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Welcome to the Biology LibGuide. This subject guide is designed to help you find information, books, articles, reference sources and more in the field of Biological Sciences available through Leatherby Libraries' online and print resources.

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The two Biological Sciences databases listed below are also a good place to begin.

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection This link opens in a new window Platform providing access to all Elsevier journal content and select books, as well as journal titles from other publishers. Multidisciplinary in scope with the strongest content in the health, life, phyical, and social sciences. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1995-present.
PubMed (Open Access) This link opens in a new window Provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE as well as out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE. MEDLINE/PubMed utilizes the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Terms of Use. Coverage: 1966-present.