Guides: Biology: Find Articles

Open Access Journals

BioRxiv: the preprint server for biology
"bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.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. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals"
Genetics
Much of the archive from the journal "Genetics" is available full text.
PLoS: Public Library for Science
"PLOS publishes a suite of peer-reviewed Open Access journals featuring quality research, expert commentary and critical analysis across all areas of science and medicine. Each journal is editorially independent and specialized with regard to both its selection criteria and breadth of content." Includes eight PLoS publications.
The Royal Society
Two journals, Royal Society Open Science and Open Biology are available free.

Databases for Biology

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 67,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to AVON.

Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.) in Academic Video Online makes it a useful resource for all types of patrons.
AGRICOLA - National Dept.of Agriculture This link opens in a new window
AGRICOLA records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences
American Society for Microbiology This link opens in a new window
The American Society for Microbiology publishes 12 core journals. The complete runs of these are available here and through Highwire Press. The Society's website includes teaching materials for all levels of instruction, public policy statements and information relevant to working in the field.
Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window
The Biological Science Database provides comprehensive coverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience. Content Type: Scholarly Journals, Trade Journals, Conference Papers and Proceedings, Books, Government & Official Publications, Magazines, Newspapers, Other Sources, Reports, Tables, Working Papers, Video and Audio
Environment Complete [Ebsco] This link opens in a new window
Full text database in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy & related fields of study
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including scholarly, government and general interest titles.
Nature Journals Online This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Science Database This link opens in a new window
Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more
Public Library of Science (PLoS) This link opens in a new window
A collection of seven peer-reviewed Open Access journals in science & medicine. Freely available for public use
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
ScienceDirect Freedom Collection This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of Elsevier journals in physical sciences & engineering, health sciences, life sciences and social sciences & humanities
Science Magazine This link opens in a new window
The flagship publication from AAAS : American Academy for the Advancement of Science
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a good starting point for finding articles on almost any topic. It contains over 47,000,000 records to scholarly publications, trade publications and conference proceedings. Scopus is an excellent database for cited reference searching. It does not contain full text articles, but users can get access to full text by using the Get It button.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Wiley hosts a multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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Other Databases

American Museum of Natural History Scientific Publications Digital Repository
Free access to AMNH publications: bulletins, memoirs, anthropological papers covering anthropology, zoology, paleontology, evolution, and geology.
ECOTOX Database
The ECOTOXicology knowledge base "(ECOTOX) is a comprehensive, publicly available knowledge base providing single chemical environmental toxicity data on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife."
iBiology
Not one of our subscriptions, but...iBiology's mission is to convey, in the form of open-access free videos, the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Our aim is to let you meet the leading scientists in biology, so that you can find out how they think about scientific questions and conduct their research, and can get a sense of their personalities, opinions, and perspectives. We also seek to support educators who want to incorporate materials that illustrate the process and practice of science into their curriculum. This project is made possible by the good will of many biologists who are committed to making their work broadly accessible and to conveying the excitement of biology to a worldwide audience.
PubAg
303,574 full-text journal articles on the agricultural sciences, in addition to over 3,085,600 citations."