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Research Library Liaison - Erica Lopez
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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.
Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
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.
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.
Birds of North America is an up-to-date, comprehensive resource covering the life histories of North American birds. This resource provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada, including images and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more.
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).
SciFinder is an access point to several Chemical Abstracts databases providing chemical literature from over 10,000 journals, 1907-present; organic and inorganic substance information (CAS registry); patents; structure diagrams; and more. New users start here.
Science & Technology Collection (Ebsco) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications of which over 800 leading full text journals cover relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, physics, archaeology, and materials science.
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 & Ecology Studies Worldwide (Ebsco) 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.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Access the content of reference books electronically, anytime, anywhere.
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Online Books: Zoology
actionbioscience.org
A non-commercial site offering peer-reviewed articles on bioscience issues, great site for educators.Amphibian Species of the World
A searchable database, by the American Museum of Natural History.AmphibiaWeb
A database of over 5,000 amphibian species.Animal Diversity Web
An online database featuring natural history, distribution, images.BirdLife International
A site for a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.BIRDNET
Ornithological information source.eNature.com
Produced by the National Wildlife Federation, this site contains field guides for over 5000 species.Environmental Conservation Online System
A gateway web site providing access to data on the Endangered Species and Fisheries and Habitat Conservation program, as well as public access to information from numerous U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service databases.Glossarist
A searchable list of glossaries and topical dictionaries.
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Biological, Agricultural, and Medical Sciences
Collection can be searched by subject, keyword or title; part of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Mammal Species of the World
(Smithsonian Institution)North American Fossil Mammal Systematics Database
Phylogenies, taxonomic histories, age-ranges, body-mass estimates for species and genera.T.I.D.E.S.
(Teaching, Images, and Digital Experiences) Offers primary resource material from East Texas Libraries and museums.
Birds (331 images).
Mammals (178 images).
Reptiles (260 images).The Tree of Life Web Project
A collaborative project amassing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Collection includes about 15 million specimens which are worldwide in geographic scope and world-class in diversity and quality.Professional Organizations
Animal Behavior Society
American Ornithologists' Union
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Mammalogists
Association of Field Ornithologists
Cooper Ornithological Society
Quaternary Research Association
Raptor Research Foundation
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Texas Ornithological Society