Major Research Tools

BioOne

Coverage: 2000-present

Access to collection 1 with over 70 peer-reviewed journals in the life sciences. Coverage for most journals begins in 2000.


Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Authoritative encyclopedia articles by scientists covering the biological sciences.


Google Scholar

Search engine for scholarly materials including journal articles. Be sure to use FullTextFinder to link to Lafayette's resources. Note: if accessing from off-campus, sign in, go to "Settings" and search in the "Library Links" section for "Lafayette." Check "Lafayette College - Lafayette FullTextFinder" and click save to make FullTextFinder appear in search results.


MEDLINE via Web of Science

Coverage: 1950-present

The premier index to medical literature for health researchers and professionals. Subject searchers may wish to consult the directory of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), available at the National Library of Medicine's website. A free search interface for MEDLINE, PubMed, with links to select full-text articles is also available.


Nature.com Complete

1845-present

Full text access to most of Nature publishing group's journals, including current and archival access to Nature and Scientific American.


Web of Science: Science Citation Index

Coverage: 1955-present

Index covering the journal literature of science and technology. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work.


Other Suggested Research Tool

AGRICOLA

The premier index for agricultural literature. Produced by the USDA National Agricultural Library.

All About Birds

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this site allows users to browse or search the Bird Guide by name and shape or taxonomy. There are also Bird Cams and and birding basics.


Annual Reviews

Index coverage: vol. 1 - present; Full-text coverage: 1996-present

Full text of articles reviewing the scholarly literature for a variety of topics in the physical, biomedical, and social sciences.


Bioethics

Encyclopedia covering topics related to bioethics, including genetically modified foods, social justice, sustainability, and chemical warfare.


Birds of the World

Provides detailed scientific information for over 10,700 birds across the globe. Each online species entry contains recordings of that bird's songs and calls, images, videos, migration patterns, and maps of distribution.


Darwin Correspondence Project

Archive of more than 2,000 with whom Darwin corresponded, ranging from well known naturalists and public figures to the obscure. Includes an image of the original letter, transcription, footnotes and annotations.


Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics

Articles on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in the area of food and agricultural ethics.


Encyclopedia of Life

Database of information on each of the named species on Earth. Includes information on ecology and evolution of the species as well as descriptive information. From a consortium of leading natural history museums and research institutions.


Environment Complete

Database covering the journal literature of environmental sciences, including applicable areas of ecology, energy, geography, pollution & waste management, law, public policy, and urban planning.


FishBase

Information on all known species of fish, including taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, uses, historical data, and references to published literature.


FlyBase

A database of information on the genetics and molecular biology of Drosophila. It includes genetic data and references to articles, books, and reports from the scientific literature.


Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook

This FDA handbook, aka the Bad Bug Book, provides basic facts regarding the titular characters.


Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas

The Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas is a collection of published and open access freshwater biodiversity mapsĀ in addition to a gateway for geographical information and spatial data at different scales. Includes background information, links to publications and data sources.


IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Information on plants and animals that are endangered or extinct. Includes taxonomy, conservation status, distribution, and bibliographies. From the World Conservation Union.


National Center for Biotechnology Information

Home of GenBank (the National Institutes of Health's genetic sequence database), the Molecular Modelling Database, and other biotechnology resources.


New York Academy of Science Archives

Coverage: 1817-present

Digitized archives including the Academy's records, minutes, and memos, as well as the papers of Academy members and Fellows, which include scientific journals and correspondence detailing scientific findings.


Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology

Articles covering key individuals, institutions, and organizations responsible for major developments in science, medicine and technology in the U.S. as well as the concepts, practices, and processes underlying these developments.


Photobiological Sciences Online

Short summaries and links to current literature from the American Society for Photobiology presenting the full spectrum of light's effects on living things.


PLANTS Database

From the U.S.D.A., this database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, Web links, and references.


PubChem

Database of chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities. Includes links to records in scientific literature databases. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information.


PubMed Central

Database of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. From the National Institutes of Health.


Tree of Life

Collection of Web pages with information on the characteristics and classification of organisms. Pages are written by biologists and linked one to another in the form of the evolutionary tree of organisms.