Biology

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Subject Databases

• Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (or of the Biomedical Sciences) (full-text)
• ASFA:Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts Database
• BioOne
• BIOSIS Citation Index
  
  Some Related Databases
• Academic Search Complete
• Agricola
• Armed Forces Pest Management [Literature] Database
• ASTIS (Arctic Science and Technology Information System) Database
• Cairn
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs
• Canadian Publishers Collection
• Dissertations and Theses (Proquest)
• ETDEWEB
• Entrez: The Life Sciences Search Engine (some full-text)
• Environment Index
• Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
• Erudit
• Eureka.cc (Biblio Branchée)
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Forest Service Database (some full-text)
• Geobase
• Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
• GreenFILE
• JSTOR
• North American Mammals
• NRC (National Research Council) Journals (full-text)
• Ontario Scholars Portal Revues.org
  • ACS Web Editions (alternative access)
  • Cambridge Suite (alternative access)
  • Oxford Suite (alternative access)
  • Science Direct (including Biology) (alternative access)
  • Springer LINK service (alternative access)
  • WILEY Online Journals (alternative access)
• Science Citation Index
• Sociological Abstracts
• WorldCat

Some Internet Portals

• Biology Online
• The Biology Project / An interactive online resource for learning biology based on an entry-level biology course
• Scirus

Book Reviews

• Book Review Digest Restrospective: 1908-1982
• Canadian Book Review Annual (on-campus access only)

Dictionaries

• A Concise Dictionary of Biology (In Print - 2nd Floor: Ref. QH 302.5 C66 1990)
• Dictionary of Biology (full-text ebook)
• Dictionary of Ecology (full-text ebook)
• Dictionary of Plant Sciences (full-text ebook)
• Dictionary of Zoology (full-text ebook)
• OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

Encyclopedias

• AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online)
• Concise Encyclopedia of Biology (In Print - 2nd Floor: Ref. QH 302.5 A2313 1995)
• Encyclopædia Britannica On-line
• Encyclopedia of Evolution
• Encyclopedia of Global Change
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
• Encyclopædia Universalis
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences