Research Guides: #Biology: Scholarly Research

Types of Articles

There are two main types of articles you'll come across in the databases: literature reviews and empirical studies. Both may be scholarly, peer-reviewed sources, but empirical studies are primary sources that report on the results of a study.

Journals & Periodicals: Identifying Scholarly Sources
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Finding Scholarly Articles for Biology

Science Online This link opens in a new window
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This full-text, weekly multidisciplinary scientific journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and noteworthy science news (1997 to the present).
Gale in Context: Science This link opens in a new window
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Articles, experiments, videos, and podcasts on the most significant science topics of today. Contains magazine as well as academic journal and news articles.
PLOS (Public Library of Science) This link opens in a new window
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PLoS features "peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles."
SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text from an international collection of scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
Includes the Natural Science Collection, Science Collection, and Technology Collection
Sustainability Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Provides full text for industry-leading journals, magazines, books, trade publications on sustainability initiative management.

Science.gov
Provides access to U.S. government science information; the search engine covers over 55 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information. No guaranteed full text.
PubMed.gov
PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Finding Scholarly Articles for Health Sciences

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Major full-text database in Nursing and Allied Health, with over 560 journals, and more than 600,000 articles dating back to 1937.
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text from a variety of medical, nursing and allied health sources: journals, reference books, pamphlets.