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Databases & Indexes: Biology

• Biological Abstracts
Bibliographic references with abstracts, 1969 - present.


• BioOne
Full text of scholarly journals dealing with the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.


• ProQuest Biology Journals
 Provides access to a wide range of biology topics from hundreds of journals.


• HighWire Press
Database of over 800 journals. Provides free full text articles from about 200 journals (mostly back years) and pay-per-view option to purchase articles from other journals.
 
• Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)
A multidisciplinary index to science journals going back to 1998. Links are provided to full text when available.
 
• Oxford Scholarship Online: Biology
Full text of recently published books on biology.
 
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
A resource for molecular biology information created by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
 
• Encyclopedia of Entomology
Articles on insects including taxonomy, behavior, ecology, physiology, history, and managements. Includes over 1,100 illustrations and biographies of famous entomologists. 

• Entomology Abstracts
Abstracts from thousands primary journals dealing with the subject of insects.   

• Encyclopedia of Life
Descriptions of every species known to science with a list of references to books and articles.

• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Thousands of articles on biological sciences.

• GreenFILE
Indexing and abstracts of more than 300,000 items on the environment. About 5,000 of the itmes are full text.

• Environment Complete
Index to environmental literature including full text of over 400 journals, numerous monographs and conference papers.
 
• Aluka
Over 280,000 digital items dealing with African plants, including images, reference works and archival records of historical expeditions.
 
• BiologyBrowser
Index to Web sites selected by BIOSIS.
 
• EBSCO Animals
Full text of articles from the Encyclopedia of Animals.
 
• Birds of North America Online
Detailed scientific information on the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. Illustrated.
 
• Public Library of Science - Biology
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to making scientific literature freely available to all. PLoS Biology is a monthly journal of scholarly articles.