Databases/Article Indexes for Biological Sciences


Red Star indicates highly recommended databases for the subject area

 
AccessScience
Dates vary.
A collection of Reference e-books in the sciences, including The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 9th edition online.
 
AGRICOLA
1979-current
Comprehensive source of U.S. agricultural and life sciences information, containing over 3.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles, monographs, theses, and more, from 1979 to the present.
 
arXiv.org
Dates vary

Open Access
Electronic pre-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science and quantitative biology.
Recommended resource
BasicBiosis
Rolling 4-year period
Indexes the basic core of life science journals, both popular and scholarly.
Recommended resource
Biological & Agricultural Index : Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Choose Biological & Agricultural subject area
Full text and Abstracts of Journal articles pertaining to Biology and Agricultural research.
 
The Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD) contains crystal data and the crystallization conditions, which have been compiled from literature.
 
An interdisciplinary database that offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
Recommended resource
BioMed Central
1999-current
Access to over 100 Open-Access journals dealing in Health and Biological Sciences.
 
BioOne
2000-current
Offers an aggregation of full-text, high-impact bioscience research journals, mostly published by small societies and non-commercial publishers.
 
Environmental Science Database
1972 - Current

3 concurrent users
coverage of topics such as soil erosion, erosion control, biodegradation, bioremediation, and more. Environmental Science Database also contains information on environmental aspects of agriculture, forestry, food, and rural development.
 
an online research service that highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 2300 selected leading researchers ("Faculty Members")
 
General Science Full Text : Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Choose General Science subject area
The General Science selection of Wilson Omnifile provides fulltext to sholarly and popular journals covering research and innovation in the sciences.
 
GreenFILE
Current

Open Access
GreenFILE offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
 
Nature offers key journals in Chemistry, Clinical Practice and Research, Earth and Environment, Life Science, and Physics.
 
Protein Data Bank
Current

Open Access
Protein Databank (PDB) is the singular, worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D biological macromolecular structure data.
 
Scirus
Dates vary

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A comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Searches open-access websites as well as peer-reviewed content from publisher sites.
 
Database that collects literature, facts, data, and reference listings on STR systems.
 
Provides a compilation of data on the thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, limited to direct equilibrium and calorimetric measurements performed on these reactions under in vitro conditions.

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