Basic Biology Databases

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Biology and Science Databases
The databases below are focus on biology, medicine, or science in general. Each of them indexes many journals, across many subdisciplines. You can find a more complete list of our journal databases, full text reference sources, and other types of online resources here.

Biological Abstracts (1985 forward) (All US JHU)

This online version of Biological Abstracts indexes most of the world's life science literature, starting in 1985. The print version covering 1926 to 1984 is available on C-Level in Science Reference.

PubMed (Any location)

PubMed is provided by the National Library of Medicine. Medline is their index to medical literature.

Web of Science (All US JHU)

Web of Science indexes the journal literature in all disciplines, including science. It also allows you to follow citations from one paper to another.

Scopus (All US JHU)

Scopus is another large multi-discpline index. You can follow citations, as in Web of Science.