To find articles, start by searching in the indexes listed below. An index tells us where and when individual articles were published. Each index is different - in its looks, the type of topics it covers, and access to full text articles. If there's no link to full text in the index, use the link from the citation to the article, if Trent has access to it. See more information on finding articles.

For books, start with a TOPCAT search to see what books are in our library. Use a keyword search, unless you're looking for a particular book. If you know the title or author of a book, search for it that way - usually the first few words of a title will find it quickly. See more information on using TOPCAT.

In the "Other Online Resources" section you'll find links to some of our unique databases, including reference books, statistics, images, and primary resource sites that could be helpful for your topic.

Under "Websites" there are links to free websites that we consider academic and reliable for your research.

Important Scholarly Indexes	Access	Description	Coverage
Medline (Ovid)	Trent	description	C& FT
Proquest Biology Databases - search several databases at once	Trent	description	C& FT
Science Citation Index ( in Web of Science / see the Cited Reference Searching page.)	Trent	description	C
Scholars Portal Journals - search the majority of Trent's scholarly e-journals at once	Trent	description	FT
Other Useful Indexes	Access	Description	Coverage
Academic OneFile a general index with many full text articles	Trent	description	C & FT
Academic Search Elite an EBSCOhost database, for general information	Trent	description	C & FT
Agricola an agriculture database, from the U.S. department of Agriculture.	WWW		C
Annual Reviews	Trent	description	FT
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (included in Proquest Biology Databases)	Trent	description	C
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)	WWW		C
Bioline International	Trent	description	FT
Biological Sciences (included in Proquest Biology Databases)	Trent	description	C
BioOne (included in ProQuest Biology Databases) or BioOne (direct)	Trent	description	C
CRIS (USDA) Current Research Information System, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.	WWW		C
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (included in Proquest Biology Databases)	Trent	description	C
HighWire Press e-journals in Science, Technology, and Medicine	Trent		C & FT
JSTOR (online journal storage for 1100+ journals in a variety of subjects)	Trent	description	FT
PsycINFO	Trent	description	C
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)	WWW		C
Scirus	WWW	description	C & FT
Other Online Resources
The Birds of North America	Trent	description	FT
e-CPS (Canadian Pharmacists Association)	Trent	description	Reference
Encyclopedia of Evolution	Trent	description	Reference
The Merck Index	Trent	description	Reference
SpringerLink - Biomedical and Life Sciences - access all online Biology content from Springer (e-books and e-journals)	Trent	description	FT
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Animal Diversity Web

Overview of the entire animal kingdom, from the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology.

Bioinformatics.ca

The Bioinformatics Links Directory features curated links to molecular resources, tools and databases.

BioMed Central

Provides immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research All the original research articles in journals published by BioMed Central are immediately and permanently available online without charge or any other barriers to access.

Botany.com: the encyclopedia of Plants and Botanical Dictionary

Three useful sections are the common names of plants, botanical names of plants, and the dictionary of botanical words.

Canadian Biodiversity Information Network

Information includes full-text of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity

Canadian Wildlife Service

Information includes research on migratory birds and endangered species (birds and mammals), as well as conservation measures to protect them.

Enature.com

A searchable database for identifying more than 4,000 plant and animal species of North America. The species accounts are from the 35 National Audubon Society Field Guides, Regional Guides, and Nature Guides.

Free Medical Journals

Access to over 1,300 journals with free content. Options include viewing journals by speciality.

Genes and Disease

Fully searchable by disease name. Provides overview of relationship between genetics and diseases within section headings including cancer, immune system, metabolism, muscle and bone, nervous system, signals, and transporters. Each page includes a link to the searchable gene map of the human genome.

Medscape

Offers free searching of Medline plus information and news on a variety of medical topics.

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

Online searching of MeSH, from the National Library of Medicine. Check  Introduction to MeSH    for the latest changes in Medical Subject Headings.

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Major resource for molecular biology information. Through Entrez, access is also provided to PubMed Central and OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man), Sequence Databases, Taxonomy and Structure databases, Genome-Specific Resources, etc.

National Research Press (Canada): Journals

Canadian access to the full-text of 15 journals published by NRC, including Canadian Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Biochemistry & Cell Research, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, and others.

