Biology


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Mahoney Library

 

Saint Elizabeth University
2 Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960

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Library Hours:
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Sat, Sun 2pm to 12am

Library services will be unavailable/closed:

  • Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18, 2025
  • Monday, May 26, 2025

Key Databases

ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology
This resource covers publications on the latest science and technology information for researchers of all levels.

Science Direct
Contains full text, peer-reviewed books and journals for chemistry, physics, materials science, biochemistry, molecular biology, astronomy, and chemical engineering

BioMed Central
BioMed Central publishes over 300 journals in biology, medicine, chemistry, and other sciences. All are open access (freely available to anyone)

Academic Search Complete
Over 6,400 active full-text journals, more than 5,700 being peer-reviewed titles, providing access to critical information unique to this database. Covering STEM research, including biology, and other topics


Websites

Nature Podcasts
Highlights of contents from the peer-reviewed journal, Nature.

Science Podcasts
Weekly podcast of stories of interest in the journal Science Magazine.


Other Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals
A large collection of over 20,000 open access journals from around the world in every subject

Clase and Periodica
Periodica indexes journals published in Latin America that specialize in science and technology, including biology, exact sciences, geosciences and physics. Articles may be published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Full text may be available through other sources

GreenFile
Focuses on the environment, with connections to biology, health, law, education, and technology

Medline and Medline Plus
Both focus on health and health sciences, but Medline is a collection of research journals, whereas Medline Plus serves as more of a public-facing encycolpedia with links to research articles

National Academies Press
Publishes books and workshop proceedings for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

SpringerOpen Life Sciences
Repository of open access journal articles and books on a wide variety of topics

Life Sciences in Digital Commons
Free articles and research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide

Encyclopedias

Bioethics (GVRL)
Offers hundreds of revisions and new or revised entries on topics such as key cases in bioethics, the human biome, genetically modified foods, emergency preparedness and response, social justice, sustainability, among many others.

Biology (GVRL)
Explains biological concepts and explores related fields as well as the history of biological science with illustrations, sidebars, bibliographies, timelines, charts, and a glossary.

Citing Sources

APA Style Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation information together and generate a bibliography for you.

Books

Search Online Catalog
Interlibrary Borrowing
eBook Resources

Streaming Video

Films on Demand: Biology Video Collection
Over 1700 videos on biology, microbiology, botany, genetics and related