Suggested Databases for Finding Sources - Biology 231 - Research Methods - Research Guides at University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK)

Useful databases for creating an annotated bibliography

This is not an exhaustive list, but it's a good one. Search multiple databases in order to obtain the best variety of sources.

Natural Science Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and abstracts from scientific and technical journals related to aquatic science, biology, biotechnology, environmental science and medicine.
Includes ProQuest's Biological and Environmental Sciences and Environmental Impact Statements databases.
Science & Technology Collection This link opens in a new window
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Access to hundreds of full-text journals in aeronautics, astrophysics, aviation, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, and physics.
ScienceDirect Journals This link opens in a new window
Access to over 2,400 full-text journal titles in the health and life sciences published by Elsevier since 1995, plus indexing for thousands of other Elsevier titles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital archive containing the full-text and full-page views of hundreds of journals. JSTOR's Arts & Sciences Archive Collections (1-10) and Life Sciences Archive Collection are available at UNK.
Individuals not affiliated with UNK may access content through a paid, personal JPASS account. Limited, free access is also available by registering for JSTOR's Register and Read program.
ASM Journals This link opens in a new window
Full-text journal articles published by the American Society for Microbiology.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Searches across numerous publishers and institutional sources for reports, dissertations and theses, and scholarly publications. Using this link will indicate which Google Scholar results are available in full-text through UNK databases or other free/open-access sources.
arXiv This link opens in a new window
An open-access archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance. Hosted by Cornell University.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE offers 300+ journals from 60 scholarly publishers in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 83,000,000 articles from a variety of newspapers, magazines and peer-reviewed journals -- many in full-text.