Drain-Jordan Library Database List-Biology and Biotechnology, West Virginia State University
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DATABASES: BIOLOGY/BIOTECHNOLOGY

Academic One File

(Gale) Multidisciplinary database containing full-text articles and citations to academic journals and popular publications. Includes New York Times from 1985.
offcampus access

Academic Search Complete

(Ebsco) Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text databasewith more than 8,500 full-text peridicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references atr provided for more than 1,400 journals. (replacing Academic Search Premier)
offcampus access

Agricola

Contains the Catalog and index to the collections at the National Agricultural Library and primary public source agricultural information. Encompasses materials as far back as the 15th century.
free public database

AHRS Consumer Medication Information

(Ebsco) AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is undated monthly.
offcampus access

American Chemical Society

Full-text articles from American Chemical Society journals, many from the start of publication to current. ACS is searchable from off-campus, but access to the full text of the article is only available from on-campus.
offcampus access

American Museum of Natural History Scientific Publications

The AMNH DSpace Digital Repository is a digital archive maintained by the Research Library for AMNH Scientific Publications and materials digitized by the Library. Open access.
free public database

BMC - BioMed Central

Open access research journals published by BioMed Central. Some are not available full text.
free public database

Cancer.gov

Site by the National Cancer Institute, proving information on numerous types of cancer. Open access.
free public database

CINAHL

(Ebsco) Authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health.
offcampus access

CQ Researcher

Reports and analysis on issues in the news, provides brief legislative histories. Provides coverage for topics on health, socialtrends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
offcampus access

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Multidisciplinary collection of open access academic journals. Can search for journal titles or keyword search for articles.
free public access

Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine

National Library of Medicine (NIH)/ National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) primary text search, which includes 40 literature and molecular databases. Open access.
free public access

EPA Assessing and Managing Chemicals under TSCA

- formerly Chemicals in the Environment. EPA has developed information summaries on selected chemicals to describe how you might be exposed to these chemicals, how exposure to them might affect you and the environment, what happens to them in the environment, who regulates them, and whom to contact for additional information. Open access.
free public database


GreenFILE

(Ebsco) Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Provides indexing and abstracts for over 384,000 records, as well as open access full text for more than 4,700 records.
offcampus access

Master FILE Premier

(Ebsco) Multidisciplinary database including full-text periodicals covering general interest subject areas. Contains an image collection with photos, maps and flags.
offcampus access

MEDLINE

(Ebsco) Provides citations to current biomedical journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and others.
offcampus access

National Center for Biotechnology Information

"As a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI's mission is to develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and disease. More specifically, ... with creating automated systems for storing and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics; facilitating the use of such databases and software by the research and medical community..." (from site's Mission page)
free public database

NIH - National Library of Medicine

Resources for: researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, the public and others. Under "Resources for You" - "For the Public" are links to :Find Relable Health Information"; this is a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website.
free public access

OpenDissertations

(Ebsco) OpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Created with the generous support of the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, it incorporates EBSCO's previously released American Doctoral Dissertations, and features additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world. Providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.
offcampus access

PubMed

Citations for biomedical literature MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Open access.
free public access

PubMed Central

Full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institute of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Open access.
free public access

Science Direct

Full-text of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology journals. Change "source" to "subscribed journals" to search full-text only. Citations can be searched off-campus, full-text available ON CAMPUS ONLY.
offcampus access

TOPIC Search

(Ebsco) Current events database, contains articles and citations on social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.
offcampus access