Subject Librarian
Welcome to the Biology Research Guide! This was created to help with all of your research needs. It's not comprehensive, and there are definitely many other resources that Loyola has access to. If you need any help with your research, please reach out to your Biology Subject Librarian, Cara Forster (they/them).
Popular Databases
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BioMed CentralBioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 265 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine and includes broad interest titles, such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine alongside specialist journals, such as Retrovirology and BMC Genomics.
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CINAHL Plus with Full-textCINAHL Plus includes the fulltext for more than 560 journals. Indexing and abstracting for nursing & allied health journals. Also include PreCINAHL, a companion database providing current awareness of new journal articles.
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MedlineMedline is a comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information, with nearly eleven million records.
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PubMedThe U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of bio-medical and life sciences journal literature.
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ScopusScopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It contains resources in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Web of ScienceA suite of citation databases including Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. You can also access Medline and Journal Citation Reports from this interface.