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Databases for Biology

April 8, 2026 • 11:50 am

Biology – Best Bets

  • Environment Complete Environment Complete is included in Library Search
    Full text journal articles on agriculture, ecology, renewable energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, environmental technology, law, and policy, and more. More info
  • Scopus Scopus is included in Library Search with Login
    Replaces Web of Science. An abstract and citation database focused on social, physical, life, and health sciences, with over 94 million records. More info

Biology – Also Useful

  • ACSESS Digital Library ACSESS Digital Library is included in Library Search
    The ACSESS Digital Library is a complete collection of all content published by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. More info
  • Agricola Agricola is not in Library Search
    Includes citations for resources relating to all aspects of agriculture, materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions. More info
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest) Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest) is included in Library Search
    Provides full text access to over 1,100 scholarly journals, trade journals, and reports representing all major environmental science topics. More info
  • Biological Science Database (ProQuest) Biological Science Database (ProQuest) is included in Library Search
    Provides access to nearly 400 journals, with more than 325 available in full text. More info
  • Gale eBooks Gale eBooks is included in Library Search
    Provides full text access to more than 250 reference sources, primarily encyclopedias. More info
  • GreenFILE GreenFILE is included in Library Search
    Scholarly and general interest journals, as well as government documents and reports covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. More info
  • JSTOR JSTOR is included in Library Search
    Core scholarly journals (especially back issues), ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads. More info
  • Nature Journals Nature Journals is included in Library Search
    Connect to Nature, the world's most-cited scientific research journal, as well as news and other journals at Nature.com. More info
  • PubMed (includes MEDLINE) PubMed (includes MEDLINE) is included in Library Search
    This resource is freely available from the Internet. The Linkout feature, which is marked with an icon, provides access to the full-text of journals subscribed to by Appalachian State University Libraries. Citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. More info
  • ScienceDirect ScienceDirect is included in Library Search
    Full text access to more than 1,200 journals from the Elsevier Science journal collection, and indexing for 1,300 more. More info
  • SciFinder Scholar SciFinder Scholar is not in Library Search
    You must register. Create an account with your @appstate.edu address. Limited to 8 simultaneous users. Covers all areas of chemistry, including organic, inorganic, biochemistry, applied chemistry, and chemical engineering, including abstracts from more than 10,000 journals and the CAS Registry. More info
  • SpringerLink SpringerLink is included in Library Search
    Provides full text access to more than 1,500 peer reviewed journals in a wide variety of academic discplines. More info

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Stephanie Bennett
Stephanie Bennett