Guides and Tutorials: Graduate Biology: Electronic Sources & Databases

Article & Abstract Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A collection of multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journals and popular magazines.

Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. The number of Annual Review journals continues to grow over a broad range of disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences, including Economics.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of academic life science articles. Links to Full-Text articles when available via open access or within Dominican's journal collection.

Calflora
A website you can use to learn about plants that grow wild in California (both native plants and weeds)

GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Environmental journal and magazine articles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary academic journals and primary sources.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Index of bio-medical research.
Using PubMed through the Library's databases enables a link between PubMed and articles in our databases.
RefWorks This link opens in a new window
An online citation manager to organize your research and create bibliographies to help you avoid plagiarism. RefWorks can format in 900+ styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, AMA. Learn more about using RefWorks and what it can do for you.
To use RefWorks you will need to first create an account
1. Follow the link to the RefWorks landing page
2. Look for and select the link at the bottom of the login box titled Create Account
3. Use your Dominican email
4. Create a password and follow any other instructions
Once you've created an account you can log in and start using RefWorks
Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal articles.

Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 45 databases and over 2000 selected websites from 14 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal articles covering: physical and biological Sciences, business and economics, education, nursing, psychology, and more.

SORA
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive is an open access electronic journal archive and provides access to an extensive Ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of Ornithology in North America over the last 120 years.

SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journals covering: business, health sciences, life Sciences, and more.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal articles

Worldwidescience.org
WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.

Electronic Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals
Multidisciplinary scholarly articles
JoVE: Journal of Visualized Experiments - Biological Experiments and Protocols on Video
Biological experiments and protocols on video. An online peer-reviewed journal documenting experiments with video.
Malaria Journal
"Malaria Journal is aimed at the scientific community interested in malaria in its broadest sense". It contains research articles, case studies, reviews, etc.
Nature
(2008-2012)
Scholarly science articles
PLoS Biology
A peer-reviewed journal featuring works of exceptional significance, originality, and relevance in all areas of biological science.
PLoS Computational Biology
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal featuring works of exceptional significance that further our understanding of living systems at all scales through the application of computational methods. It is an official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology.
PLoS Genetics
A peer-reviewed journal that reflecting the full breadth and interdisciplinary nature of genetic and genomic research by publishing outstanding original contributions in all areas of biology.
PLoS Pathogens
A peer-reviewed journal reflecting the full breadth of research about bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viruses by publishing outstanding original articles that significantly advance the understanding of pathogens and how they interact with their host organisms.
PNAS
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. "PNAS publishes multidisciplinary scientific research, science news, Commentaries, Reviews, Perspectives, Colloquium Papers, and actions of the National Academy of Sciences."