Biology Results
* Includes Peer Reviewed Content
Access Science
(Provider: McGraw Hill)
Description: features content from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Scientific & Technical Terms
Biology Journals*
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: Covers a wide range of biological topics with over 265 journals available in full-text.
Environment Complete*
(Provider: EBSCO)
Description: Over 900 journals covering environmental topics including energy, marine science, pollution, and agriculture.
Science Magazine Online*
(Provider: AAAS)
Description: The world's leading journal of original scientific research
Science Reference Center*
(Provider: EBSCO)
Description: A research database of science journals, books, encyclopedias, and images.
Article Databases (multiple subjects)
EBSCOhost*
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Combined search of Ebsco’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest magazines and consumer information.
JSTOR*
(Provider: JSTOR)
Description: An archive of full-text articles from over 400 scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include the most recent few years of the journals.
ProQuest Newspapers
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: "offers full-text access to over 850 regional, national, and international newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Times of London."
ProQuest*
(Provider: Proquest)
Description: Combined search of Proquest’s academic, general, health, business, and vocational journal databases. Includes scholarly and peer reviewed articles as well as general interest magazines and consumer information.
Reference Databases (multiple subjects)
Biography Reference Bank
(Provider: EBSCO)
Description: Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Basic-level, general encyclopedia.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(Provider: Gale)
Description: multi-subject reference guides and encyclopedias
Oxford English Dictionary
(Provider: Oxford)
Description: definitions, pronunciation, and history of the English language
Oxford Reference Online
(Provider: Oxford)
Description: contains over 125 reference works published by Oxford University Press
Free Resources on the Web
- Bio - General: Biology News from EurekAlert!
- Bio - General: BiosciEdNet (BEN) Digital Library Portal
- Bio - General: MERLOT Biology Learning Materials
- Biodiversity: Encyclopedia of Life – Biodiversity / Species Database
- Biodiversity: NatureServe – Portal to Biodiversity and Ecological Data
- Biodiversity: Resources from the California Biodiversity Council
- Biology Careers: Careers in the Biological Sciences (AIBS)
- Biology Courses: MIT Biology Courses (Free OpenCourseware)
- Biomedicine: NCBI Global Cross-Database Search Engine (GQuery)
- Biomedicine: PubMed / MEDLINE Database
- Biomedicine: PubMed Central (PMC) –Archive of Biomed. Journals
- Botany: CalFlora – Information on Wild California Plants
- Botany: California Native Plant Society
- Botany: Native Plants Database (UT Austin)
- Botany: Plants Database (NRCS/USDA)
- Cell Bio: The Cell - An Image Library (ASCB)
- Classification: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Classification: NCBI Taxonomy Database
- Climate Change: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
- Climate Change: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Conservation: Intl. Union for Conservation of Nature - Resources
- Darwin Online: The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
- Ecology Fact Sheets – Ecological Society of America (ESA)
- Endangered Species (US FWS)
- Endangered Species: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Endangered Species: Resources from CITES.org
- Envirofacts (EPA)
- Field Guides (eNature.com)
- Genetics: DNA Learning Center
- Genetics: Issues in Genetics (Natl. Human Genome Research Inst.)
- Genetics: Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms (NHGRI)
- Human Anatomy: Anatomy Atlases - A Digital Library
- Human Anatomy: Healthline Body Maps
- Invasive Species in California (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife)
- Invasive Species: Natl. Invasive Species Information Center (NAL)
- Marine Bio: Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Marine Bio: National Marine Mammal Laboratory
- Marine Bio: UN Atlas of the Oceans
- Marine Bio: World Register of Marine Species - WoRMS
- Microbiology: Human Microbiome Project (NIH)
- Open Access Journals: Biology Journals from DOAJ
- Open Access Journals: BioMed Central
- Open Access Journals: PLOS – Public Library of Science
- State: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- State: California Environmental Protection Agency
- State: California Natural Resources Agency – CERES Library
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- United States Fish & Wildlife Service
- United States Forest Service - Research & Development
- United States Natl. Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Website Links from the Mesa College Biology Dept.
- Zoology--Birds: American Ornithologist’s Union
- Zoology--Birds: Audubon's Birds of America
- Zoology--Birds: Avibase – The World Bird Database
- Zoology--Birds: BIRDNET
- Zoology--Bugs: Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Zoology--Bugs: Entomological Society of America
- Zoology--Fish: FishBase (via WorldFishCenter.org)
- Zoology--Mammals: American Society of Mammalogists
- Zoology--Mammals: Fact Sheets - Society for Marine Mammalogy
- Zoology--Mammals: Marine Mammals (NOAA/OPR)
- Zoology--Mammals: North American Mammals (Smithsonian)
- Zoology--Mammals: San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes – Mammals
- Zoology--Reptiles/Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb
- Zoology--Reptiles/Amphibians: Ctr. for North American Herpetology
- Zoology--Reptiles/Amphibians: EMYSystem – World Turtle Database
- Zoology--Reptiles/Amphibians: Soc.for Study of Amphibs/Reptiles
- Zoology--Wildlife (Gen.): ARKive – Archive of Wildlife Images/Film
- Zoology--Wildlife (Gen.): Macaulay Library of Animal Sounds
