Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences is the studies of the structure, function, behavior, and evolution of cells, organisms, populations, and ecosystems.

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

General Literature

• BIOSIS citation index - Includes cited references to primary journal literature on biological research, medical research fin...
• Biological Science Database - Includes popular information resources for users in academic, government, and public research enviro...

Agriculture

• AGRICOLA - Covers the world's agricultural literature, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, soil and ...
• CAB abstracts - Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including a...
• CAB abstracts archive - Combines 17 printed abstract journals produced between 1910 and 1972 into a single database. The dat...

Biodiversity

• Fish, fisheries & aquatic biodiversity worldwide (Online) - Provides citations and and some abstracts on all aspects of ichthyology, fisheries, and related aspe...
• Wildlife and ecology studies worldwide - Indexes world literature on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Covers studies of individual s...
• Zoological record - Comprehensive coverage of zoology, including the biochemistry, behavior, ecology, evolution, taxonom...
• Bibliography of fossil vertebrates - Searchable online version of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Bibliography of fossil vertebr...
• WormBase - WormBase is an international consortium of biologists and computer scientists dedicated to providing...

Human and Environmental Health

• PubMed - PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science...
• MEDLINE - Subjects covered include all aspects of clinical medicine (diseases and disorders, diagnostic and th...
• TOXLINE - Covers the pharmacological, biochemical, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other...
• CTD, comparative toxicogenomics database - The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) prototype identifies interactions between chemicals an...

More Databases

• ChemDraw professional
• Academic video online
• BELIT, [bioethics literature database]
• JoVE Unlimited
• BioCyc genome database collection

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