Research Guides: *Biological and Life Sciences: Research

Research

Databases are searchable indexes of published sources. They bring together information from a variety of materials like journal articles, conference proceedings, newspapers, and magazines.

Start here for more general biology research. Look to the subdisciplines (left menu) for more specific databases.

AccessScience
AccessScience contains various resources in science and technology: the unabridged McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and much more. AccessScience has over 7100 articles; 115,000 dictionary terms; hundreds of research updates in all areas of sci/tech, including medicine; over 2000 biographies of leading scientists; weekly updates on breakthroughs and discoveries; and links to Web sites for further research.
BioOne Complete
BioOne is a full-text online aggregation of over 80 high-impact, peer-reviewed bioscience research journals, covering the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Biosis Citation Index
Life sciences and biomedical research database covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. This is useful when searching for studies related to specific organism. There is an option to search with organism names.
ProQuest Biology Database
This database provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments.
ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
This database offers comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
ProQuest Public Health Database
This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
ProQuest Science Database
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
SciFinder
Articles, patents, and white papers describing chemicals. Includes information on structures, reactions, compounds, drug development, and manufacturing.
Scopus
Scopus is an expertly curated database that focuses on life sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences research. Find the latest research in the field.
Web of Science
Searches citations in major journals across scientific disciplines. Tracks the number of times articles and authors are cited by others.
Zoological Record
Zoological Record indexes more than 5,000 serials, as well as books, conferences, and reports. It includes all aspects of animal research, including ecology, biodiversity, evolution, physiology, taxonomy, etc.

Search these collections for biological sciences ebooks:

SpringerLink
The SpringerLink database is the online central access point for Springer resources in all disciplines including arts, humanities, and social sciences, with particular strength in Science-Technology-Medicine.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Science topics include anatomy/ physiology, biology/ natural history, botany, zoology, and health and medicine.
eBooks on EBSCOhost
This web site provides access to the full-text content of 4,274 e-books purchased by the USC Libraries from netLibrary.
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences
The Colloquium Digital Library is an original collection of PDF e-books for researchers, instructors, and advanced-level students in the biomedical life sciences. Colloquium Lectures are organized by subject area, or Series including Biotechnology; Building Blocks of the Cell: Cell Structure & Function; Cell Biology of Medicine; The Developing Brain; Developmental Biology; The Genetic Basis of Human Disease; Genomic and Molecular Medicine; Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function to Disease; Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease; Neuroglia in Biology and Medicine: From Physiology to Disease; Neuropeptides; Protein Activation and Cancer; Stem Cell Biology; and Quantitative Cell Biology.

The USC Libraries hosts other research guides that may be helpful in your biological sciences research:

Popular titles are intended for general readership on a particular subject and are not peer reviewed or scholarly. Though, they can provide news on emerging trends and topics for further research.

ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily features breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more -- from leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.
Science: Biology
Biology-specific articles from Science.
Scientific American: Biology
Biology-specific articles in Scientific American.