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Click here for Sciences databases (includes Biology).
The best starting point for any sort of research, databases are large collections of information which may include citations, abstracts, ebooks, fulltext articles from scholarly journals or magazines, images, multi-media files and more.
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Films on Demand-Biology: includes hundreds of videos in the fields of biology, human anatomy & physiology, marine biology, and more.
VIDEOS.
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Find Journals in Biology.
Journals found here are available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases. Look for the name of the journal you are interested in, for example:
- acta bioethica
- american biology teacher
- journal of experimental biology
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CBU Biology Dept. Internet Resources
Agricola: freely accessible database covering all aspects of agriculture and related fields, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, earth and environmental science, soil science, pesticides, and natural resources.
Audubon's Birds of America: Digital copy available from the University of Pittsburgh.
BAMONA: Enlargeable images and descriptive information (life histories, wing spans, habitats, etc.) about butterflies and moths in North America.
BIODIDAC: A bank of digital images, video, and animations that can be used and adapted for teaching Biology.
The Biology Project: online interactive learning materials from the University of Arizona.
BioMed Central: Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Identification, life histories, range maps, conservation status, sounds, and videos for 550+ species of birds.
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): Information on the world's living creatures.
Entrez: the Life Sciences Database: metasearcher for all NCBI online resources, including PubMed, PubChem, online books, LocatorPlus, OMIM and the genome, protein, and nucleotide databases
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics: Provides a single service point to search for books and articles on bioethics; request a custom bibliography; retrieve a bibliography on a bioethics topic; and find publications, organizations, and links.
PLOS Biology: Peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS).
Royal Society Archives: Search the publications of the Royal Society, back to 1665; historic (pre 1940s) material available free online.
Science.gov - Biology & Nature: Authoritative science Web sites and hard-to-access scientific databases.
SCIRUS: searches the web for material in the sciences - journal articles, scientists' homepages, courseware, preprints, and more.
SciTopics: authoritative overviews of up-to-date research in
Biological and Agricultural sciences. Also available:
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and
Immunology and Microbiology.
Tree of Life: A collaborative effort of biologists from around the world, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and characteristics.
WildFinder: Mapping the World's Species: WildFinder is a map-driven, searchable database of more than 26,000 animal species worldwide. Allows users to discover where species live or explore wild places to find out what species live there.
WolframAlpha Life Sciences: Find information on plant and animal species, analyze proteins, visualize metabolic pathways, and more. (TIP: anywhere you see a >>, you can click on it for more examples.)
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