Research by Subject: Biology
Scopus 
Indexes and abstracts scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature and web resources. Includes citation tracking and links to full text articles. Early 1900's - present for some abstracts; 1996 - present for citation tracking.
Biological Sciences
Indexes and abstracts a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Formerly known as: CSA Biological Sciences; 1982 - present.
ScienceDirect
Full text of over 2,100 Elsevier journals and 10 encyclopedias in the sciences and social sciences. Coverage for most titles is 1993 - or 1995 - present.
PubMed
Comprehensive index to scholarship of life sciences and biomedicine. Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine; links to subscription-based and free full text articles; 1950 - present.
BioOne
Full text access to over 160 scholarly journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Subscription includes BioOne and BioOne.2.
SciFinder
Indexes and abstracts scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science and agricultural science. From Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS); 1907 - present.
note: Every first time Wheaton user will have to create a login account for access (and must use wheatonma.edu, NOT wheatoncollege.edu in your email address).
Academic OneFile
Indexes and abstracts articles on subjects such as agriculture, anthropology, arts, business, communications, economics, law, political science, psychology, religion, general sciences, and current events. Includes many full text articles or links to full text; via InfoTrac; 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
note: use VPN for off-campus access
GreenFILE
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relating to the human impact on the environment in such disciplines as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
This is an excellent source for getting both introductory and professional articles on most every aspect of the life sciences. I find this encyclopedia to be especially good when you are first starting your research on a topic.
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Provides comprehensive coverage of the usual topics in animal behavior, such as communication, learning, sexual selection, navigation, and the history of the field, plus emerging topics in cognition, animal welfare, conservation, and applications of animal behavior.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Major themes include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity.
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition
The electronic version of the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition provides a comprehensive coverage of the fields of food science, food technology, and nutrition.
Encyclopedia of Genetics
Provides the most complete and authoritative coverage of genetics ever published.
Encyclopedia of Life 
"Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth..." - Edward O. Wilson
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. At its heart lies a series of Web sites—one for each of the approximately 1.8 million known species. The EOL includes knowledge about all known species, including their taxonomy, geographic distribution, collections, genetics, evolutionary history, morphology, behavior, ecological relationships, and importance for human well being.
Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions
Provides a critical encyclopedic survey of the entire field of adverse drug reactions. The vast amount of data is comprised of articles about each drug, presented alphabetically.
Grzimek's Animal Life
An electronic resource based on the multi-volume encyclopedia internationally renowned for its scientific reporting, coverage and illustrations. A major point of reference for researchers and students studying the animal kingdom with thorough articles that familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their taxonomy, life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. An excellent source for maps, illustrations and photographs.
Animal Diversity Web
Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web Has
Birds of North America Online
The electronic version of the 18 volume Birds of North America completed in 2002. Provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. Account contents are updated frequently, and include image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and recordings of that bird's songs and calls. Produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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AgEcon
A free, open access repository of full text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including: working papers, conference papers and articles from over 600 journals. From the University of Minnesota.
JSTOR Plant Science
Provides access to botanical resources from dozens of herbaria, libraries, museums and other research institutions. The database includes plant type specimens from herbaria around the world, scientific research articles and correspondence dating back hundreds of years, and full-text books and reference works on botany.
HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
From Cornell University, CHLA is an electronic collection of agricultural books and periodicals published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century in the fields of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science.
Missouri Botanical Garden Botanicus Digital Library
Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. Includes over 1,000 books and periodicals.
AMA Manual of Style
Call Number: R119 .A533 2007
The 10th edition of the American Medical Association's style manual. Library location information is available here.
