LibGuides: BIOL 3200: Writing for Biologists: Find Articles

Databases

ScienceDirect
Peer-reviewed articles and ebooks in a wide range of the sciences and social sciences.
ACS Publications
Provides full text access to over 30 journal publications by the American Chemical Society.
Biological Abstracts
Abstracts and citations of articles in biology and agricultural research. This is a valuable tool for those studying the agricultural industry, veterinary science, wildlife management, and environmental science. Also includes information on alternatives to animal testing. Select the database from the “Search in” pull-down list.
Wiley Online Library
Scholarly articles and reference works on wide range of disciplines including health, physical sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and more.
PubMed
Citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed research in health sciences, mental health, public health, and a wide range of biomedical research areas. Can be used to find eBooks, clinical trials results, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials, and case studies.
Scopus
Peer-reviewed articles, reviews, books, and conference proceedings in various disciplines of science, including physical and life sciences.

Science in Context
Provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The collection includes millions of peer-reviewed and non-scholarly articles, as well as 200+ experiments, video, audio, projects, and encyclopedia articles.
MEDLINE
Peer-reviewed articles in medicine, microbiology, nursing, psychiatry, public health, sports medicine, and more
Index with abstracts to more than 4,500 journals published worldwide in 30 languages, covering all areas of medicine (including nursing, public health, pharmacy, sports medicine, psychiatry, dentistry, veterinary medicine, etc.).
Look up all the abbreviated journal names used in MEDLINE in List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
1966 to date. Updated monthly.

Guides
GreenFILE
Peer-reviewed, government and general-interest non-scholarly articles with content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
Selected full-text articles, citations, and links to PDF page images, graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations in biological, agricultural, veterinary science, wildlife management, and environmental science areas.
PubMed
Citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed research in health sciences, mental health, public health, and a wide range of biomedical research areas. Can be used to find eBooks, clinical trials results, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials, and case studies.

Academic Search Complete
A great starting place for any research topic. Includes a wealth of peer-reviewed and non-scholarly articles on a wide range of topics and disciplinary areas.
Sage Premier Collection
Peer-reviewed articles in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences.

What do you mean it's open? An open database includes open access articles. Open access articles are free, immediately available articles.

Agricola
Contains citations and abstracts to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Topics covered include: animal & veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture & fisheries, farming & farming systems, agricultural economics, extension & education, food & human nutrition, and earth & environmental sciences. Covers 1970-present.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
California Natural Diversity Database
A program that inventories the status and locations of rare plants and animals in California.
F1000 Research
F1000Research is an Open Research Publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication of articles and other research outputs.
PLOS
The Public Library of Science provides free access to the full-text of all of their highly rated journals.
Biomed Central
BioMed Central is an open access database and part of Springer Nature. Disciplines include biomedicine in the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines.

OneSearch

OneSearch
You can use OneSearch to find resources (e.g., books, articles) available in the library and across all CSUs.

Google Scholar

With Google Scholar, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites.

Be sure to link Google Scholar to the Cal State LA Library to get free access to many library resources.

To access the library resources, click on the links in the right-hand column, like Find it @ CalState LA.

CSU+ Interlibrary Loan

If you can't find an article or book through the library, then you can use CSU+ in OneSearch to request a copy of your article or book for free from another library. No registration is required, only your MyCalStateLA username and password.

You can view additional FAQ on the CSU+ Interlibrary Loan page.