Everett Library: Biology: Start

Top Databases for Biology

ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text issues of scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, and general sciences. Some journals have coverage back to the 1600s.
Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window
Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
From foundational science to new and novel research, discover ScienceDirect's large collection of Physical Sciences and Engineering publications, covering a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic information covering a variety of medical disciplines.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
A collection of full-text database of reference ebooks, including encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri, handbooks, readers’ guides, atlases, primary source materials, and image and video collections, selected for academic researchers.
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Peer-reviewed journals from the sciences and humanities including titles in behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business and economics, chemistry and materials science, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.

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Over 26,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
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Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.

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What Is Interlibrary Loan (ILL)?

If Queens University of Charlotte does not have an article or print book in its library collection, students, faculty, and staff may request the library to retrieve it from another library.
Queens also lends out its materials to other libraries.
In general, only articles and print books are available through interlibrary loan (ILL)

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