Biology Research Guide

General Information

This is a guide to selected sources of information about Biology at FRL.

  • Subject-specific materials and resources, such as books, articles, and research tools.
  • Citation style guides for your subject.

Research Papers

  • Agricola

    Peer-reviewed agriculture, forestry, and animal research (coverage starts in 1970)

  • American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Current issues and archives of all publications of the American Chemical Society (1879-).

  • BioOne

    High-impact bioscience research journals (coverage starts in 1998).

  • Greenfile

    Multidisciplinary database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.

  • ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database

    Scholarly articles and other material covering environmental sciences.

  • PubMed

    Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.

  • CAS SciFinder Scholar-n

    SciFinder contains literature from biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.

  • bioRxiv

    A free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.

  • Web of Science (Science Citation Index)

    Leading scholarly literature in the science

Reference Works

  • Credo Reference

    Reference sources for all subjects, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles.

  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics

    Covers topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, and helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.

  • Plant Sciences

    Introduces the fundamentals of plant sciences, such as cells, transportation and photosynthesis, and also examines related fields, such as agribusiness, conservation and ethnobotany.

Review Articles

  • Annual Reviews

    Literature reviews for many different disciplines including physical sciences, and social sciences.

Media Collections

  • Films on Demand

    Streaming video collection of educational programs in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Content is provided by the BBC, the Canadian Broadcast Corp, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, and others.