Natural Sciences

Search for Articles

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.

ACS Web Editions online access to 39 full-text journals published by the American Chemical Society.

Biological Sciences Database Topics include biological chemistry, biophysics, botany, microbiology, environmental studies and zoology.

Science Database (ProQuest) Research support for both the applied and general sciences.

Science Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost) Including Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, General Science Full Text and other renowned science content. Complete coverage of scientific research in biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, environmental science, genetics, health and medicine, optical and neural computing, physics, robotics and more.

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Database Tutorials

Using Databases

You can search for journal articles in Primo and library databases (see databases tab).

For General Instructions: Finding Journal Articles

Many of the natural sciences journal articles are located in multiple smaller databases, so we recommend using the Advanced Search in Primo which searches most of the databases at once.

Finding Journal Articles By Journal Title in Primo

1. Open  E-Journals Search
2. Search for the Journal’s Title.
3. Click on the Journal in the search results.
4. Search inside the journal for keywords on the journal page.

Trying To Determine If An Article Is Published In A  Peer- Reviewed Journal?

1. Click on the journal’s title in the database record to open the journal’s page (you may have to click a more or show all link to see peer-reviewed status):

Search for books and ebooks in Primo.

Books

For General instructions: Finding Books

Library of Congress Call Numbers

QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH Biology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QR Microbiology

Ebooks

Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks

Reference Books

Background Information

• National Science Foundation
  Find current news and research reports on past and current projects, and research guidelines.
• Office of Science and Technical Information
  Science, technology, and engineering research information funded by U.S. Department of Energy
• Science.gov
  Search tool for federal science information, research & development
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  Guide to Managing, conserving and restoring MI resources
• Encyclopedia of Life
  Online Encyclopedia for a wide variety of  animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria

Research Search Tools

Looking for research studies or grey literature for a literature review? Try one of these.

• Global Science Gateway
  Search science research from countries around the world.
• DOE Pages (Dept. of Energy)
  Scholarly journal articles from DOE projects
• Citeseerx (Computer Science)
  Digital library and search engine for computer and information science
• Scitation (Physics)
  News, comment, analysis and research in the Physical Sciences
• USDA Plants Database
  Standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
• PubChem(Chemistry)
  Chemical Information search tool from the NIH
• BioMed Central
  Collection of Open Access journals in science, technology, engineering and medicine

Tutorials

UCLA Science Information Life Cycle – Tutorial highlighting information production and dissemination in the sciences