Biological Sciences   Tags: biology, life_sciences, natural_history  

Examine life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, patents, and books.

The ProQuest databases cover major areas of research, including biological sciences, environmental sciences and pollution management, fisheries and aquatic sciences, biotechnology, and materials science.

Offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.

Premier reference in the field of aquatic resources, including 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature.

Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals. Coverage is from 1991 to present.

The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, it provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, botany, forestry, plant and animal science, and nutrition. Describes items acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions covering 1970 to present.

Explore the human body in 3D.

Emphasizes literature related to algae, fungi, protozoa, and lichens.

Indispensable resource for animal behavior and related studies.

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Index to all aspects of bacteriology.

Medical and biological applications of engineering.

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Research literature related to calcium and its role in bone metabolism.

Covers research studies of the biology and sensory studies of taste, smell, and pheromones.

Compendex on Engineering Village 2 - Multidisciplinary Engineering

Focuses on how organisms interact with their environments and each other.

Abstracts of environmental impact statements released by the federal government.

Coverage includes literature related to insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods.

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Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.

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Searches literature in the field of molecular genetics.

Comprehensive source for developments from international genome research.

Abstracts of studies relating to all aspects of immune systems in man and animals.

Includes findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

The DARTS System is a product of the collaborative efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office.

Detailed perspectives on RNA, DNA, gene sequences, and proteins.

Focuses on technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.

Indexing to experimental and clinical literature focusing on mechanisms of oncogenes and growth factors.

Searchable access to scientific and technical information in the physical sciences and other disciplines.

Search reference books by subject area.

Scientific literature on all aspects of plant science, 1994 - current.

Information on scientific research and government policies related to pollution.

Online journal from the Public Library of Science.

Provides access to over 18 million citations in 5,246 medical, nursing, dental, and research journals back to the 1950s.

Assessment and management of risk from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources.

Survey of toxicology literature.

Access to information in all areas of toxicology.

Abstracts of literature of virology in humans, animals, and plants.

Covers the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water resources.

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Electronic journals primarily in the sciences from Wiley Publishing.

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