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Specialized Databases

ASM  (American Society for Microbiology)  This journal package, from the American Society for Microbiology, covers the spectrum of microbiology, from molecular and cellular biology to biomedical research and technology. (ASM)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

EBSCO Animals  Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals, including selected images.   (EBSCO - TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.

Science Direct  Contains the full text of scientific journals from Academic Press in the fields of applied sciences, business & economics, dentistry, mathematics & computers, psychology, social sciences, and veterinary medicine.  (Elsevier)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

MEDLINE   International information indexed at the National Library of Medicine. Contains abstracts of topics such as dentistry, nursing, pre-clinical sciences, & veterinary medicine.  (EBSCO - TexShare)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Science & Technology Collection Covers subjects relevant to the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. (EBSCO-TexShare) Remote Campus Access with University Network Account.

BasicBIOSIS  Contains abstracts from journals with bioscience topics & focuses on recent developments in all life science disciplines.  (Extended FirstSearch)  Library access only.

Biology Digest  Indexes non-technical articles in biology, botany, ecology, and environment sciences.  (Extended FirstSearch)   Library access only.

AGRICOLA  Use this link to search AGRICOLA, the National Agricultural Library's database of holdings back to 1970, in the EBSCO user-friendly search interface.  (EBSCO-TexShare) Remote Access with University Network Account.

AGRICOLA  Search catalog records or articles from the National Agricultural Library, updated daily.  Free web access.

Related General Databases

Directory of Open Access Journals This service provides full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly, peer reviews journals in many subjects and languages. It includes academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources. (Lund Universities/TexShare) Free Web Access

Encyclopaedia Britannica  The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Its broad scope includes statistics, classics, definitions, articles in journals, and maps.  (Britannica - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.

JSTOR  An archive of scholarly journals, commonly referred to as "Journal STORage," which appear in full text, starting with the first issues. Covers material from the 1800s up to between 1 and 8 years before current publication. (JSTOR)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Project Muse  Online collection of full text peer-reviewed journals from scholarly publishers. This collection complements JSTOR. (Muse)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Academic Search Complete  Includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals; in addition to full text, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.  (EBSCO - TexShare)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

MasterFILE Premier  Index to general interest subjects in life sciences and health, business, culture, history, & literature from articles and reference works.  (EBSCO-TexShare)  Remote Campus Access with University Network Account.

Wilson Select Plus  Contains citations & abstracts from: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts & Wilson Business Abstracts.  (Extended FirstSearch)   Library access only.

WorldCat  Locate books and other materials, such as musical scores & internet resources, in libraries worldwide, including the University of Dallas. Coverage is from 1200 to present.  (FirstSearch-TexShare)  Remote Campus Access with University Network Account.

Google Scholar Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. (Google) Free Web Access

Electronic Books

netLibrary   A collection of full text reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books (eBooks) available for 24 hour electronic use. (OCLC-TexShare)  Remote Access with NetLibrary Account.

eScholarship Editions From the University of California, the eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. (Univ. of CA) Free Web Access

Online Journals (Current Subscriptions Only)

AgBioForum
American Naturalist
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Annual Review of Genetics
Annual Review of Microbiology
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
BioEssays
Biological Bulletin
Biomicrofluidics
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
Cell
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Eukaryotic Cell
FASEB Journal
Infection and Immunity
Journal of Bacteriology
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Journal of Molecular Biology
Journal of Virology
Microbiology
Microbiology & Molecular Biology Reviews
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Physical Biology
PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Quarterly Review of Biology
Science News
Trends in Genetics

Websites

AlgaeBase  AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms.

All the Virology on the WWW  This site is probably the best single virology site
available and it includes the "Big Picture Book of Viruses".

BEN (BioSciEdNet): a Digital Library of the Biological Sciences for Biology Teaching  A gateway to online collections of biology education resources.

BioTech: Life Sciences Resources and Reference Tools  This site provides information and links on both biology and chemistry.

Biodiversity Hotspots  Features the 25 richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth.

