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Biology 3290 - Biology Research Methods

General Locations

This Guide describes where to find different materials and services in the library.

Q - Science
R - Medicine
S - Agriculture
T - Technology

Journal Collections

American Fisheries Society
Complete coverage, back to 1998, of 5 full-text journals published by the American Fisheries Society

BioOne
Full-text collection of about 45 bioscience research journals

ScienceDirect
Full-text access to College Health and Life Sciences journals and the abstracts of all Elsevier Science Journals

Periodical Indexes - Journal Articles

This guide will provide you with information about the process of locating a journal article.

*If you are asked for an ID or login, type in the barcode numbers on your student ID card.*

Academic Search Complete – EBSCOhost
This comprehensive database features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals.

Biological & General Science Databases

Biological Abstracts
Leading abstracting and indexing reference database for the life sciences

Fish, Fisheries and Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide
Collection of databases on fishes and fish culture

Medline
Premier reference database for health sciences and biosciences

Agricola
Provides citations to thousands of books and journals on agriculture, animal welfare, entomology, forestry, nutrition, plants, soil and water conservation.

Government Resources

Science.gov
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

Search Engines

WorldCat
Global catalog of library collections

Google Scholar
Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature

Citation Styles

Citation Style Guides