University of Houston-Downtown, W.I. Dykes Library, One Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 Need an Answer? Ask a Librarian!
 

Biology

All Sources   |   Journals   |   Books   |   Encyclopedias    |   Web 

 

Most Useful Databases

A multi-disciplinary database of journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports. (Some full-text).

An index of publications in agriculture, animal and plant sciences, and environmental science. (Citations only).

Electronic journals in biology, ecology, and environmental sciences. (Full-text).

Journals in the sciences, the social sciences, education, and criminal justice. (Some full-text).
UHD Library subscribes to selected full-text content in HighWire Press.

Scholarly journals from many fields. Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years) are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous donation from the Rockwell Fund.

A comprehensive database for medicine and the biosciences. See our How to Search MEDLINE guide. (Some full-text).

An index of journals and books from a top publisher in the sciences, the social sciences, and business. (Some full-text).
UHD Library subscribes to selected full-text content in ScienceDirect.

An index of high impact research journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations only).

 

Other Databases

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with a science dictionary and biographies. (Full-text).

An index of journals and magazines in every field of study. (Citations only).

Biographies of scientists and inventors worldwide. (Full-text).

Reports on "hot" topics with detailed analysis and opposing viewpoints. (Full-text).

A basic introduction to the five kingdoms of life. (Full-text).

A collection of electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download ebrary Reader™

An encyclopedia of forestry, forest ecology, and the scientific names of trees and shrubs. (Full-text).

Covers key concepts, technologies, and techniques. (Full-text).

A comprehensive encyclopedia of insects. (Full-text).

An encyclopedia of molecular and cellular life sciences. (Full-text).

A peer-reviewed encyclopedia of molecular biology, cell biology and molecular medicine. (Full-text).

An encyclopedia of parasites in animals and humans. (Full-text).

Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).

An Internet search engine for scholarly journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased content.

An introduction to algae and land plants. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of animal characteristics, habitats, and conservation. (Full-text).

A catalog of virus names, relationships, and images. (Full-text).

Biological names and taxonomy for thousands of species. (Full-text).

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

A multi-disciplinary index of journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).

Essays on controversial topics from books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, the Current Controversies series, and the At Issue series. Additional content includes magazines, journals, news, primary sources, statistics, multimedia, and web sites. (Full-text).

English and bilingual dictionaries, quotation dictionaries, and specialized subject dictionaries. (Full-text).

A comprehensive encyclopedia of plant sciences for students. (Full-text).

A comprehensive database for medicine and the biosciences. See MEDLINE for the full-text version. (Citations only).

Journals in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, geology, physics, and materials science. (Some full-text).

Search this top scientific journal from 1996 to present. (Full-text).

Comprehensive data on viruses and their hosts. (Full-text).

An incomplete but growing handbook of biological names and relationships. (Full-text).

Classification and distribution of U.S. plants with links to related resources. (Full-text).

A catalog of 58 million books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries. (Citations only).

 

top of page

 

Comments or questions? Please Ask a Librarian.