Biology
Best Bet Search Tools
- Biological Science Database This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly and everyday articles on biology topics, including biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology.
- Science (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowDiscover how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues.
Search for Scholarly Journal Articles
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowSearch through more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.
- Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new windowSearch over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
- Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new windowFind environmental content related to biotechnology, bacteriology, ecology and biology.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
Find more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Limit to “Free Full Text” to find open access articles. Some results will be paywalled - contact the library about interlibrary loan.
- Europe PMC This link opens in a new window
Search globally published open access life sciences literature. Make sure to check the “Free full text access” boxes!
Hosted byEMBL-EBI (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) in partnership with the U.S. National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central.
- PLOS ONE This link opens in a new window
Find primary scientific and medical research in this peer-reviewed open access mega journal.
Find Background & Overviews
- 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.
- 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.