Databases by Subject
Biology Research Guide
Biology
| Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | More Info | Tutorial | |
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| AccessScience |
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Access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology from Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. | Yes | more information | |
| Annual Reviews |
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Collection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in 40 disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics. | Yes | more information | |
| BioMed Central |
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Provides full-text access to over 220 peer-reviewed open access journals in biology and medicine. Individual site registration is required. | Partial | more information | |
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BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Contains citations to items in journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports, in all areas of the life sciences and biology. Encompasses over 5,300 journal titles and 22 million records with coverage back to 1926. | No | more information | |
| Birds of North America |
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Provides life histories and images for over 700 species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada with video and audio recordings for many. | No | more information | |
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GreenFILE (EBSCO)
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A bibliographic database of resources in a variety of formats that address environmental concerns. | Partial | more information | |
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GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (Gale)
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A database focused on the issues relating to the environment. Its coverage extends to news, case studies, videos, and news, as well as academic journals. | Partial | more information | |
| JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association |
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An international peer-reviewed general medical journal. See More Information for full-text coverage details. | Yes | more information | |
| Journal Citation Reports |
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Measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels by showing the relationship between citing and cited journals available in the Web of Science. (Essential Science Indicators is another similar database for exploring scholarly metrics.) | Yes | more information | |
| Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) - Neuroscience |
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Online peer-reviewed journal of video-demonstrations of scientific experiments. The content focus is on the general biological research sciences as well as the brain and the nervous system. We have a subscription to JoVE Biology and JoVE Neuroscience. These articles are designated by blue B and green N in the upper right corner. To search one collection at a time, use the check boxes on the lefthand side. | No | more information | |
| MEDLINE (Proquest) |
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Indexes over 5,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to full-text where available. | Yes | more information | |
| MEDLINE (PubMed) |
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National Library of Medicine's free version of Medline | Yes | more information | |
| Nature |
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International science journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research, review articles, reports, and commentaries on the latest happenings in the sciences. Valuable for both scientists and those with a general interest in the sciences. | Partial | more information | |
| Nature: News@Nature |
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The daily news of Science: Science journalism in the news. | Partial | more information | |
| New England Journal of Medicine |
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Full text of The New England Journal of Medicine. Full text 1990-present; Abstracts 1812-1989. | Yes | more information | |
| RefWorks [Old Version] |
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Bibliographic and citation tool for Drake students and faculty | No | more information | |
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Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)
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Indexes more than 6,650 authoritative journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes cited references. Coverage: 1899-present. | Yes | more information | |
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Science Online (AAAS)
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Full-text of the journal Science, 1997 – date. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. | Partial | more information | |
| ScienceDirect |
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ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. | Yes | more information | |
| Springer eBook, 2010-2017 Collections |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake (2010-2017 collection) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user’s address. | Yes | more information | |
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Visible Body (Ovid)
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3D human anatomy and physiology teaching tool that allows you to rotate and move different body parts, highlight specific areas, as well as remove or add different layers of skin, muscle, and bone etc. The database also has physiology animations as well as muscle and skeletal action videos. | No | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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Web of Science, a database that provides quick and powerful access to the world's leading citation databases and sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities research content. (Includes: Biosis Citation Index, Currents Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE, SciELO Citation Index, Zoological Record, and the Web of Science Core Collection: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.) | Partial | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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A subset of databases within the Web of Science that provide access to the world’s leading citation databases, with multidisciplinary information from over 12,000 high impact journals and over 160,000 conference proceedings from around the world. (Includes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.) | Partial | more information | |
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Zoological Record (Web of Science)
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Provides comprehensive coverage of international zoological literature. | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. | Partial | more information | |
| AMA Manual of Style |
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Full text of the 10th edition with extensive search and browse options, policy updates made in real time, an SI conversion calculator, and learning and training resources. | No | more information | |
| Ambrose Digital Streaming Video |
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Collection of streaming video clips and full programs. The database includes all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays produced by BBC as well as additional films in history, social sciences, literature, fine arts, and the sciences. | No | more information | |
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American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCO)
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Searchable, open access database of dissertations from 1933-1955. | Partial | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | more information | |
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Book Citation Index (Web of Science )
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Allows cited reference searching of over 30,000 editorially selected books published since 2005 in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | more information | |
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Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Web of Science)
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This citation index covers conference literature in all scientific and technical fields, as well as all fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | more information | |
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Current Chemical Reactions (Web of Science )
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Each of the more than 880,000 reactions provides complete reaction diagrams, critical conditions, bibliographic data, and author abstracts. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Current awareness database provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, abstracts from recently published issues of scholarly journals, and evaluated websites. | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | more information | |
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Derwent Innovations Index (Web of Science)
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Enables patent searching, letting you conduct patent and citation searches of inventions in chemical, electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering. | No | more information | |
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DynaMed (EBSCO)
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A clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other healthcare professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care' with clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics. | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | more information | |
| Highwire Press Free Journals |
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Full-text coverage of more than 150 scholarly journals in the medical and life sciences. | Partial | more information | |
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Index Chemicus (Web of Science )
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Text- and substructure-searchable, this database provides access to the chemical compound information needed to find research data, analyze trends, journals and researchers, and share findings. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | more information | |
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MEDLINE (Web of Science)
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database, provided through Web of Science. Coverage: 1950-present. | No | more information | |
| Neuroscience eBook Collection |
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Books in this interdisciplinary field cover subjects such as behavioral neuroscience, clinical neurophysiology, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, regeneration, epilepsy, molecular neuroscience and sensory systems. | Partial | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 (Gale)
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Archive of more than 3.5 million pages of journals, books, reports, and personal documents dealing with scientific, technical, and medical knowledge during the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part 2 (Gale)
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Archive of European and British periodicals and American monographs from renowned sources, including Natural History, The Rise of Public Health in England and Wales, and Academies of Science Publications. | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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Ebooks in 16 subject areas. | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | more information | |
| SciFinder Scholar |
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Scientific information in journal and patent literature - you must create a user account (see more information) | No | more information | |
| Springer Journals |
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Full text access (1997-present) to most journals available through Springer. | Yes | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | more information | |
| Wiley Online Library |
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Full-text access to selected journal titles and articles covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. | Yes | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | more information |
