Top Databases for Biology
- Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers life science and biomedical research literature going back to 1926.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowOffers citation tracking with a focus on science literature.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowMEDLINE biomedical database. Molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data.
Additional Options
Open Access
All open access publications are free for users to access and download.
- arXiv.orgarXiv is a distribution service and archive of open-access scholarly articles in quantitative biology and many other scientific fields.
- BioMed Central (BMC)Publishes a portfolio of peer-reviewed open-access journals in biology, health sciences, and medicine. Part of Springer Nature.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Independent, British non-profit index of open access journals from around the world. Be aware that the search function identifies journals, not articles. You will have to go to a selected journal's website to search for articles.
- LitCovidCurated literature hub of PubMed articles pertaining to COVID-19. Articles are updated daily.
- microPublication BiologyOpen access life sciences journal that publishes novel scientific findings alongside results that are negative, reproduced, lacking a scientific narrative, or perceived to be low-impact. All articles are peer reviewed and assigned a DOI. Featured data are curated and deposited in third party referential databases upon publication, if possible.
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS is an open access publisher whose constituent journals include PLOS One, PLOS Biology, and PLOS Medicine. "Research communities" on the PLOS website gather together articles and other research highlights pertaining to a subfield (e.g., ecology).
Major Publishers
The following resources will help you explore the research output of major scientific publishers and aggregators.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
- Elsevier ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to journals published by Elsevier Science.
- Wiley Online LibrarySearch the catalog of academic journals, books, and reference materials available through the publisher Wiley. You can also browse in search of publications or articles pertaining to a certain subject.