Databases by Subject: Biological sciences

An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, books, and patents.
1926 to present.

Covers research literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health and nutrition, animal health, and the management and conservation of natural resources.

Contains biomedical and life sciences literature, including behavioural sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. PubMed was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Contains peer-reviewed scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature including journals, books, conference proceedings, trade publications, patent records and quality web sources. It also features smart tools to track, analyse and visualize research.

Multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide. It also features smart tools to track, analyse and visualize research.

ANR-I, an Australian government initiative containing information on agriculture and natural resources including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources. Search in conjunction with ANR-I archive for a comprehensive search.

Abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Scholarly content from four significant works of ornithology: Birds of North America and Neotropical Birds, Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, and Bird Families of the World, into one comprehensive hub where you can find information, images, videos and audio content.

Encyclopaedic resource that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information on all aspects of crop protection including pests, diseases, weeds, host crops and natural enemies. Includes data from specialist organizations, images, maps, citations and articles.

Information resource on human influences on the biosphere, including pollution, deforestation, desertification and habitat loss, and climate change.

Subject coverage includes air pollution and quality, sustainable development, salinity, environmental protection and management, hazardous wastes, recycling, waste management and disposal, water pollution, environmental assessment, and pollution control.

Access to botanical resources from dozens of herbaria, libraries, museums and other research institutions. Works date back hundreds of years, and include full-text books and reference works on botany.

The collection looks at sustainability and resilience through a broad lens, spanning over more than 30 disciplines.

Covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Developed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in association with CSIRO, is a database that indexes articles from published and unpublished material about the Great Barrier Reef.

Provides a comprehensive resource for the scientific community working with Arabidopsis thaliana, a widely used model plant.