Biology


Contact Information

Mahoney Library

 

Saint Elizabeth University
2 Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960

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Phone:
Main Desk: (973) 290-4237

Library Hours:
Mon-Fri 8am to 12am
Sat, Sun 2pm to 12am

Library services will be unavailable/closed:

  • Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18, 2025
  • Monday, May 26, 2025

Key Databases

  • ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology
    This resource covers publications on the latest science and technology information for researchers of all levels.

  • Science Direct
    Includes articles/chapters from 2,500+ peer-reviewed journals and 10,000+ books. Coverage from 19th century to present.

  • BioMed Central
    BioMed Central publishes over 300 journals in biology, medicine, chemistry, and other sciences. All are open access (freely available to anyone)

  • Directory of Open Access Journals
    A large collection of over 20,000 open access journals from around the world in every subject

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Other Resources

  • Academic Search Complete
    Over 6,400 active full-text journals, more than 5,700 being peer-reviewed titles, providing access to critical information unique to this database. Covering STEM research, including biology, and other topics

  • Clase and Periodica
    Periodica indexes journals published in Latin America that specialize in science and technology, including biology, exact sciences, geosciences and physics. Articles may be published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Full text may be available through other sources

  • GreenFile
    Focuses on the environment, with connections to biology, health, law, education, and technology

  • American Men & Women of Science (GVRL)
    Profiles living persons in the physical and biological fields, as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists

  • Medline and Medline Plus
    Both focus on health and health sciences, but Medline is a collection of research journals, whereas Medline Plus serves as more of a public-facing encycolpedia with links to research articles

Citing Sources

Books

Websites

  • Biology Online
    Provides tutorials, articles, essay, reports, and an online forum on biology topics.

  • Bio Links (Biozone)
    Over 500 links on biology, biotech, microbiology, earth sciences, etc.

  • CREDO biology guide
    A large collection of biology references and resources

Podcasts

  • Nature Podcasts
    Highlights of contents from the peer-reviewed journal, Nature.

  • Science Podcasts
    Weekly podcast of stories of interest in the journal Science Magazine.

Encyclopedias

  • Bioethics (GVRL)
    Offers hundreds of revisions and new or revised entries on topics such as key cases in bioethics, the human biome, genetically modified foods, emergency preparedness and response, social justice, sustainability, among many others.

  • Biology (GVRL)
    Explains biological concepts and explores related fields as well as the history of biological science with illustrations, sidebars, bibliographies, timelines, charts, and a glossary.