LibGuides: BIOL 365: Research Methods in Biology: Research Databases

Recommended Databases for Science Research

Academic Search Complete
A large, multi-disciplinary collection of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles from EBSCO.
Agricola
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Includes journal articles, books, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports.
Dissertations & Theses Global
This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997.
Environment Complete
Deep coverage in topics related to environment from EBSCO.
GreenFILE
Information on human impact to the environment from scholarly, government and general-interest sources. Includes topics such as global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
MasterFILE Complete
Multidisciplinary reference books, primary source documents and images from EBSCO. Updated daily.
MEDLINE
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
ScienceDirect
Includes scholarly publications from a wide range of disciplines, including physical sciences, health sciences, life sciences, and social sciences.
UH Manoa Dissertations and Theses (ScholarSpace)
UH Manoa provides access to some of the dissertations and theses produced by their graduates. Access dissertations and theses from various disciplines.

Database Searching Tips

Quotation Marks " "

Use double quotation marks to find words in the exact order (i.e. "public administration", "health care", etc.), that is to search those words as a phrase.

Asterisk *

Truncation is represented by an asterisk (*). To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an *, for example: manag* will search for manage, manages, managing, manager, management.

AND, OR and NOT

Use the Boolean search operators are AND, OR and NOT to create a very broad or very narrow search.

AND combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, business AND writing finds articles that contain both business and writing.
OR combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college OR university finds results that contain either college or university.
NOT excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, communication NOT business finds results that contain communication but not business.

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Finding and Choosing Databases

The types of materials available from our Library databases are plentiful and varied. They include: articles (peer reviewed, news, magazines), book reviews, e-books, statistics, reports, films and more.

Go to the A-Z Databases list to find access links to all our library databases and to other helpful resources or explore other pages on this guide to find recommended databases for your research needs.

Need something that is not available from the library?

You can request a PDF scan of an article or a book chapter not available from the UHWO library. Go to the library website's Interlibrary Loan page for more information. The page also includes links to request forms and instructions to send a request.

BIOL 365: Research Methods in Biology