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Biology Research Guide

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Find Books

Library Catalog (CLIC): The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/
WorldCat: Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.

Find Articles

PubMed: Articles from thousands of biomedical journals, compiled by the National Library of Medicine (1950-present). From off campus, enter PubMed through the library website to see Creighton linkouts.
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Web of Science *: Articles from thousands of journals, including the biological sciences. Use Web of Science to find articles that cite a certain author (1977-present).
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Academic Search Premier: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects, including the biological sciences (1970s-present).
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Agricola: The National Agricultural Library Catalog (Agricola) includes books and articles on plants, animals, and environmental sciences.
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
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BioOne *: Articles from more than 100 journals in the biological sciences published by non-profit societies and institutions (1990s-present).
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Google Scholar (beta): Articles and other scholarly materials on the open web. From off campus, enter Google Scholar through the library's website to see Creighton linkouts.
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Highwire Press: Archive of hundreds of journals with an emphasis on biological and medical sciences (years vary by source). From off campus, enter Highwire through the library website to see Creighton linkouts.
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IngentaConnect: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals (years vary by source). From off campus, enter IngentaConnect through the library website to see Creighton linkouts.
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JSTOR *: Archive of hundreds of scholarly journals in many subject areas, including the biological sciences (all years except most recent).
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ScienceDirect *: Articles from several thousand journals, including many in the atmospheric sciences and related fields (years vary by source).
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Encyclopedias & Reference

AccessScience: Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies.
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals: Brief, basic records describing of the nature and habitat of familiar animals, some with images.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology: Three volumes with more than 50 lengthy entries, including bibliographies.
Reference Collection QH 540.4 E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Evolution: Online version of this two-volume source from Oxford University Press.
Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders: Provides complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies.
Encyclopedia of Genetics: Online version of this four-volume set from Elsevier, the producer of ScienceDirect.
Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: Online version of this four-volume set from Greenwood.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Database of contributed entries in the biological sciences, hosted by Wiley Interscience.
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences: "Topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience" from Academic Press.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics: Reference Collection QH 427 R43 2003
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Biology: Collection of relevant titles, including: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, and the Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health.
Genome Glossaryy: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/glossary/
Oxford Reference Online: Science: Dictionaries of the sciences, including biology, chemistry, earth sciences, ecology, medicine, nursing, plant sciences, psychology, and zoology.
Walker's Mammals of the World: Classic work now in its sixth edition.
Reference Collection QL 703 .W222 1999

Disease Information

ACPMedicine: A publication of the American College of Physicians covering a variety of clinical problems and medical practice issues.
eMedicine: Peer-reviewed profiles of more than 7,000 diseases and disease-specific topics, created and maintained by contributing physicians.
FIRSTConsult: Information for primary health care providers on differential diagnoses, medical conditions, and patient education.
Genes and Disease: Organized by the parts of the body affected.; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=
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Genetics Home Reference: Guide to genetic conditions from the National Library of Medicine.; http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/page/Home
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Profiles symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disorders.; http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm

Web Sites

Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
Biodiversity Hotspots: http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/
BiologyBrowser: http://www.biologybrowser.org/
Dialog on Science, Religion and Ethics: http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/
EE Link Endangered Species: http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
EMBL Reptile Database: http://www.reptile-database.org
Encyclopedia of Life (under contruction): http://www.eol.org/
FishBase: http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Genome Programs of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science: http://www.doegenomes.org/
Internet Directory for Botany: http://www.botany.net/IDB/
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: http://www.redlist.org
Kimball's Biology Pages: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
Mammal Species of the World (Smithsonian): http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
Microbes.info: http://www.microbes.info/
Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
Primer on Molecular Genetics: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/primer/toc.html
Tree of Life: http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html

Associations & Organizations

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): http://www.aaas.org
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS): http://www.aibs.org
American Society for Microbiology: http://www.asm.org
Ecological Society of America (ESA): http://www.esa.org/
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov
European Molecular Biology Association: http://www.embo.org/
International Society for Microbial Ecology: http://www.isme-microbes.org/
National Academies of the Sciences: http://www.nas.edu/

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