Librarian - Don Richter
Email: drichter@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936.468.1714
Office: 202a
Appointments Available
Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
Agricola (Ebsco) contains over 3 million citations to materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions.
American Chemical Society Web Editions (ACS Web Edition and Archive) provides online full-text access to all the ACS journal and magazine publications (presently, about 36), with coverage from volume 1 to current for each.
BasicBiosis(Firstsearch) contains citations and abstracts for articles from life science journals.
Biology Digest (FirstSearch) covers articles on the life sciences for undergraduates and high school students.
Biological and Agricultural Index (FirstSearch) cites articles from journals, both popular and professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture.
DIScovering Science provides comprehensive coverage of scientific disciplines including Physical Sciences, Medicine, Technology, Information Sciences and Mathematics.
Medline (FirstSearch) is a database that covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. There is no full text access, but most records include substantial abstracts.
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service with access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals).
Species Information Library (NISC) is a reference database with 45,000 pages of species profiles for North American mammals and selected invertebrates.
Scirus: for scientific information only searches more than 150 million science-related Web sites, along with 11 journal databases with full text articles often included.
Stat!Ref is a full text collection of 35 medical and drug reference titles, including the Merck Manual and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Wildlife Worldwide (NISC) is a source for locating literature, from 1935 to the present time, on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
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ESP: Electronic Scholarly Publishing Full text reproductions of classic publications in: the history of science, genetics, computational biology, and genome research.
Google Print
Search inside books online (full text available for some).
NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Online Books: Biology
Online Books: Botany
Information
Government Organizations
Independent Organizations
Professional Organizationsactionbioscience.org
A non-commercial site offering peer-reviewed articles on bioscience issues. Among others, features genomics, biotechnology, evolution, biodiversity, environment and education.BIOME
Gateway to internet resources in the Health and Life Sciences.
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas
Intended to enhance communication among the researchers (particularly botanists and ecologists), conservationists, amateur plant naturalists, and laypersons. Both scientific and common plant names are employed.eNature.com
Produced by the National Wildlife Federation, this site contains field guides for 4800 species, habitat guides, etc.
the Glossarist
A searchable dictionary of glossaries and topical dictionaries.INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections, Biological, Agricultural, and Medical Sciences
Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of the Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.
IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules
MedBioWorld
A reference resource providing 25,000 links to journals, associations and databases.
NEARCTICA
The great outdoors of North America: conservation, environmental protection, education, home and yard pests, butterflies, birds, weather, dinosaurs, biking, coloring books for kids.
Plants Database
Produced by the the USDA, this site allows you to search for plant information by common and scientific name and symbol. Explore invasive and noxious plants, threatened and endangered plants, and fact sheets for over 130 species of plants.Texas Plant Disease Handbook
Prepared by the by Texas Extension Plant Pathologists. You can search the index and select the Host Crop to learn about plant diseases in Texas.Red List of Threatened Species (2000).
(International Union for the Conservation of Nature).Species in Parks - Flora and Fauna Databases
The Information Center for the Environment, in conjunction with the National Park Service, has developed preliminary databases of vascular plant and vertebrate animal species reported to occur within lands managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Search by Park or by Species.
The Tree of Life Web Project
A collaborative project amassing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.T.I.D.E.S.
(Teaching, Images, and Digital Experiences) offers primary resource material from East Texas Libraries and museums. Nast Arboretum (64 images)Vascular Plants Endemic to Texas
(The Flora of Texas Consortium)WWW Virtual Library Biosciences Section
Environmental Protection Agency
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental assessment, prediction and stewardship. Includes maps, climate forecasts.>National Park Service
National Science Foundation
Patent and Trademark Office
The Official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers searching capability to the patent database. Most patents retrieved are full-text. Patents are also searchable in the Chemical Abstracts database by appointment with the Science Librarian.Texas Parks and Wildlife
Find information on: conservation (including endangered species), wildlife management areas, publications and much more.
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. Geological SurveyBotanical Research Institute of Texas
The Flora of Texas Consortium
The Nature Conservancy
Species Survival Commission (International Union for the Conservation of Nature)
Wetland Habitat Alliance of Texas
Wildlife Land TrustAmerican Bryological and Lichenological Society
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
American Phytopathological Society
Botanical Society of America
International Society of Plant Pathology
Society for Economic Botany
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Native Plant Society of Texas
Willi Hennig Society
