Shaw University Library Guides: Biology: Subject Sources

Learn more about Shaw's Biology Undergraduate Major

Recommended Databases

Biology and related disciplines:

To access these journals, make sure you are logged in to your Shaw University GMail or Bearsnet in your browser. Access is provided to Shaw University students, staff, and faculty.

BioOne Digital Library
Find eBooks and full-text journals through the BioOne Digital Library. Select titles are open access.
Public Health Database
Find the core literature in the field of public health.
PubMed
Find citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
Science Database
Find science articles on topics such as global warming, energy, robotics, genetically modified food, and more.
Nucleic Acid Knowledgebase
Find information about Nucleic Acids, including 3D structures, NA, protein, and ligand annotations, statistics, and more.

NCBI Resources
Access all of the National Center for Biotechnology Information's free resources, including databases and tools.

Other Online Sources

ASM Mammal Image Library
A non-profit educational service of the American Society of Mammalogists. A visual resource at all levels of instruction.
Macaulay Library
The Macaulay Library is the world's largest and oldest scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video recordings.
Science Cinema
ScienceCinema highlights leading-edge research from the U.S. Department of Energy and CERN - allows users to search for specific words and phrases spoken within video files.
Science News (Science and Society)
News stories focused on the interplay between science and society.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The NICBI advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information
Animal Diversity Web
Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database and encyclopedia of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology hosted by the University of Michigan.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
Encyclopedia of Life
Global access to knowledge about life on Earth
InterLex Project
A dynamic lexicon of biomedical terms.
WWW Virtual Library - Biosciences
The oldest catalogue of the Web, widely recognized as being amongst the highest-quality guides available.
Science.Gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
NCBI Resources
Access all of the National Center for Biotechnology Information's free resources, including databases and tools.
USDA Plant Image Gallery
Photos and line drawings of U.S. Plants, including many cultivated or foreign taxa.

Recommended Online Biology Journals

Biology related Journals:

BioMed Central A pioneer of open access publishing, BMC has an evolving portfolio of high quality peer-reviewed journals including broad interest titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine, specialist journals such as Malaria Journal and Microbiome, and the BMC Series. All the research published by BioMed Central's journals is open access.
Free Medical Journals - Biology A database supporting free access to up-to-date medical journals in all topic areas.
PubMed Central The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Public Library of Science (PLOS) A non-profit organization founded by biomedical scientists, currently publishing and sharing several open-access biomedical journals.

Open Access Journals on Biology:

These journals are available without logging in to our Proxy services, and can offer you a wider variety of topics and coverage.

We also recommend that you check out the Directory of Open Access Journals to continue your research into specific topics.

Books in the Library

Essential Biology with Physiology

eBooks

Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology

Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment, and Management

Still Searching? Try This!

If you are looking for an article, journal or book that Shaw University does not have access to, we may be able to get you access through Interlibrary Loan or CRC Lending.

Shaw University is a member of the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges, which means that Shaw students, faculty, and staff can borrow items at other CRC libraries. Prior to going to one of these libraries, you must pick up the appropriate documentation from the James E. Cheek Learning Resources Center. Learn more about CRC here.
We also use Interlibrary loan, which ships an item from another library to Shaw U for you to borrow. It can take some time for items to arrive as they are sent by USPS mail and a form is required. Request an ILL here.

For details and request forms, see the Other Lending Resources guide.

If you are having trouble with your research, we can help! We are always available at the front information desk at both the James E. Cheek main library and the Divinity library during our operating hours. You can also email us at librarystaff@shawu.onmicrosoft.com.

Check out the Using the Library guide for more information about our services and help.

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