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Scholarly Articles
Scientists publish their findings as articles in scholarly journals, which are indexed for discovery in online databases. The following databases are good starting points for researching topics relating to biological sciences.
If you're researching botany, plant science, or agriculture related topics, start with Agricola.
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AgricolaSearch for journal articles and books in botany, plant science, agriculture, and related areas. Late 1700s to present.
If you're researching anatomy, disease, the effects of chemicals or drugs, or healthcare, start with Medline.
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MedlineContains bibliographic information covering anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and health care. MEDLINE contains all records published in Index Medicus and corresponds in part to the International Nursing Index. Includes some non-English language material. 1966 to present.
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Medline journal abbreviation decoderMedline/PubMed displays journal names in an abbreviated form. Search the abbreviation on this page to find the complete journal title. Note: This is not an index to journal articles.
If you're researching neuroscience or pharmacology, start with PsycINFO.
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PsycINFOCitations and abstracts for articles, book chapters, books and dissertations on psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Includes some non-English language material. Covers 1887 to present for articles; 1987 to present for books. APA help.
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Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 17,000 journals and magazines, with full text for most. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
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Annual ReviewsFull text of review articles in the sciences and social sciences. We have many, but not all years of all titles.
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Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)Search international biological science journals. Covers 1984 to 2009.
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BioMed CentralOnline publisher of free peer-reviewed scientific articles in all areas of medical research and biology. Registration required for advanced searching. Dates not provided.
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JSTOR
Full-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
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PubChemPubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It consists of three linked databases: Compound, Substance and Bioassay. Links to PubMed. Previously known as ChemIDPlus.
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PubMed with Full Text FinderPubMed, a free service of the National Library of Medicine, with 11 million MEDLINE citations and additional life science journals in anatomy, nursing, organisms, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, health care and more. Includes some non-English language material. Note: PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. 1966 to present.
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Science and Technology CollectionIndexes over 1700 journals in science and technology with full text for over 800. Dates vary, as early as 1904.
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ScienceDirectRecent full-text articles from many Elsevier journals in science and the social sciences. Not all journals are available. If you browse, look for the small green icon for subscribed journals. 1995 to present.
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SciFinder-nSearch the worldwide literature of chemistry in the online equivalent of Chemical Abstracts. (User registration required from this page.) Covers 1962 to present. Abbreviation list.
A preprint is a public draft of a research article that has not yet been peer reviewed or published in a scholarly journal.
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arXivOpen access to nearly one million mostly unreviewed pre-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
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bioRxivA free online archive and distribution service for mostly unreviewed, unpublished preprints in the life sciences operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.