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Biology: Articles

To check availability of a specific journal in print or online:

Use Citation Linker if you want to know whether Milner Library subscribes to a journal like Science either in print or online.  Citation Linker provides links to online access to the journal, if available, and a link to search the Milner Catalog for the location of print copies.   You can also use the FindIt button in most of Milner's databases to help you locate online or print copies of specific articles you need.

You can also view the A-Z list of Milner's online journals alphabetically by title or by subject category (Biology is in the Life Sciences category).

To find articles on specific topics in the biological literature, consult the following databases:

  • Academic Search Premier
    A good introductory database for undergraduates. Covers a wide variety of subjects and includes many full text articles.
  • Biological and Agricultural Index Plus  (1983-Present)

    Undergraduate-level database which indexes major biology journals.  Includes some full text articles.  A good starting point for biological sciences majors!

  • BIOSIS Previews  (1999-Present)

  • Premier biology abstracting service aimed at graduate students and faculty.  Covers all disciplines within biology from botany to zoology.

  • Current Contents  (1994-Present)
  • Graduate student or faculty-level database which covers scientific/technical/medical journals.  Browsable tables of contents are also available.

  • Pubmed (Medline)  (1950-Present)
  • Major biomedical database produced by the National Library of Medicine.  Also includes Entrez and GenBank nucleotide and protein sequence databases.

  • Zoological Record  (1978-Present)
  • Indexes publications covering all types of animal organisms ranging from protozoa to birds and mammals.

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