Biology Resources
Biological & Agricultural Index (1983-Present ) 
What Is It? Bibliographic database covering topics in agriculture and related fields.
Why Use It? Search a variety of popular and professional scientific journals. Research interdisciplinary biological topics.
Biosis (1969-Present) 
What Is It? Database providing access to the electronic version of Biological Abstracts. Index to literature in all areas of life sciences.
Why Use It? Search the database that provides the most comprehensive coverage of biological literature. Find citations to abstracts of scholarly journal articles.
Encyclopedia of Evolution (Current) 
What Is It? A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by towering figures in the field. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's “Macroevolution” and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on “Culture in Chimpanzees.”
Why Use It? To find overview articles on topics in evolution.
Environment Abstracts (1975-Present) What Is It? Environment Abstracts indexes more than 950 journals and other scientific and scholarly material published in the U.S. and abroad, encompassing all aspects of the impact of people and technology on the environment. As of 1994, the database also provides expanded coverage of energy-related issues.
Why Use It? Find U.S. and international scholarly and scientific material relating to all aspects of the environment, including specific projects, processes and problems.
General Science Abstracts (1984-Present ) What Is It? Abstracts for articles in the areas of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Nutrition and Physics.
Why Use It? Search popular science magazines and professional science journals. Search multidisciplinary scientific topics.
Health Reference Center (1995-Present) What Is It? Electronic collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
Why Use It? Search for consumer health information.
PubMed (1965-Present) What Is It? Database, provided by the National Library of Medicine, containing citations to medical literature.
Why Use It? Search literature in the area of medicine, and related fields. Locate a complete journal title from the abbreviation.
Science Citation Index (1900-Present) What Is It? One of three databases included in Web of Science that indexes scholarly journal articles. Covers the pure sciences
Why Use It? Find authors that cite a particular paper. Track research by moving backward and forward in time through a specified discipline. Search an interdisciplinary topic.
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