Library: Biology: Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology Research Databases

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Biological Science Database (ProQuest) Why search here? Provides access to research articles, journals, and reports in biology and life sciences, including biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology.
Academic Search Ultimate Why search here? Provides access to a wide range of scholarly journals and peer-reviewed articles, as well as videos and other content, across nearly every discipline.
ProQuest Central Why search here? A good place to start your research because it covers a broad range of topics. You'll find many source types here like articles, news, videos, and more.
ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections Why search here? Find journals about science and health. Green icons mean full text while white means summary only. Articles are from 1995 to today. 
Credo Reference Why search here? Offers full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books across subjects, helping students start research, understand key concepts, and find reliable background information for papers and projects.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

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Ebook Central (ProQuest) Why search here? These ebooks cover a wide range of subjects including business, humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, and more.

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Films On Demand (Biology) Videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields. This link goes to the Biology subset.
Khan Academy (Biology) Free biology videos, practice exercises and assessments!

Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ Why search here? Provides access to thousands of educational videos, documentaries, and interviews across disciplines.
ImageQuest (Britannica) Why search here? This is a collection of free to use images from a wide range of organizations.
Credo Reference Why search here? Offers full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books across subjects, helping students start research, understand key concepts, and find reliable background information for papers and projects.

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Credo Reference Why search here? Offers full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books across subjects, helping students start research, understand key concepts, and find reliable background information for papers and projects.
Britannica Academic Why search here? Offers reliable, up-to-date encyclopedia articles, images, maps, and videos across subjects, helping students start research, understand key topics, and find trusted information for assignments and projects.
Gale eBooks Why search here? A collection of encyclopedias and reference materials that covers multiple subject areas.

OneSearch

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Using Google Scholar: Finding Peer Reviewed Resources (Transcript)

Selected Resources

Cells Alive! Extensive collection of cell images and videos. "The CELLS alive! stock video library includes footage related to microbiology, cell biology, aquatic protozoa, water-borne parasites, infectious disease, and immunology."
iBiology This free, open-access website is comprised of three sections: seminars, magazine, and education. Developed to bring the best biology to people throughout the world for free.
National Center for Biotechnology Information Access to biomedical and genomic information, this rich resource contains data, literature, taxonomy information and more!
Open Biology “Open access journal covering biology at the molecular and cellular level. Original, high quality, peer-reviewed research in cell biology; developmental and structural biology; molecular
Scitable A free, science collection of evidence-based resources from the Nature Publishing Group focusing on genetics and cell biology.

Background Information

Kightley, R. (n.d.). White blood cells [Photograph].

Cell Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
Embryo Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
Fertilization Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!