedical and life sciences.
Great for: locating biomedical research findings, accessing full-text scientific articles at no cost, exploring public health data, understanding biological processes, or supporting assignments in biology, anatomy and physiology, nursing, and other health sciences. -
PLOS ONE This link opens in a new window
Use this to: access rigorous, open-access scientific and medical research.
Find: primary, peer-reviewed research articles, all freely available under a CC-BY license for open access.
Great for: completing assignments in nursing, biology and microbiology, and any other course in the natural or physical sciences.
Find Background & Overviews
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowSearch here for specific organisms and find eBook articles and overviews; also good for general biology information.
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowFind information on organisms and other biological topics.
Connect to Biology eBooks
50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know
Follow your guide to the most significant and stimulating questions in the study of life.
Principles of Biology
Understand the fundamentals of biology and its important terms and concepts.
Schaum's Outline of Biology, Fifth Edition
Get essential information covered in most general biology courses in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format.