Welcome to the Biological Sciences resource page! This guide points to the main databases for finding scholarly literature, and a few specialty sources. Also, on the left side is a tab discusses a few tips for identifying, searching and reviewing scientific research.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need help with anything related to biology resources.
OneSearch - The Library's do-everything search. Can find scholarly articles to newspapers, books to videos. After doing a search, filter results to articles, but not peer review as it misses some articles that are scholarly and includes "imposters" that aren't (see video for more explanation).
Google Scholar - Scholarly articles in all sciences. Make sure to use this URL if off-campus and using an Internet provider other than NMU (e.g. Charter). Otherwise, you will not see the link to our holdings in the results, which allows you to retrieve the full articles based on Library subscriptions to academic journals.
PubMed - Journal articles covering biomedical research and the clinical sciences. Also good coverage of literature in cellular and molecular biology and biochemistry. Use link above or you will not see the 
icon under the full text links, which connects you to our holdings for a journal. Just because the NMU icon is present doesn't mean we own the article, but that you can click on it to find out.
Anatomy TV contains rotatable 3D models of the human body and anatomical layers which may be stripped away. Also included are common pathologies, radiological content, and interactive quizzes.
Birds of the World is a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology (Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive and Bird Families of the World) into one rich and colorful hub where you can find comprehensive, authoritative information on more than 10,720 species accounts.
Mammalian Species is published by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-35 individual species accounts issued each year. Each uniform account summarizes the current understanding of the biology of an individual species including systematics, distribution, fossil history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation.
Mammalian Species is published by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-35 individual species accounts issued each year. Each uniform account summarizes the current understanding of the biology of an individual species including systematics, distribution, fossil history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation.
UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical point-of-care full text resource. Aimed towards students, professionals, and patients, includes the latest information about drugs & diseases. Updated daily, peer-reviewed by expert physicians, and highly reliable. Coverage is extensive, and entries include references. Also includes a number of calculators/assessment tools, scores, scales, and medical equations. Searchable Lexicomp® Drug Interactions, and "What's New" section.
*When first accessing UpToDate through NMU Library, please create your own account, which will allow access from multiple devices, save/bookmark entries & search history, and track CME/CE/CPD credits.
The JoVE Unlimited streaming video library covers basic to advanced concepts, including cutting-edge experimental research, increasing productivity and test scores. Consists of more than 18,000 videos illustrating key concepts, lab experiments, research techniques, demonstrations, and clinical skills in a variety of disciplines primarily in the sciences & social sciences, but also humanities such as Art & Music. Instructor tools include suggestions for how to use in the classroom, and create video-specific tests. Audio, transcripts, and Closed Captioning available in multiple languages.
The largest database of graduate dissertations and theses. Almost 5 million citations and over 2.6 million full-text works. Useful for literature reviews, in-depth scholarship and extensive bibliographies with citation links. Indexing 1637 to present; full-text 1743 to present.
Database offering access to more than 800,000 free electronic theses and dissertations.