LibGuides: Biology: Home

Getting Started

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Great for browsing topics or learning about a new one. Comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists published each year. Includes reviews of Animal Biosciences, Cell & Developmental Biology, Entomology, Environment & Resources, Genetics, Medicine, Virology, and more!
Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Essential database for life sciences and biomedical research information, drawn from over 4,000 international scholarly journals.

Finding Articles

Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Essential database for life sciences and biomedical research information, drawn from over 4,000 international scholarly journals.
Agricola This link opens in a new window
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA covers journal articles, books, theses, patents, and audiovisual materials related to agriculture back to 1970.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers in-depth coverage of research in ecology, energy, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental law, urban planning, and more.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Provides authoritative information from over 4,800 journals related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and more.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
A good source for information/articles on animal behavior.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Database of 1800+ journals, including many in the Life Sciences & Health Sciences. Search for your topic or browse journals by title. Use Request It for journals that we don’t subscribe to.
JSTOR Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
A full-text archive of over 1,000 of the best scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics, life sciences, etc. Full-text is available from the first issue, but does not include the most recent 2-5 years.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists published each year. Includes reviews of Animal Biosciences, Cell & Developmental Biology, Entomology, Environment & Resources, Genetics, Medicine, Virology, and more!

Finding Books & Media

Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Includes the "Gale Encyclopedia of Science", "Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia", and books on each biome. Search everything at once from the box.
EBSCOHost ebooks This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 full-text eBooks. Search with your topic or browse the Sciences category.

Finding Online Information

National Center for Biotechnology Information This link opens in a new window
Provides links to a variety of resources with extensive biomedical and genomic information, including literature databases, primary data, genome directories, and more.
Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Search the gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

Finding Botanical Information

Annual Review of Plant Biology This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists published each year.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and offers databases including
BPH Online (searches botanical literature),
Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America,
Index to Binomials Cited in Linnaeus' "Species Plantarum", and more!
Native Plant Database
Search for 7, 239 native plants by name or search by state, habit, duration and much more. Maintained by the Wildflower Center and the University of Texas at Austin.
PLANTS Database
USDA site that provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
North American Vascular Flora
Includes the Taxonomic Data Center and the North American Plant Atlas with plant distributions, images, and more. From the Biota of North America Program.

Citing Information

Council of Science Editors (CSE) Citation Style
Provides examples of common citation formats in CSE Style (Council of Science Editors, formally called the CBE Council of Biology Editors) from University of Wisconsin.