Titles by Subject - Biology
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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
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Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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| A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy |
A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Online contains a comprehensive digital database of detailed anatomical images, including illustrated, fully dissectible male and female bodies. The database includes point-and-click identification capabilities of over 20,000 anatomical structures and is peer-reviewed by a team of leading anatomists to ensure anatomical accuracy. You can dissect anatomy layer by layer, identify and review pinned atlas anatomy structures, understand anatomy in a clinical context, and interact with 3D models. Please contact the library at library@bethelu.edu for a username/password combination. |
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BigChalk eLibrary serves as a starting point for student inquiry. eLibrary features a powerful user interface designed to make research easy. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,500 fulltext magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts - plus thousands of pictures, maps, web links, and audio/video files.
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Biological Soil Crusts catalogs definitions and compositions of biological soil crusts, and links to related resources. Other names for these organic communities are cryptogamic, microbiotic, cryptobiotic, and microphytic crusts. (http://www.soilcrust.org/index.htm)
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BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/)
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Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Cancer.gov is produced by the National Cancer Institute. This website provides consumer-friendly information on many forms of cancer and includes information on prevention, treatment, prognosis, and coping with cancer. (http://www.cancer.gov/)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the CDC's primary online communication channel. From August 2007–July 2008, there were 489 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on: data and statistics, diseases and conditions, emergencies and disasters, healthy living and more. (http://www.cdc.gov/)
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The Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps provides vegetation and plant distribution maps from throughout the world, including links to other sites. (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps3.html)
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The Company of Biologists Journals is a United Kingdom website created by and for biologists. Access is provided to four peer-reviewed journals. Abstracts/summaries are available for free. (http://www.biologists.com/index.html)
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The Directory of Open Access Journals provides over 4216 open access journals (1500 of which are searchable at the article level) that include large collections in biology, education, health sciences, history, library and information science, mathematics and the social sciences. (http://www.doaj.org/)
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The e-Skeletons Project is an interactive website that allows the user to compare human and primate anatomy. Primate skeletons included are: the chimpanzee, the orangutan, the common marmoset, and the ruffed lemur. Choose one bone, view it from all directions (dorsal, ventral, etc.) and compare it to other species' bones. (http://www.eskeletons.org/)
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EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. (http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.php)
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Ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials that includes more than 37,000 titles in 16 key subject areas. Students will need to download the ebrary reader onto their computer in order to read the available items. There is a download tab on the main page of ebrary that you may click to download.
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| Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Britannica Online.
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The Encyclopedia of Life includes individualized pages for more than 1,000,000 species of plants, animals, and microorganisms (though some pages are less complete than others). Eventually, the Encyclopedia will be an online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. (http://www.eol.org/)
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| Environmental Studies and Policy Collection | Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (InfoTrac) provides robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy. This collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) provides information on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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Field Biology Electronic Field Guides were created by students in the Field Biology class at Brandeis University from 2002 - 2006. While not a truly authoritative resource, these are interesting to see and are useful for background information. (http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/)
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| Films On Demand | Films On Demand offers streaming educational videos in a variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, science, math, health and medicine. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
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General OneFile (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
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| General Science Collection | General Science Collection (InfoTrac) offers millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences. |
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Household Products Database from the National Library of Medicine links over 8,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. (http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/)
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The Indian Academy of Sciences aims at promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science in pure and applied branches. Major activities include publication of scientific journals and special volumes, organizing meetings of the Fellowship and discussions on important topics, recognizing scientific talent, improvement of science education and taking up other issues of concern to the scientific community. The subjects included in the journals include chemistry, mathematics, earth science, genetics, and science education. (http://www.ias.ac.in/)
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International Plant Names Index
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International Plant Names Index is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and checked. IPNI will be a dynamic resource, depending on direct contributions by all members of the botanical community. (http://www.ipni.org/index.html)
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JSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in arts & sciences, language & literature, general science, ecology & botany, and music. The full-text of journals is provided for each title beginning with Volume 1. Recent volumes may or may not be included, depending on the agreement between JSTOR and the publishers. Some titles may be from 2 to 5 years behind current publishing. Journals may be browsed or searched.
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LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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National Academies Press is the publisher for reports produced by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. PDF copies of all of NAP's books are now available for free download. Find the book, then select "Download Free PDF." (http://www.nap.edu)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information has been charged with creating automated systems for storing and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics; facilitating the use of such databases and software by the research and medical community; coordinating efforts to gather biotechnology information both nationally and internationally; and performing research into advanced methods of computer-based information processing for analyzing the structure and function of biologically important molecules. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
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National Environmental Publications Information System is the EPA’s premier site for accessing EPA publications, with more than 7,000 in stock and 31,000 digital titles, free of charge! EPA’s print publications are available through the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), and EPA’s digital publications are stored in the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database! You can search and retrieve, download, print and/or order only EPA publications from this site. (http://www.epa.gov/nscep/)
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National Image Library (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) contains the National Image Library--the Service's collection of public domain still photos. You may search all the images through the National Image Library link, or you may search by individual collections, which are listed underneath. (http://images.fws.gov/)
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Gateway provides access to a variety of databases covering everything from the structure of the HIV virus to biofuels to atomic weights and measures. Over 80 scientific and technical databases are available. (http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/gateway?dblist=0)
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NetLibrary contains electronic books you can read online. Through our subscription with NetLibrary, you have access to over 19,000 books covering a wide variety of issues. ***NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO.***
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.
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Points of View (Ebsco) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of 250 current issues. Similar to the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
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Preserving and Digitizing Plant Images: Linking Plant Images and Databases for Public Access is a result of a two-year project by the Missouri Botanical Garden, sponsored by a National Leadership Award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Their purpose was to create a repository for plant images to which other botanical organizations can contribute. Currently over 10,000 images are available. (http://www.mobot.org/mobot/imls/)
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| Project Gutenberg | Project Gutenberg is a collection of free digitized books whose copyright has expired. It contains more than 100,000 online books, which can be read on your screen or downloaded to an ebook reader. |
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The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. Journals are available for the fields of biology, medicine, genetics, and others. (http://www.plos.org/index.php)
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| ResearchGate | ResearchGate serves as a "Facebook for scientists," allowing for publication sharing, job searching, and for easy collaboration on research. Get feedback from fellow scientists on questions you encounter or obstacles you're facing. (http://www.researchgate.net/) |
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Science Database (InfoTrac) contains millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences.
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Science.gov searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results. (http://www.science.gov/)
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Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in America. Scientific American Archive Online is a comprehensive, searchable science and technology resource containing the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1993 to the present.
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Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine that searches over 300 million Web pages, preprint servers, digital archives, repositories, and patent & journal databases. Scirus enables users to find reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre-prints and journals, including links to full-text articles and other useful resources. Scirus has both basic and advanced search options and, through Search Preferences, permits users to modify how results are displayed. (http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/)
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| World Book Encyclopedia | World Book Online provides online access to the popular encyclopedia. |
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WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text (now owned by EBSCO) dramatically expands your periodical resources with electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
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