Best Bets
- BIOSIS Citation Index Covers all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology
- Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) (1946+) "This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment."
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- Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
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- JoVE UnlimitedCenter for Distributed Learning is providing access through August 1, 2024 to *all* JoVE video content. "10,000+ videos of laboratory methods and science concepts"
Biology Databases
Botany
- Plant Science (ProQuest) (1994+) a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science and botany, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques & environmental biology
Entomology
- AGRICOLA (ProQuest) (1970+)
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AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database consisting of literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. - Entomology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+)From the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species, Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species, for truly global coverage of the field.
- Florida Entomologist (FCLA) (1917+)the first long-published, refereed, natural science journal on the Internet.
- FORMIS Ant Bibliography (FCLA) (1533+)a composite of several ant literature databases. It contains citations for a large fraction of the world's ant literature (over 50,000 references).
Microbiology
- Algology Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (ProQuest) (1982+) This journal separates out all the relevant studies in the literature and organizes them in one source for easy reference.
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- Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (ProQuest) (1982+) covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, the journal provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.
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- Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) (ProQuest) (1982+) Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries are assembled in this journal,an indispensable resource for research laboratories and academic libraries.
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Other Biology Resources
- Agricultural Science Collection (ProQuest) (1970+) "This database includes the ... AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. This database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses."
- Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest) (1950+) "includes the renowned Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Oceanic Abstracts, and Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). It provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources studying the critical issues affecting Earth’s air, land, and water environments."
- Biochemistry Abstracts 1 (ProQuest) (1981-1993) provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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- Biochemistry Abstracts 3 (ProQuest) (1982-1993) provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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- BioMed Central (OpenAccess Central) "an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 269 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine"
- Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) Provides coverage of research across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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- Biotechnology Research Abstracts (ProQuest) Provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology. For user help, see the ProQuest Science & Technology Training Materials guide and the ProQuest Biological Science Collection guide.
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- Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) Current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction.
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- Environment Abstracts (ProQuest) "The collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a diverse range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications."
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- Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest) (1960+) "The collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a diverse range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications."
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ProQuest) (1960+) "The collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a diverse range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications."
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- Florida Atlas of Lakes LAKEWATCH is now one of the largest lake monitoring programs in the nation with over 1800 trained citizens monitoring 600+ lakes.
- Human Genome Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982-1995) This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
- Nucleic Acids Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) "Readers will find detailed perspectives on innovative cloning and sequencing strategies"
- Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)Peer-reviewed journals in biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, pathogens, and neglected tropical diseases.
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