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Welcome to BIO 427: Animals and their Environments! This guide provides Libraries resources to help you conduct research throughout the semester. If you need additional research support, please reach out to Prof. Kathryn Shenk using the contact information on the left.
Reference Databases & Websites
- Global Biodiversity Information FacilityThe Global Biodiversity Information Facility is an international network that provides open access to data about all type of life on Earth.
- Virginia's Wildlife- Department of Wildlife ResourcesProvides resources on some native animal species found in Virginia.
- Birds of the World (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology) This link opens in a new windowBirds of the World brings together deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds.
Essential Environmental Biology Databases
- ProQuest Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new window
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Cross-search 30 ProQuest resources in the biological sciences. Includes resources in animal behavior, ecology, endocrinology, genetics, microbiology, neurosciences, plant science, toxicology, and more. - Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
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Full text for over 820 journals on agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning. - ProQuest Natural Sciences This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases providing journal indexing and article abstracts for biology, environmental studies, oceanography, aquatic sciences, medicine, biotechnology, engineering, and computer science - Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts with some full text journals from the publisher Elsevier, the majority of which are in science, technology and medicine.
- BioOne This link opens in a new window
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Full text journal collection focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
