Library Guides: Life Sciences: Databases/eResources

Further databases for Life Sciences

You can search MEDLINE and find the latest research in medicine, biomedical science, pharmacy and related fields via:

PubMed This link opens in a new window
A service of the US National Library of Medicine that provides free access to MEDLINE.
MEDLINE via Ovid This link opens in a new window
Major international database for biomedical and healthcare literature for a more advanced, systematic search.

bioRxiv (pronounced bio-archive) This link opens in a new window
Open access repository of freely-available life science research.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search the abstracts and citations of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, bioengineering and zoology. Includes over 8,000 journals, conference proceedings and technical reports. Use the Find it links to check if full text is available.
Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE) This link opens in a new window
JoVE produces peer-reviewed videos of laboratory methods and science concepts.
SciFinder This link opens in a new window
In addition to reference, substance, reaction and supplier content, CAS SciFinder includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, and touch-screen enabled structure drawing.
Europe PMC This link opens in a new window
A free repository providing access to worldwide life sciences articles, books, patents and clinical guidelines.
ENDS Report This link opens in a new window
Online magazine covering environmental policy and business news, official reports, UK and EU policy and legislation relating to environmental issues.