OpenHelix

"This world tour of genomic resources will discuss the number and breadth of publicly available bioscience resources available to researchers. It will include a tour of example resources, organized by categories such as Algorithms and Analysis tools, expression resources, genome browsers (both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic/Microbial) , Literature and text mining resources, and resources focused on nucleotides, proteins, pathways, disease and variation. This main discussion will then lead into a discussion of how to find resources with the OpenHelix search interface, learning to use resources with OpenHelix tutorials, and a discussion of additional methods of learning about resources."

Plant Viruses Online

Descriptions and lists from the VIDE database.

PLANTS National Database (U.S.)

The PLANTS Database contains information about approx. 45,000 plant taxa known to occur in the United States. It provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information.

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Committed to open-access publishing in life sciences and medicine. Two new journals PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine aim to publish the best peer-reviewed original research articles, timely essays, and other features

Science's Next Wave

A weekly online publication published by SCIENCE magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science that covers: Job Market News, Career Transitions, Career and Job-Hunting News, Family and Career Issues, Women in Science, and Science's Big Debates.

Scott's Botanical Links

Resources are added daily, and are rated for educational value, completeness and scientific correctness. Searchable.

USGS Biological Resources Division

Search the Biological Resources available through the U.S. Geological Survey.

Virus Databases Online

The Universal Virus Database from the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Includes descriptions, character list, picture gallery, identification tool, and more.

Virology - All the virology on the WWW

Seeks to be the best single site for virology information on the Web. Includes information on viruses (both animal and plant) and vaccines as well as links to information on specific viruses. The Big Picture Book of Viruses presents images of viruses according to their classification. Also included is a section of microbe and virus news, syllabi and notes from microbiology courses, and much more.

E-Books
	The Merck Index (description)
	SpringerLink Reference Books for Biomedical and Life Sciences (description)
	Scholars Portal Books
General Reference Books
	Botanical Latin : history, grammar, syntax, terminology, and vocabulary  QK 10 .S7 1983 REF
	Elsevier's dictionary of biology   QH 302.5 .E47 1998 REF
	New dictionary of scientific biography  Q 141. N45 2008 REF
	The Oxford companion to the garden  SB 450.95 .O94 2006
	Synopsis and classification of living organisms  QH 83 .S89 REF

Subject Specific Reference Books
	Animal tracks of Ontario  QL 768 .S525 1997 REF
	Atlas of pathophysiology  RB 113 .A86 2002 REF
	Beacham's guide to the endangered species of North America  QH 77 .N56 B43 2001 REF
	Butterflies of Ontario & summaries of Lepidoptera encountered in Ontario in 1997  QL 461 .O22 no. 30-98 REF
	The Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development    QD 84 .C26 1998 REF
	The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology    R 134.8 .A83 1998 REF
	Checklist of the vascular plants of Saskatchewan and the provincially and nationally rare native plants in Saskatchewan : including important synonyms, authorities, common names, and various status indicators  QK 203 .S3 H37 2003 REF
	Dictionary of biological psychology  QP 360 .D52 2001 REF
	The encyclopedia of arthropod transmitted infections : infections of man and domesticated animals  RA 641 .A7 E53 2001 REF
	Encyclopedia of genetics   QH 427 .E54 2001 REF
	Encyclopedia of plant pathology   SB 728 .E53 2001 REF
	A field guide to eastern trees : eastern United States and Canada, including the Midwest    QK 115 .P46 1998 REF
	A field guide to reptiles & amphibians : eastern and central North America   QL 651 .C65 1998 REF
	Lippincott's nursing drug guide  RM 301.12 .L57 2002 REF
	The Sibley guide to birds : field identification   QL 681 .S497 2000 REF
	Stedman's medical dictionary   R 121 .S8 2002 REF
	Threatened birds of the world : the official source for birds on the IUCN red list    QL 676.7 .B47 2000 REF
	Wetland plants of Ontario  QK 203 .O5 H37 1997 REF

Bibliographies
	Animal experimentation and animal rights  Z 7164 .C45 A55 1987 REF
	An annotated bibliography of the pike, Esox lucius (Osteichthyes: Salmoniformes)   Z 7996 .F5 C77 1987 REF
	Annotated list of Ontario lepidoptera    QL 552 .R56 1992 REF
	An interdisciplinary bibliography of freshwater crayfishes (Astacoidea and Parastacoidea) from Aristotle through 1985   QL 1 .S54 no.455 REF
	Reference sources in science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture  Z 7401 .M278 1994 REF
	Wolves : ecology, conservation and management : an annotated bibliography   Z 7996 .C27 M32 1997 REF