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Librarian: Rodney Clare Jackman (temporary), rjackman@uno.edu, 504.280.3273
Important Databases -- Other Online Sources -- Combined Search -- Books -- FAQs
"The Big Ones"
Great places to start your biology research. These databases have citations to thousands of articles, and sometimes have links to the full-text of the articles.
| Biological Abstracts |
Search here for articles about almost any life sciences topic. New citations are added frequently, and you can search for articles in over 4,000 journals, and as far back as 1969. A good place to start your Biology research. |
| MEDLINE |
Focuses on medical information, but is also a great source of citations to articles about cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, nursing & veterinary sciences, and public health. MEDLINE is also known as PubMed and can be searched at the NCBI website, but using the interface available from this page will give you more links to full-text journals in your results. |
| Web of Science |
Contains citations to articles from all scientific disciplines. You can search by topic, author, and title, and also by citation (i.e., look up which other articles and authors have cited an article you know about). Also called the "Science Citation Index". |
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Other Useful Online Sources
| iLink |
The UNO Libraries Catalog is where you search for books, or look up which journal titles we have access to (both in print and online). |
| Google Scholar |
Google Scholar is a free resource that contains citations to journal articles mostly in science, technology and medicine. If you use this link to Google Scholar, or set your Google Scholar preferences to include UNO, it will provide links to full-text articles courtesy of the UNO Library. |
| NCBI |
The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides dozens of databases, including GenBank, PubChem and PubMed. Search the databases all at once or individually to find gene and protein sequences, structures, taxonomies and more (note: searching PubMed for articles through the Library's MEDLINE database above may give you better results). |
| Oceanic Abstracts |
Citations to technical articles on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. |
| Agricola |
A database of citations to articles about agriculture and related topics, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, food and nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. |
| ToxNet |
Contains citations to articles and other sources with information about toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases. |
| Academic Search Complete |
A large general database containing citations to both popular and scholarly articles about an enormous range of topics (not just science!). Articles found from this database will likely be less specialized than those found in science-specific databases. |
| SciFinder Scholar |
Lets you find Chemistry articles and patents, including biochemistry and organic chemistry. |
| Biology Digest |
Aimed at high school students, this database contains citations to biology articles of general interest. |
| EBSCO Animals |
Contains basic information about animal species (scientific name, taxonomy, habitat, etc.) taken from sources such as the Encyclopedia of Animals. |
| CINAHL |
Provides citations to Nursing and Allied Health articles. Can be a good source of medical and public health information. |
| Health Source |
Provides ciations to Nursing, Allied Health and Medical articles. |
Want to search several places at once? Try WebFeat!
Many of the databases listed above can be searched simultaneaously using WebFeat - just select the ones you would like to search. This is a quick method but may not give you all the search options you need for a specialized search or a detailed literature review.
For some research, books are still the way to go; for example, encyclopedias and handbooks for reliable information about different species (especially obscure ones) and physical data. A few books from the Reference section are listed below; contact a librarian, check iLink, the UNO Library's online catalog, or browse the Reference section (try call numbers starting with Q or R) for more.
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| Biological Data Book |
QH 310 .A392 |
A huge variety of useful facts and figures. Looking for the solubility of Vitamin A? The heat tolerance of tomato plants? The average body weight of baby hamsters? Try this book. |
| Flora of North America |
QK110 .F55 1993 |
Descriptions of the morphology, distributions, names and taxonomic relationships of native and natural plants of North America. Also available online. |
| Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia |
Online |
Information about habitat, distribution, morphology, ecology and more for species from around the world |
| Handbook of Birds of the World |
QL 673 .H25 1992 |
Photographs of and information about a huge number of bird species, arranged by family. |
| Walker's Mammals of the World |
QL 703 .W222 1999 |
Descriptions of mammals, taxonomy, common and scientific names, habitat and other information about mammals by genus, from Abditomys to Zyzomys. |
| Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology |
QR 81 .B46 2001 |
The authoritative work on bacterial species. Contains detailed information about the characteristics and taxonomy of prokaryotes. |
| The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy |
RC55 .M4 |
Clinical information on the diagnosis and treatment of hundreds of diseases and medical conditions. Also available online. |
F.A.Q.s
How can I get help with my research?
Contact the Science Librarian, Tina O'Grady, for help with your science information needs.Check the chat box at the top of the page to see if she is available right now. Or, she can be reached at 504-280-7280, cogrady@uno.edu (on email and AIM), or in Library Room 126.
Or, stop by the Information Desk on the first floor of the Library, call 504-280-6549, or email libref@uno.edu.
How do I get access to these resources from off campus?
When you click on the link to an electronic resource, you will be asked to log in. Use your UNO ID number (with two zeroes added to the end) as your User ID number. Your pin is CHANGEME unless you have changed it youself. If you encouter problems or need assistance logging in, contact the Circulation Desk at 504-280-6355.
When I find a citation or abstract, how do I get to the full article?
You can always look it up in the iLink, the UNO Library Catalog. Search for the journal title (make sure to use the journal title, not the article title!) to see if UNO has an online or print subscription. If we have a subscription, your search results will give you a link to the ejournal, a list of print issues on the shelf, or both.
As a shortcut, if the database record you are looking at has a link that says “Check LinkSource for more information”, follow that link to have the above steps done for you – you’ll be taken to the e-journal, the list of print copies, or other options.
What if the UNO Library doesn’t have the article or book I need?
There are still ways to get what you need! You can search the database WorldCat to find other nearby libraries that have the book or article (see the LALINC information page for information about using other local libraries), or request that the book or article be sent here through InterLibrary Loan.
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