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Biology: General

Books, databases and websites on biology.

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InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Free to all Drake faculty, staff, and students. If there are books, book chapters, or articles that we don't have access to at Cowles, we can almost always get access to these items via another library. Order your items through Interlibrary Loan.
WorldCat.org
Search libraries across the country. The "Check for Full Text @ Drake" link will take you to an InterLibrary Loan request form.

Important Resources

Scopus
Abstract and citation database covering the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
More information about Scopus can be found at https://www.elsevier.com/products/scopus
MEDLINE (ProQuest) Indexes over 4,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to full-text where available.

Very Short Introductions (Oxford's) - Science and Mathematics Original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given topic
Web of Science Research Guide
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Webpage which provides further information on the depth and types of resources available in the Web of Science.
Book Catalog Cowles library's online catalog of books and ebooks.
Journals Direct access to Cowles Library's journal collection. Search by title or browse by subject. Electronic journals are available through this link.

SuperSearch

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This form allows you to browse the tables of contents of scholarly journals and choose full text articles. To search for articles across multiple journal titles, use SuperSearch.

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