Biology

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CAB Abstracts (via EBSCOhost)
Covers the significant research and development literature in applied life sciences, including agriculture, the environment, human nutrition, applied economics, leisure/tourism, and veterinary medicine.
BioOne (Trial until Dec 2026)
200+ full-text journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. The Robertson Library has subscribed to BioOne on a trial basis from April 2025 - December 2026. At the end of the trial period, the Library will decide based on feedback, use of the resources, and financial considerations on whether we are able to continue subscribing to BioOne. Feedback or questions can be sent to Keri McCaffrey, One Health and Scholarly Communications Librarian at knmccaffrey@upei.ca.
OpenAlex
A free, web-based academic search engine and comprehensive bibliographic catalog of scientific authors, institutions, and publications with free-to-use datasets, user-friendly interface, and effective indexing of diamond open access journals. It has indexed over 260 million scholarly works from 260,800 sources as of 2024, and growing.
Scopus

Scopus provides broad indexing and citation coverage of academic journals, books and conference proceedings published worldwide. Delivering a comprehensive overview ofresearch output in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Access the Elsevier Scopus guide for information about searching. 

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database (includes ASFA)

This indexing + full text database from Proquest contains within it:

  • Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
  • Oceanic Abstracts
  • Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)

Plus hundreds of full text journals and documents relating to earth, land, and air sciences.

Federal Science Library (formerly WAVES)
Contains records for published & unpublished literature on fisheries, aquatic sciences & nautical sciences. You can search the entire Federal Science Library or limit your search to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Collection (formerly known as WAVES).
PubMed

Database of biomedical and life sciences literature

CAB Abstracts (via CAB Direct)
Covers the significant research and development literature in applied life sciences, including agriculture, the environment, human nutrition, applied economics, leisure/tourism, and veterinary medicine. Access is provided directly through CAB Direct, CABI's online database platform.
ArXiv
An electronic archive for research articles, including physics, math, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology, and statistics.
Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for more than 8,500 periodicals, including full text for over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
GreenFile
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture & renewable energy.
Google Scholar

Searches scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles. Note: only use the proxied link when you are off-campus. If you are on campus, go directly to Google Scholar as http://scholar.google.ca.

SAGE Research Methods Video: Practical Research and Academic Skills

This collection of over 450 streaming videos on the SAGE Research Methods platform offers support on the practical skills that you need to successfully complete your research. Key areas such as writing a research proposal, planning and designing a research project, and securing ethical approval are explicitly covered. Practical skills such as project management, writing for publication, presenting work, and building networks are also presented through helpful explanatory videos.

Sage Research Methods Foundations

SAGE Research Methods Foundations is a large series of extended articles/short books edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams. It is the perfect companion for novice researchers and provides bite-size, introductory overviews to all the major methods topics to help get you on your way.