Biosciences Resources
The basic biomedical sciences collection of books and journals at Michigan State University is split between the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Library and the Main Library. The Biomedical and Physical Sciences Library houses many of the most recently published books in areas such as genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, or molecular biology and a selected number of biology journals dating back to 1990. The rest of the print journals and older volumes are housed in the Main Library. The majority of our biomedical and biology journals now come as electronic-only subscriptions.
Research Guides
- Choosing the Appropriate Biological Literature Database
- Researching Controversial Topics in Biotechnology (undergraduate focus)
- Biology Careers Resources
- Using SciFinder Scholar
Highlighted E-Resources
- EcoSal
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
- Faculty of 1000 Biology
Faculty of 1000 Biology is described as "the next generation literature awareness tool". It systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.
- Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Continually updated Web resource from ASM based on the classic book: Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology. It contains an archive of knowledge about the enteric bacterial cell with background and links to active databases of primary research information.
Contains articles written by scientists at the introductory and advanced level for all areas of biology. Good for background information on a topic.