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.
TreeSearch is "the largest freely available collection of online forestry research in the world" and includes publications of the USDA Forest Service.
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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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.
Internet Sites
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.
The Biology Project: an Online Interactive Resource for Learning Biology
Developed by the University of Arizona. Includes: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemicals & Human Health, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Immunology, Mendelian Genetics, and Molecular Biology.
BIOSIS
Zoological resources: taxonomy, Internet research guide, glossaries.BioTech
Life sciences resources and reference tools for scientists, educators and students.
CMS Molecular Biology Resource
Internet-accessible tools and resources for Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Evolution, Biochemistry and Biomolecular Modeling.
eNature.com
Produced by the National Wildlife Federation, this site contains field guides for 4800 species, habitat guides, etc.
ESP: Electronic Scholarly Publishing
Full text reproductions of classic publications in: the history of science, genetics, computational biology, and genome research.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 MacromoleculesMedBioWorld
A reference resource providing 25,000 links to journals, associations and databases.
Microbiology Timeline
Significant events of the last 125 years (American Society for Microbiology).
NEARCTICA
The great outdoors of North America: conservation, environmental protection, education, home and yard pests, butterflies, birds, weather, dinosaurs, biking, coloring books for kids.
Red List of Threatened Species (2000).
(International Union for the Conservation of Nature).Scirus: for scientific information only
Search more than 150 million science-related Web sites, along with 11 journal databases (full text often included). Advanced search options allow you to specify date, media, file type, content source and a range of subjects in the life and physical sciences and anthropology.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.WetNet: Texas Wetland Information Network
WWW Virtual Library Biosciences Section
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Includes links to databases (including an invasive species database) and publications .Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Global-change data & information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Centers for Disease ControlEnvironmental Protection Agency
Environmental Quality, Status, and Trends
Chemicals in the Environment and OPPT Factsheets
Produced by the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
Ecological Exposure Research Division and National Exposure Research Laboratory
Global Warming SiteNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
A member of the National Institutes of Health.
Seeks to reduce environmentally induced health risks via research, prevention and communication.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental assessment, prediction and stewardship. Includes maps, climate forecasts.National Science Foundation
United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
National Wetlands InventoryNational Park Service
National Science Foundation
Patent and Trademark Office
The Official US 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.US Army Corps of Engineers
Publications, wetlands research...US Geological Survey
Real-time hydrologic data, wetlands researchUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Wetland Science InstituteAudubon Society
Defenders of Wildlife
International Wildlife Coalition
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Wildlife Federation
The Nature Conservancy
Species Survival Commission (International Union for the Conservation of Nature)
Texas Wildlife Association
Water Environment Association of Texas
Wetland Habitat Alliance of Texas
Wildlife Interest Group
Wildlife Land Trust
The Wildlife Society
World Wildlife FundAir and Waste Management Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Society of Plant Biologists
Botanical Society of America
Genetics Society of America
Society for Economic Botany
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Native Plant Society of Texas
North American Benthological Society
