Library: Biology: Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology Research Databases

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Biological Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "Provides access to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science."
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window The world's largest academic, multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, eBooks and videos. Meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Search ALL ProQuest databases at once. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database and contains a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Encompasses business, science & technology, health, social sciences, arts & humanities, and news.
ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, covering all subjects and many languages.

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

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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 This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.

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!