Biology

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Use one EBSCOhost interface to search for your topic in multiple databases: PLoS Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Annual Reviews, Academic Search Complete, Alt HealthWatch, CINAHL, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, GreenFILE, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Nature

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This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Biological Sciences is a collection of over 25 databases including Ecology Abstracts, Neurosciences Abstracts, Plant Science, and TOXLINE.

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Bioline International includes peer reviewed bioscience journal articles published in developing countries. These journals contain timely research on public health, international development, tropical medicine, food and nutritional security and biodiversity. All material on the Bioline International website is available on an open access (free) basis. Full-text.

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BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to over 100 peer-reviewed biomedical research journals. All the original research articles in journals published by BioMed Central are immediately and permanentaly available online without charge or any other barriers to access. The specialist BMC journals publish articles that are of special importance and broad interest. A number of journals require an institutional or a personal subscription to view other content, such as reviews or paper reports. Free trial subscriptions to these journals are available. The subject specific BMC journals publish any scientifically sound article in the field and highlight articles the editors deem significant.
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MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database of citations and abstracts for the disciplines of biomedicine and health, encompassing the areas of life, behavioral, and chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health professionals engaged in basic research and clinical care, public health, or health policy development. MEDLINE also covers life sciences vital to biomedical practitioners, researchers, and educators, including biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science, biophysics and chemistry.

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Academic Search Premier,designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
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AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
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The premier full-text resource for coverage of the research and development spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines, containing full-text for more than 1,400 journals with coverage dating back to 1913.

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JSTOR offers full-text access to archival scholarly journals. It offers both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections, covering such topics as Art, Business, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Music, Ecology, & Botany. JSTOR includes journal content, primary sources, images, and more across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is approximately a 1-5 year gap between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in the database.

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Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now becoming freely available. 

The Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific publisher, with the first edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society appearing in 1665. Treasures in the archive include Isaac Newton’s first published scientific paper, geological work by a young Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated account of his electrical kite experiment.

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ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. A rich journals collection is supplemented by relevant abstract databases to expand literature searches further and a growing program of online reference works, handbooks and book series.
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A comprehensive database covering articles from over 19,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 5,000 international publishers (including over 1800 open access journals). Records cover 1966 to the present from all scientific, technical, medical, and social science fields (and some arts and humanities). Scopus has an excellent, intuitive interface that allows users to fine-tune their searches; features include author searches, cited reference searches, and alert tools.

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Springer has combined two of the world?s leading research powerhouses ? SpringerLink and KluwerOnline ? to bring you the new SpringerLink. SpringerLink is Springer's online full-text archive for journals and books. SpringerLink currently offers over 1,250 fully peer-reviewed journals and a growing roster of book series, comprising more than 3,000 books online.
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Wiley Online Library hosts a collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, as well as over 9000 books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. Users can search, and can also browse by publication title and subject heading.

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The American Physiological Society (APS) publishes 13 scholarly journals covering the entire spectrum of physiology as well as the Society's newsletter. The APS Journal Legacy Content is an online package of over 100 years of historical scientific research from 13 APS journals, including the first American Journal of Physiology, published in 1898. Legacy content is available for a fee or for free to APS members.

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American Society for Microbiology journals provide up-to-date, authoritative coverage of basic and clinical microbiology. ASM publishes nine primary microbiology research journals: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, Eukaryotic Cell, Infection and Immunity, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Virology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.  ASM also produces two review journals—Clinical Microbiology Reviews and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Coverage of these journals extends back to 1916. In addition, ASM recently launched mBio®, the Society’s first open-access online journal designed to make microbiology research broadly accessible. 


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A tool for identifying which Brooklyn College-owned journals are available in electronic format.

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At over 400 volumes, Methods in Enzymology is a definitive source for articles on basic theory, laboratory techniques and preparation of enzymes, as well as sources of equipment and reagents. Usage statistics for related backfile packages continue to reflect the value and merit in this historical and respected research.
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National Geographic magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations.  Featuring the complete archive of the magazine from 1888 to 1994, this database includes every page and every photograph, all fully searchable through an intuitive interface.

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Open Science Directory is a tool for finding open access journals in science, medicine, and agriculture (among other fields). There are over 13,000 scientific journals on the OSD, the most important collections being Directory of Open Access Journals, BioMed Central, HighWire Press, and PubMed Central. Users can browse/search by journal title, subject, and keyword. Access to each journal's website is provided through the Open Science Directory.

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A database of useful biological numbers.

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Contains authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. It is an easily accessible database with reliable information on species names and their hierarchical classification.

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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was originally established in 1989. Its mission is to head the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Covers research, social issues, new developments, glossary and other resources.

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense?" In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
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Science.gov is a gateway to government science information and research results, providing access to over 50 scientific databases, and 2,100 scientific website. The site includes technical reports, journal citations, databases, federal websites, fact sheets, and an image search. Users can access information on topics such as Agriculture & Food; Astronomy & Space; Earth & Ocean Sciences; Health & Medicine; Physics & Chemistry; and Science Education.

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The Botanical Society of America provides educational images for instructional use. Currently they offer 15 topics plus covers to the American Journal of Botany.
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The Visible Human Project® is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies.

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Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an international learned society composed of the world's leading scientists, scholars, artists, business people, and public leaders.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.
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The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization whose members teach and conduct research at colleges and universities. Others conduct research in various government laboratories, nonprofit research institutions and industry.
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The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) was founded in 1960 to bring the varied facets of cell biology together. The Society's purpose is to promote and develop the field of cell biology.
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ASM's mission is to advance the microbiological sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide.

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The mission of the ASN is to develop and extend knowledge of nutrition of all species through fundamental, multidisciplinary, and clinical research; facilitate contact among investigators in nutrition, medicine and related fields of interest; support the dissemination and application of nutrition science to improve public health and clinical practice worldwide; promote graduate education and training of physicians in nutrition; provide reliable nutrition information to those who need it, and advocate for nutrition research and its application to development and implementation of policies and practices related to nutrition.
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The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)is the primary professional membership organization for human geneticists in the Americas. The nearly 8,000 members include researchers, academicians, clinicians, laboratory practice professionals, genetic counselors, nurses and others involved in or with special interest in human genetics.
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The Biophysical Society was founded in 1957 to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. The Society's members, now over 7,000, work in academia, industry, and in government agencies throughout the world.
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CRG is a non-profit, non- governmental organization that fosters public debate about the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies.
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The Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) advances biological science through collaborative advocacy for research policies that promote scientific progress and education and lead to improvements in human health.
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The Society promotes the communication of advances in genetics through publication of the journal GENETICS, and by sponsoring scientific meetings focused on key organisms widely used in genetic research.
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The Centre is dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology and holds out the prospect of advancing knowledge and applying the latest techniques in the fields of public health, energy production, industrial production of high added-value commodities, nutrition and environmental protection/remediation.
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MCBI is a nonprofit scientific and conservation advocacy organization that works to protect and restore marine life on the West Coast, around the United States and beyond.
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.

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Since 1817, the New York Academy of Sciences has been bringing together scientists of different disciplines from around the world. Their purpose is to advance the understanding of science, technology, and medicine, and to stimulate new ways to think about how their research is applied in society and the world.
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The Oceanic Resource Foundation is a non-profit marine conservation organization dedicated to the preservation of the global marine environment and its biological diversity through underwater photography as a means of documenting and recording changes to the planet's oceans.