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Subject Specific Databases

Academic Search Premier  Some full-text, 1970s – present

More than 4,500 journals on all different subjects: psychology, business, education, chemistry, and more.

Academic Search Premier Tutorial

OMNISelect  Full-text, 1980s - present

Contains all the same journals as Wilson Select Plus, but with a different search interface. 2,700 journals from many fields, including: business, education, social sciences, science.

PubMed  Some full-text, 1950s – present

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950’s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals, including links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

ScienceDirect  Some full-text

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. A product of the publisher Elsevier.

Web of Science  citations only, 1989 - present

Includes

  • Science Citation Index
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index

The premier database for literature searches in many fields. Includes citations and abstractions from 23,000 journals.

General/Related Databases

EBM Reviews

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) reviews of articles on many topics. This resource searches multiple sources simultaneously:

  • ACP Journal Club
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
  • Cochrane Methodology Register
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • NHS Economic Evaluation Database

Journals@Ovid Full Text  Some full-text, 1980s - present

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. Developed by an international network of researchers, health care professionals and institutions.

WorldCat

WorldCat contains over 54 million records for books and other materials found in libraries across the U.S. and worldwide.

YourJournals@Ovid  Full-text, 1985-present

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. Developed by an international network of researchers, healthcare professionals and institutions.

Biology Journals

Note: This is not a complete list of journals. Search the catalog and the E-Journal Portal for other titles.

Development

Full-text: 1953 – 6 months ago

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Full-text: 2008 – present

Genes and Development

Full-text: 1987 – 6 months ago

JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association)

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Full-text: 1998 – present
In print: 1960 – present

Nature

In print: 1970 – present

New England Journal of Medicine

Full-text: 1993 – present
In print: 1975 – present

PLoS Collection (Public Library of Science)

Full-text: 2003 – present

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Full-text: 1916 – 6 months ago
In print: 1980 – present

Science

Full-text: 1997 – 2004
In print: 1940 – present

Note: This is not a complete list of journals. Search the catalog and the E-Journal Portal for other titles.

Websites

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin

Access to all published and many unpublished and related works. Extensive bibliography.

GetBodySmart

Geared for university students and lecturers, this anatomy and physiology site features strong graphics, quizzes, and a tutorial.

Kimball’s Biology Pages

Collection of Essays.

NatureServe Explorer

“An online encyclopedia of life.” Collection of “information on plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada.”

Encyclopedia of Life

An online encyclopedia that’s socially-constructed by scholars.

Tree of Life

Hyperlinked framework of information about “the evolutionary history and characteristics of all groups of organisms.”

Virtual Library

Development of all organisms at all levels.

Wayne’s Word

Textbook of natural history that’s both colorful and lighthearted.

Feedback

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