Library Guides: Biology: Background Info and Reference Sources

Background Info and Reference Sources

eLS This link opens in a new window
Formerly Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, this resource from Wiley contains over 5000 peer-reviewed articles. Access through 2024.
Access Science This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia and dictionary for the sciences. Includes biographies, images and animations, and videos.

Elsevier Reference Works (and books)

There are various ways to search this extensive collection:

Click here. Click on the magnifying glass at the top, put in a search term. On the left of the search results, look for where you can restrict to (e.g.) encyclopedia.
Click here. You can refine by Domain on the left, or click on the Advanced Search link (center near top)
Click here for journal/book searching
Topic Pages:

Magazines, Journals and Newspapers

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Indexes, abstracts and provides selective full-text for a broad spectrum of magazines, journals and newspapers.
Upgraded from Academic Search Premier in 2019.
NexisUni This link opens in a new window
Database from LexisNexis® featuring more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Primarily in English but some foreign language news as well.

Books/Ebooks

See the book/ebooks section of this guide.