Subject Guide: Biology & Life Sciences

Databases

The online databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and, sometimes, full-text depending on the type of database. Other special features that database may have are:

thesaurus (list of preferred subject terms used within the database)

graphic objects indexing (indexing of graphic items such as photographs, maps, and tables

saved searches (the capability of saving created search strategies for reuse in future sessions)

e-mail alerts (the capability to e-mail the new results of a saved search on a regular basis or whenever the database is updated)

citation styling (capability of using specific bibliographic formats (APA, MLA, etc.) when printing, downloading, or e-mailing search results

citation linking (the capability of linking to other articles that have cited a particular article)

audio conversion (capability of producing an audio version of full text articles)

language conversion (capability of translating full text to different languages)

See Database Searching (Basic) for additional information. Click on "More info" for a complete description of the database. To access the database, click on title or go to the Electronic Resources.

Biology/Life Sciences Databases

Title of Database

Features

Biological Sciences (CSA) More info

Selected full text, thesaurus, graphic objects indexing, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (WilsonWeb) More info

Selected full text, thesaurus, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling, audio conversion, language conversion

Biology Digest (CSA) More info

Selected full text, graphic objects indexing, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences (CSA) More info

Selected full text, graphic objects indexing, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

Current Protocols Online (Wiley-Blackwell) More info

Full text, saved searches, e-mail alerts

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (CSA) More info

Selected full text, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

Medline (NLM)
Medline (CSA) More info
PubMed (NLM) More info

Selected full text, thesaurus, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

Selected full text, thesaurus, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation linking

Plant Science (CSA) More info

Selected full text, thesaurus, graphic objects indexing, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling

ProQuest Biology Journals (ProQuest) More info

Selected full text, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling, language conversion

General Databases with Biology/Life Sciences Content

Title of Database

Features

Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage Learning)

Selected full text, thesaurus, citation styling, saved searches, e-mail alerts, audio conversion, language conversion

Conference Papers Index (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) More info

Citation styling, saved searches, e-mail alerts

Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) More info

Selected full text, citation styling, saved searches, e-mail alerts, language conversion

General Science Full Text (Wilson Web) More info

Selected full text, citation styling, saved searches, e-mail alerts, audio conversion, language conversion

PapersFirst (First Search) More info

Saved searches

ProceedingsFirst (First Search) More info

Saved searches

ProQuest Central (ProQuest) More info

Selected full text, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation styling, language conversion

Science Citation Index Expanded/Web of Knowledge (Thomson)

Selected full text, saved searches, e-mail alerts, citation linking

Wilson Omni File Full Text Mega (Wilson Web) More info

Selected full text, citation styling, saved searches, e-mail alerts, audio conversion, language conversion

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