Biology Resources

Library Catalogs | Find Journals | Find Journal Articles | Use Indexes and Abstracts |Interdisciplinary Full Text Databases | Dictionaries and Handbooks | Grammar and Style Guides | Recommended Links | Other Recommended Links Library Catalogs Framingham State College Library Catalog Owned by FSC and 40+ area libraries, FSC online library catalog provides access to information about books and other materials. World Cat          Off Campus World Catalog indexes books and electronic resources owned by over 10,000 libraries worldwide, including Internet sites, by name and subject via FirstSearch. FirstSearch provides online access to more than 30 databases.  Journal Resources   Full-Text Electronic Journal Finder Use the Full Text Electronic Journal Finder to find journals indexed within the full-text FSC Library databases, particularly if you know a journal's name and need to know where it can be found.   If you are off-campus, please choose the off-campus button to access a database. You will be directed to the login page and then the database list.  Please login using your campus network username and password.  Find Full Text Articles  [top of page] Academic Search Premier (1965 - present)               Off-campus Full text reference database. Indexes major biological, environmental, life science, and general science journals. Over 4500 journals are indexed in all fields. Academic Onefile (1980 - present)             Off-campus Indexes major behavioral science, life sciences, and general science magazines and journals. Contains indexing and abstracts for over 7900 journals in all fields with full-text indexing for 3900+. ArticleFirst (1990 - present)                                            Off-campus Indexes 15,000+ journals in all fields including the sciences and medicine.     Subject Indexes and Abstracts    [top of page] AGRICOLA (1970 - present)                                             Off-campus Indexes publications covering everything to do with food and agriculture, including animal science, botany, chemistry, entomology, food science, forestry, the life sciences, natural resources, nutrition, pest control, etc. BasicBIOSIS (Current + 4 most recent years)                    Off-campus Abridged version of Biological Abstracts. Updated monthly.  MEDLINE (1966 - present)   Off-campus A comprehensive index to medical & allied health journals [a subset of PubMed]. SCIENCE DIRECT (1970-present)  Off-campus Provides access to 950+ science journals, most full-text. SciFinder Scholar (1907 - present) A desktop version of Chemical Abstracts. Useful for locating joural articles in the fields of biochemistry, biochemical genetics, organic chemistry, and macromolecular chemistry. This database is installed on the 2 PCs next to the Pharos Print Release Station in the Reference Foyer. See a Reference Librarian for assistance on how to access this database & how to print from it. Interdisciplinary Full Text Databases Academic Search Premier (1965 - present) Off-campus Indexes major biological, environmental, life science, and general science journals. Academic Onefile (1980 - present) Off-campus Indexes 15,000+ journals in all fields including the life sciences and medicine. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Handbooks    [top of page]                               A Dictionary of Biology.  (Ref QH 302.5 .D5 2000) Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Rev. ed.   (Ref QH 332. E52 1995) Encyclopedia of Human Biology. 2nd ed.   (Ref QP 11 .E53 1997) Encyclopedia of the Biosphere.   (Ref QH 343.4 .B5613 2000) Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.   (Ref QL 7 .G7813 2003) McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.   (Ref Q 123 .M15 2003) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. (Ref Q 121 .M3 2002)  Birds of North America (BNA Online) Off-campus BNA is a comprehensive handbook covering the life histories of North American birds. Grammar and Style Guides  [top of page]   Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers.  (Ref T 11 .S386 1994) Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. 4th ed. (Ref QH 304. M36 2006) Cite a Source Provides examples for bibliography lists for the APA, Chicago, and MLA style formats.   Bibliographies & Works Cited Pages A list of websites that contain rules and examples for bibliography lists in the APA, CBE, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and other styles.     Recommended Links Professional Organizations and Societies American Institute of Biological Sciences: (AIBS) Provides the history and goals of AIBS in an easily accessible format, and also current information about the work of AIBS. American Society for Microbiology: (ASM) Founded in 1899, the society's mission is to advance microbiological sciences through the pursuit of scientific knowledge and dissemination of the results of fundamental and applied research. Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) Founded in 1912, the FASEB advances biological science through collaborative advocacy for research policies that promote scientific progress and education and lead to improvements in human health. Other Recommended Websites   [top of page] Biology sites on Del.icio.us Websites recommended by the Framingham State College community Internet Public Library - Life Sciences Resources in the sciences of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. INTUTE: Health & Life Sciences U.K. based gateway to medical and biological web resources. McGill Blacker-Wood Library - Biology on the Web Selection of free online resources of interest to students and others working in the life sciences. Nature and Wildlife Field Guides Guides available through the National Wildlife Federation. PubMed A database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Gateway to databases in the fields of genetics, environmental health & toxicology, and other biomedical fields. WWW Virtual Library - Biosciences A biological tour through cyberspace. Library Home | FSC Home Page     FSC Biology Department | E-Resources by Subject Created by Marion Slack, Henry Whittemore Library, Framingham State College Comments and feedback to: marions@frc.mass.edu