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What's in this biological sciences research guide:

Articles
Tools to locate biology articles, mostly from scholarly journals
Books
Shortcuts to life sciences encyclopedias and other biology reference books. Most of the books are online.
Websites
Links to reputable biology Websites available to anyone
Taxonomy
Online sources to drill down through the taxonomy of plants, animals, and other organisms
Conference Proceedings
Library-supplied online sources to locate and access conference papers
Funding Opportunities
Links to organizations that fund biology research and links to tools for searching for grant opportunities across many organizations at once.

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BIOSIS Previews

The foremost reference database in the life sciences; provides abstracts of literature in biological and biomedical areas. Includes Biological Abstracts, Biological Abstracts/RRM, and BioResearch Index.
Web of Science

Citation databases including Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index for searches by cited reference, topic, and author.
ProQuest Databases

Databases covering the sciences, health sciences, arts,
business, and social sciences.
Academic Search Complete

General article database, good for getting started.
General Science Full Text

Coverage of core journals in all areas of science. Easy to use, designed for the non-specialist. Full-text for selected periodicals.
Zoological Record

The oldest database of animal biology and leading taxonomic reference. Abstracts and citations only. Some links to full-text.
ScienceDirect

Portal to electronic collection of journals published by Elsevier.
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Dissertations from VCU

Search all VCU dissertations/theses submitted to UMI. View 24-page previews; download full-text (PDF format) of those published after 1996.
Dissertations and Theses Full Text (Proquest)

Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

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