Research Guides: Biosciences Seminar (04-491/680): Articles

Best bets at Northwest Missouri State University

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Find full-text articles covering health & life sciences, physical sciences, and social & behavioral sciences. [ How to search ]
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles in the biomedical and life sciences.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Get full-text journals in all academic areas (articles typically added 3 to 5 years after publication). [ How to search ] [ How to use text analyzer ]

BIOLOGY SUBSET of JSTOR (return to this link when beginning a new search): JSTOR Biological Collection Archive Collection

Best bets after graduation

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Find books, abstracts, and linked articles in all subject areas. [ How to search ]

JSTOR free account (6 articles per month)
Register for an account for up to 6 free JSTOR articles per month. Intended for individuals who are unaffiliated with a school or library, these accounts also provide tools to save your work (and organize citations) on the JSTOR site.

PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles in the biomedical and life sciences.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
Search web-accessible scientific and scholarly journal articles.

ScienceOpen
ScienceOpen offers open access to articles in all areas of science. Registration is free.
ResearchGate (join now for free)
“ResearchGate is the professional network for scientists and researchers. Over 15 million members from all over the world use it to share, discover, and discuss research.
Unpaywall
Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories

InterLibrary Loan

Get an article or a book
Get a pdf of any article or book chapter unavailable at B.D. Owens Library delivered to your Northwest email account. Note: When asked for your ID and campus code, enter your 919# immediately followed by NW (example: 919123456nw).

Going to graduate or professional school?

Search your institutions' libraries. These are the top databases for biological literature. Schedule an appointment with a librarian to learn how to use them effectively. As you know, academic databases don't work like google, so get to know the librarians in the specific subject library for your degree.

BIOSIS Previews
Web of Science
Embase
ClinicalKey
etc.

Biology databases at an R1 University (doctoral level)

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