Biology

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
Contains full text, peer-reviewed books and journals for chemistry, physics, materials science, biochemistry, molecular biology, astronomy, and chemical engineering

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

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

National Library of Medicine

Published by the National Institute of Health, NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. There are four databases available to the public:

For a complete understanding of these three databases go to the MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different? Fact Sheet.


Websites

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

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

We Love Science
Hear about the people who have turned a love of biology and life sciences into a career, passion project, or hobby


Other Resources

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

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

bioRxiv
This is an open access repository for papers in all biology topics. Note that these papers are pre-print only, and have not yet gone through peer-review

National Academies Press
Publishes books and workshop proceedings for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

SpringerOpen Life Sciences
Repository of open access journal articles and books on a wide variety of topics

Life Sciences in Digital Commons
Free articles and research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide

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.

Citing Sources

APA Style Guide
AMA Style Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation information together and generate a bibliography for you.

Books

Search Online Catalog
Interlibrary Borrowing
eBook Resources
Open Educational Resources

Streaming Video

Films on Demand: Biology Video Collection
Over 1700 videos on biology, microbiology, botany, genetics and related

Updated 8/19/25