Guides: Biological Sciences: Key resources

Biological Sciences Librarian

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Web of Science - all databases
Comprehensive coverage of life sciences research. Simultaneously searches across key biology and biomedical databases (including Web of Science, Medline, and Biosis Previews).
Biological Sciences
Searches Biological Sciences, Medline and Toxline databases from ProQuest. Includes specialised, editorially-curated resources providing access to recent research.
ScienceDirect
A collection of full text journal articles in science and the social sciences from the academic publisher Elsevier.
Google Scholar
Google search for scholarly literature on any subject. Includes Check@Victoria for full-text access.
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Sage Research Methods Data Visualization - Database trial
Resources to support visualising research data. Watch videos of experts discussing the fundamentals of good design, practice creating your own visualisations, get tips and design inspiration from Expert Insights, and explore a range of visualisation tools. This database trial ends on 31 August 2021 - please provide feedback to your subject librarian about this resource.