LibGuides: Biology and Environmental Sciences: Key Resources

Key Resources for Biology and Environmental Sciences

The following databases contain a variety of material, including journal articles, for your specific subject area. The brief descriptions beneath the titles will explain what each hold. To access, click on the title.

Alexander Street Press Video Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to a large number of videos across a wide range of subject areas. The University does not subscribe to all the content within the collection.
American Society for Microbiology Journals This link opens in a new window
Covers the spectrum of microbiology, from molecular and cellular biology to biomedical research and technology.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive, current set of critical reviews written by leading scientists.
arXiv This link opens in a new window
Open access to over 880,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
BioMed Central Journals This link opens in a new window
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Cochrane Library - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. We have access to a limited amount of freely available content.
Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection This link opens in a new window
Maps and map data of Great Britain from the Ordnance Survey Data Collection. Registration required. You will need to select log in via UK Federation, then select University of Sussex from the dropdown list.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
A specialist international public health database for academics, researchers, public health practitioners, NGOs, policy makers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and students.
JSTOR Biological Sciences This link opens in a new window
A collection of scholarly journal archives relating to the Biological Sciences
Kanopy (now via Library Search) This link opens in a new window
You can now look for Kanopy films using Library Search. The benefit of this is that it will also search across our other film collections, to make sure that you don't miss out. Simply enter your search terms and select 'Video' from the drop down list at the end of the Library Search bar.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database for biomedical literature covering research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
Nature This link opens in a new window
Allows you to search for articles in journals published by Nature Publishing Group.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
A search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals. Developed by the NCBI in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature.
Royal Society Journals This link opens in a new window
Publishes seven journals, covering the breadth of the biological and physical sciences, as well as the history and philosophy of science.
Science This link opens in a new window
The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full text and abstracts from over 2,500 journals in all fields of science and social sciences such as economics, management and business.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering ; Life and Health Sciences ; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics ; Biological, Agricultural; Environmental Sciences.
Springer Earth and Environmental Science ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of Earth and Environmental Science ebooks published by Springer between 2005 and 2013.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works, primarily in Science, Technology and Medicine.
Springer Protocols This link opens in a new window
Combines the world’s largest collection of life sciences and bio-medicine protocols with advanced search functionality. Primarily for the life sciences, provides sets of instructions allowing scientists to recreate experiments.
Taylor & Francis Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to full text electronic journals in most subject areas, including arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, education, history, engineering, medicine, business, economics, psychology.
UK PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Access to full-text, peer-reviewed research publications in the life sciences and biomedicine.
Visible Body This link opens in a new window
A 3D interactive anatomy visualization and education tool allowing students, faculty, clinicians or research scientists to explore the human body from head to toe via thousands of interactive anatomical structures.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Wellcome Images This link opens in a new window
Contains one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.

Other Resources

The ENDS report