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Databases

Major Indexes & Article Databases
AGRICOLA

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science

1970-present
BioDigest

Life sciences journals, summaries of articles

1989-present
General Science Abstracts

Natural sciences journals

1984-present
MEDLINE

Medical and molecular biology journals

1966-present
PubMed

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

1966-present
Science Citation Index

Indexes journals in all sciences, citation searches

1997-present
Zoological Record

Zoological literature

1978-present

Related Indexes & Article Databases
Academic Search Complete

A multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,500 journals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

1887-present
Alt-HealthWatch

Alternative medicine literature

1978-present
BioOne

Bioscience research journals

1998-present
Birds of North America

Encyclopedia of species, bird calls and photographs

varies
ClasePeriodica

Scholarly literature of Latin America

1975-present
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management

Environmental and pollution literature

1981-present
Health Source

Medical literature & drug information

varies
JSTOR

Archives of humanities, social, and natural sciences journals

1687-2005
LexisNexis Academic

News sources include U.S. regional newspapers, international newspapers, wire services, and magazines.

varies
LexisNexis Environmental

Environmental Abstracts, news, and law

varies
PsycINFO

Psychology and related subjects

1887-present
ScienceDirect

Science Journals

1995-present
WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide

1000BC-present

Research & Citation Guides

Biology - Selected Resources

Looking for resources to use for your research? The following is a list
of selected resources for research in Biology. It includes links to
websites, books in our reference collection and more.

Conservation Biology - Selected Resources

Conservation Biology research on North Country topics often requires researchers to use resources beyond the scope of traditional databases.  The following is a list of resources designed to get you started.

Database Selection for Biologists

Choosing the best database to search is often a challenge.  This guide offers a set of questions to consider when choosing which databases to search.

Finding Books

Finding books in an academic library can be challenging. This guide offers an introduction to finding books in the ODY Library and the Launders Science Library. Remember that you are always welcome to ask a librarian should you need assistance.

Identifying Scholarly Literature

Can't decide whether an article is scholarly or not? This guide will give you some tips and criteria to help in your decision making process.