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Research Guide: Biology |
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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Annual Review of Biochemistry |
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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology ---
Ref QR 81 .B46 1984/2001 v.1-4 |
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The Prokaryotes --- Ref QR 72.5 P76 1991 v. 1 - 4 |
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E-Books |
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*new*
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences -- a collection of e-books
of lectures on
cell and molecular biology and biomedicine, including the neurosciences. New series and lectures are added continuously and existing lectures will be revised as
needed.
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Finding Articles [help]
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Open Source Portals |
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PubMed Central --This is the open access portal for all government funded research
publications after six months |
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BioMed Central
-- Online publisher of free peer-reviewed scientific articles in
all areas of medical research and biology |
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Public Library of Science
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Peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals that include original research |
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Biological Abstracts --
a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals
internationally |
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MEDLINE --
provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more |
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ScienceDirect College Edition - Health & Life Sciences
Journal Collection -- access
to peer-reviewed health and life sciences journal articles |
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Science Citation Index
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Researchers can search citation data (from the footnotes of each article), taking
a known, relevant paper or work and finding other, more recent papers that cite it. |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Tip: use the advanced search feature to
search by subject and title. This is a good way to start a
search w/out knowing a specific title. For example: "ethics" as title and "biology" as subject. Find a book that
looks promising and navigate through the catalog using the subject
headings in the box on the right on the screen!
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Web Resources |
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Plant Evolution Timeline( Univ of Cambridge, UK) -- designed
primarily to aid Plant Scientists studying at the university of
Cambridge with their learning of plant evolution. The public site is
a cut-down version of the full tool, which contains some copyrighted
information. |
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International Plant Names Index -- Database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants |
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Mitomap: a human mitochondrial genome
database -- Genome database of polymorphisms and mutations of the human
mitochondrial DNA |
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National Center for Biotechnology
Information --
Includes, among many other resources, PubMed ,
BLAST ,
OMIM
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Taxonomy Browser , and the NCBI Structure Group |
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National Institutes of Health
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General health information, publications,
news, and events; grants and funding opportunities;
health
resources; and an annotated directory of the more than twenty-five
individual medical and research organizations that make up the US
National Institutes of Health
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- Species --- provides technical
information about plant & animal species, updates on legislation &
policy regarding species management & details about species
conservation status. Includes Endangered Species, Birds,
Invasive Species, and Pollinators |
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National Library of Medicine
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Includes, among many other resources, the specialized databases
US Drug
Information and
AIDS info , and a
Chemical Information with information on drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and other
potential toxins.
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