BiologyBrowser  Produced by BIOSIS, this is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.

Complete Works of Charles Darwin  Provides full-text of all of Darwin's writings.

Core Historical Literature of Agriculture  A core electronic collection of full-text agricultural resources published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century and selected for their historical importance.

DOEgenomes.org  A well-done and comprehensive site that includes detailed information about all aspects of the Human Genome Project.

Entomology Index of Internet Resources  This site attempts to organize the thousands of informational resources available to entomologists.

EnviroLink  Aggregates environmental websites and news sources.

Fishbase  The most comprehensive and widely consulted database on the world's fish species.

Genetics Education Center  This site is for educators interested in human genetics and the human genome project.

GulfBase  GulfBase is a database of resources about the Gulf of Mexico which regroups, synthesizes, and makes freely available Gulf of Mexico research information to insure long-term sustainable use and conservation of the Gulf of Mexico.

High Wire Press  This site hosts the largest repository of free, full-text life science articles in the world.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System  Provides comprehensive taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Kimball's Biology Pages  Provides brief definitions and essays for biology terms with a focus on cellular and molecular biology.

Learn Genetics  Provides interactive and print-based materials, includes teacher resources and lesson plans.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)  A national resource for molecular biology information.

NatureServe  Authoritative source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.

SeaWeb  Focuses on a wide range of ocean topics and issues.

Neurosciences on the Internet A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet.

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences This site is a gateway to numerous websites on bioscience topics (bichemistry, botany, genetics, etc).

Botany

Botany 301: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants This site is regularly updated and includes information and links on Texas flora.

Forest History Society Archival Guide This guide contains descriptions of over 7,000 groups of records on land use or natural resource issues.

Internet Directory for Botany Provides an index to botanical information available on the Internet.

PLANTS Database The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Zoology

Amphibia Web This site allows access to information on amphibian biology and conservation.

North American Mammals This Smithsonian site is a well-organized guide to the mammals of North America and includes species information.

PrimateLit The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities.

Print Books

General

Facts on File Dictionary of Biology  Ref QH 13 .F35
McGraw Hill Dictionary of Bioscience  Ref QH 302 .5.M382
Variety of Life: a Survey and a Celebration…   Ref QH 83 .T84

Specialized 

Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  Ref QD 415 .A25.B713
Dictionary of Genetics  Ref QH 427 .K55
Encyclopedia of Microbiology  Ref QR 9 .E53

Human Biology

The Brain Encyclopedia  Ref QP 376 .T87
Encyclopedia of Human Biology  Ref QP 11 .E53
Human Body on File: Anatomy (Facts on File)  Ref QM 25 .H85
Human Body on File: Physiology (Facts on File)  Ref QP 41 .H93
On the Fabric of the Human Body: a Translation of De Humani Corporis…  Ref QM 101 .V4713
Oxford Companion to the Body  Ref QM 7 .O96

Botany and Zoology

Dictionary of Entomology  Ref QL 462.3 .G67
Field Guide to Texas Snakes  Ref QL 666 .06 T464
Walker's Mammals of the World  Ref  QL 703 .W22

Print Journals (Current Subscriptions Only)

American Biology Teacher  Per QH 301 .A5b5
American Naturalist  Per QH 301 .A5n3
Audubon  Per QL 671 .A8m3
Biological Bulletin  Per QH 301 .B5b8
Ecology  Per QH 540 .E25
Environmental Ethics  Per GF 80 .E5
FASEB Journal  Per QH 301 .F5
Journal of Cell Biology  Per QH 301 .J6
Microbiology  Per QR 1 .J6
Molecular Genetics and Genomics  Per QH 442 .M64
Natural History  Per QH 1 .N2H5
Nature  Per Q 1 .N2
Quarterly Review of Biology  Per QH 301 .Q8r3
Science News  Per Q 1 .S3n4
Scientific American  Per Q 1 .S3a5
Southwestern Naturalist  Per QH 1 .S6n2
Texas Parks and Wildlife  Per GV 1 .T4p3

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