 |
Biology | Other Sciences | Science eBooks
Articles
*For Biology Articles
AGRICOLA
Describes materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions from 1970-present. Covers over 850 serial titles and other resources relating to all aspects of veterinary medicine, agriculture, forestry, and animal science and is updated monthly.
Biology Digest
Provides detailed life science abstracts written in a nontechnical style for students and interested nonscientists for over 300 sources. Coverage ranges from 1989 to the present, and updates occur 9 times a year.
BioMed Central
Includes almost 200 peer-reviewed journals from general titles such as Journal of Biology to specialist journals such as BMC Bioinformatics or Malaria Journal. Most offer free access, but a select few may not allow access to non-subscribers.
Company of Biologists Journals
The Company of Biologists offers open access to these scientific journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, The Journal of Experimental Biology, and Disease Models & Mechanisms. Users can search each title individually, or search all titles at once.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Contains peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas and languages. Users can perform a search to find articles, or can choose the Find Journals link to browse which journals are available in a specific subject area.
Entrez
A search interface for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) which searches several databases, including: Books, Cancer Chromosomes, Conserved Domain Database, CoreNucleotide, 3D Domains, Gene, Genome, Genome Project, dbGaP, GEO Datasets, HomoloGene, Journals, the entire NCBI web site, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals, PopSet, PubMed, UniGene, and more.
HighWire Press
HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, produces the online versions of peer-reviewed scientific journals and other scholarly content. This is the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with 1,965,289 articles available without subscription.
National Academies Press
Offers access to more than 4,000 eBooks. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Browse topics or enter a search (upper left side of screen). To access free full text when available, select a title and look for a red tab in the upper left labeled, READ THIS BOOK ONLINE, FREE!
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
A resource for molecular biology information. NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
The Public Library of Science, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians, publishes peer-reviewed literature that can be viewed free online. Journals include: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS ONE, and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
*For Other Sciences: Earth Science, Geography, Chemistry
Topozone -- get elevation, latitude and longitude
Locate a Weather Station -- find historical weather data
Geobase
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Contains peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas and languages. Users can perform a search to find articles, or can choose the Find Journals link to browse which journals are available in a specific subject area.
Energy Citations Database
Provides access to more than 2 million citations from the U.S. Department of Energy in chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. The records come from the Index Kewensis (IK), the Gray Card Index (GCI) and the Australian Plant Names Index (APNI). IPNI is the most comprehensive listing of plant names.
National Academies Press
Offers access to more than 4,000 eBooks. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Browse topics or enter a search (upper left side of screen). To access free full text when available, select a title and look for a red tab in the upper left labeled, READ THIS BOOK ONLINE, FREE!
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
The Public Library of Science, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians, publishes peer-reviewed literature that can be viewed free online. Journals include: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS ONE, and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Other Article Sources
AGRICOLA
Medline
Books
Find Books
Selected eBooks from the Library's Collection
Diversity of Life: The Illustrated Guide to the Five Kingdoms
by Margulis, Lynn.; Schwartz, Karlene V.; Dolan, Michael. Boston Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 1999.
Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind
by Douglas, Ian,; Huggett, Richard J.; Robinson, M. E. London, New York Taylor & Francis, 1996.
The Human Genome Diversity Project: An Ethnography of Scientific Practice
by M'charek, Amade. Cambridge, UK, New York Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Essentials of Medical Genomics
by Brown, Stuart M.; Hay, John G.; Ostrer, Harry. Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US), 2003.
Encyclopedia of Genetics
Rev. Ed. by Ness, Bryan D. Pasadena, Calif Salem Press, 2004.
Is Human Nature Obsolete?: Genetics, Bioengineering, and the Future of the Human Condition
by Baillie, Harold W.; Casey, Timothy. Cambridge, Mass MIT Press, 2005.
The Biology of Genetic Dominance
by Veitia, Reiner A. Georgetown, Tex Landes Bioscience, Inc., 2006.
Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics
by Andrews, Lori B. New York Columbia University Press, 2001.
Find Other eBooks
Requesting Articles
Use the following online form any time:
Request an Article
You can also use the forms available at the Library to place an Interlibrary Loan Request, or contact the Library. Some of the article databases we subscribe to allow you to place direct requests while you are searching, so be sure to look for these as you are searching for information.
Note:
When you click on database or eBook links, you'll be asked for your username and password. If nothing displays, adjust your computer’s security settings to a lower setting and try again. Use your network username and password to log on (note: this is different from your Owlnet username and password). If you are a Graduate and Adult Studies student, you should have been given information on how to access the databases. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Reference Librarian.
|
