The following databases and journals are useful places to search for biology-related articles. Contact a librarian if you would like more information on how to search for articles on your specific topic.

Databases

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO): Covers a wide range of academic disciplines, with more than 8600 periodicals available in full text.
• ASM Journals: Full-text access to American Society for Microbiology journals and archives.
• BioMed Central: Peer-reviewed open access journals in the health sciences.
• BioOne: Full-text journals in biology, ecology, and environmental science.
• Consumer Health Complete Interface: Consumer-oriented health content, from mainstream to holistic medicine.
• Directory of Open Access Journals: An interdisciplinary database of free, full-text, scholarly journals.
• HighWire Press: Open access scholarly journals in the sciences.
• ProQuest Research Library: Includes both popular and scholarly periodicals covering a variety of subjects, with over 3300 titles available in full text.
• PubMed: Citations for biomedical literature, with links to full-text content when available.

Journals

Search for journals that cover biology-related topics by using our Publication Finder tool. You can search for specific journals by title, subject, and more.

Get articles from other libraries

If you cannot find a full-text version of the article you need, request it through interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan is a free service that allows you to borrow books and articles from other libraries.

Books from Lane Library

Search for books in our collection through Lane Library’s catalog. You can find books with biology-specific subject headings below:

• Anatomy
• Biology
• Botany
• Cell biology
• Ecology
• Microbiology
• Molecular biology
• Zoology

Discovery Search: search books, e-books, and articles in one place.

Books from other libraries

WorldCat: Search for books not available at Lane Library and borrow from other libraries for free through interlibrary loan.

• Council of Science Editors Documentation Style: A quick overview of components of the Council of Science Editors citation from the Writing Center at UW-Madison. Find more information on writing and citing on the Writing Center’s website.
• Lane Library Citation Guide: Find info on APA, Chicago, CSE, and MLA citation styles here.
• Sciences Writing Guide: tips and tools from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on writing in the sciences.