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Recommended Journal Article Databases

Biological Abstracts
via Web of Science: 1969 - present
A basic research tool for biological and biomedical sciences. Includes full bibliographic citations and current life science abstracts derived from approximately 7,000 biological and biomedical journals from over ninety countries.
BioOne
Collection of full-text bioscience research journals published by scientific societies and non-commercial publishers; focuses on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
Web of Science
via Web of Science: 1980 - present
Multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences. Allows citation searching as well as searching by topic or author. Guide to using Web of Science
PubMed Medline
Provides free access to over 22 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Guide to PubMed Medline.
JSTOR
JSTOR provides full-text journal backfiles in many disciplines, including the biological sciences.
Zoological Record (Web of Science)
via Web of Science: 1978 - present
Citations with abstracts for publications covering all aspects of zoology. Authoritative source on animal names and identification (taxonomy and systematics).

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)
open access
A consortium of 12 major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions organized to digitize, serve, and preserve the legacy literature of biodiversity. BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life ().

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
via ProQuest: 1971 - presentCoverage includes all biological and ecological aspects of marine; fisheries, aquaculture; oceanography.

OneSearch Mānoa

OneSearch Mānoa
OneSearch is a somewhat comprehensive search tool that includes journals, e-journals, electronic journal articles, ScholarSpace repository items, and more. Guide to OneSearch
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OneSearch does not search all of the library's databases and indexes.

Examples of Peer-Reviewed Journals

Biological Reviews
Print version 1935 - 2004; electronic version 1997 - 2009.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences.
Print version 2009 - 2011; electronic version 1887 - present.
Physics of Life Reviews
Electronic version only, 2004 - present.
PLoS Biology
Electronic version only, 2003 - present.
Quarterly Review of Biology
Electronic version only, 1926 - present.

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ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Digital repository for the intellectual works and unique collections of the UH Mānoa academic community.
Dissertations & Theses Includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and selected master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download. Print copies of additional dissertations and theses not yet digitized are available for purchase. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward include abstracts. NOTE: If you use an ad blocker, you may receive error messages when using certain functions in ProQuest databases. Please whitelist search-proquest-com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu and search.proquest.com to avoid such errors.

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