Biology 

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Basic search tips

Biology Department

When searching for articles, look for the UMLinks button. It will find the full text of your article online if it's available through the libraries. Or, it will search the library catalog for you to see if we have your article in print--or let you request it via Interlibrary Loan.

Online Journal Databases 

IMPORTANT: Accessing databases from off-campus requires log-in with your OIT user and password.

Biological Abstracts
Comprehensive coverage of the life sciences literature, including journal articles, conference papers, and books relating to life sciences, 1969-present.

Web of Science
Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.

BioOne
Bioscience research journals in full text, 1998-present.

PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version

Zoological Record
Citations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Articles from serial publications, books, reports, and conference proceedings published in the field of aquatic science, 1965-present.

CAB Abstracts
Source for journal articles and other material on land use: agriculture, forestry, biotechnology, agricultural economics, tourism, nutrition, etc., 1910-present.

BioMed Central
Free (open source) access to federally funded peer-reviewed biomedical research in over 100 recent journals.

Biological and Agricultural Index
Articles in about 300 scholarly journals on agriculture, food production, nutrition, forestry, marine biology and plant pathology, 1984-present. 

Genetics Abstracts
Citations to articles on genetics research, updated monthly. Current year and last year.

ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals from the sciences, including the social sciences, published within the last five years, 1998-present.