Biological Sciences

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Journals and databases

Journals can be in paper or electronic format, some titles may be in both formats.

Most biological related titles are available at Merchiston Campus Library, but related titles may also be available at other Campus Libraries.

Use NUIN (the library catalogue) to find paper and electronic journals. This will provide information on the years/issues available and access details. N.B You can only search NUIN for journal titles not article titles or content.

To find journal articles you need to use databases. There are two ways to search databases:

NUINLink - this search tool groups electronic databases by subject and enables you to retrieve journal articles by performing a single search on several databases at once. NUINLink can also be used to search for individual electronic journals. N.B not all databases can be searched within NUINLink; some need to be searched individually. Read more information about using NUINLink.

Alternatively, you can search individual databases. Depending on the topic you are working on, you may wish to look at some of the databases of use to other subject areas e.g. Business or Psychology. The most useful for biological sciences are listed below. Some of these sources may provide full text articles (FT):

ASFA Aquatic Sciences via CSA Illumina Biological Sciences via CSA Illumina Biology Digest via CSA Illumina Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts via CSA Illumina BHI - British humanities index via CSA Illumina CAB Abstracts via Ovid CSA Illumina (contains multiple databses) Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (some FT) Environmental Management (Info4Education) Environmental Sciences via CSA Illumina Expanded Academic ASAP (some FT) IngentaConnect (some FT) ISI Web of Knowledge - Science citation index; Social sciences citation index; Web of science conference proceedings. Medline via Ovid Oceanic Abstracts via CSA Illumina Sociological abstracts via CSA Illumina SPORTDiscus via Ebsco Wildpro (some FT) Zetoc - search the British Library's Electronic table of contents

Internet Journal Lists

Chemistry Journals Cambridge University list of Chemisty Journals - some links may lead to the full text of the journals, to tables of contents, or to supplementary material. Please note that Napier University may not have access to the full text of these journals. Check NUIN for Napier access. Harvard Science Review

Journals at Napier

Please search NUIN to find print and electronic journals that Napier currently subscribes to.

Journals for Biological Sciences are available in print or electronic formats. Most of the printed journals are held in the Merchiston Campus Library. Electronic journals are available via the Internet. Full location details, together with dates held, are listed on NUIN.

The list below highlights some of the available titles within Napier University.

General Science Nature New Scientist Science

General Biology Biological Reviews Biologist BioScience Current Biology

Bacteriology Journal of Applied Microbiology Journal of Bacteriology

Biochemistry Biochemical Journal Journal of Biological Chemistry Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Biotechnology Nature Biotechnology Trends in Biotechnology

Cell Biology Biology of the Cell

Conservation Environmental Conservation

Ecology Ecologist Ecology Journal of Animal Ecology Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental Studies (See also:Water) Environmental Pollution Environmental Science & Technology

Genetics Nature Genetics Trends in Genetics

Human Biology Annals of Human Biology Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Nutrition and Food Science

Immunology Clinical and Experimental Immunology Current Opinion in Immunology Immunology Today

Medicine British Medical Journal Lancet Sports Medicine

Microbiology Applied and Environmental Microbiology Journal of Applied Microbiology Journal of Medical Microbiology Microbial Ecology

Physiology Journal of Applied Physiology

Toxicology Aquatic Toxicology Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Toxicology

Water Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science Freshwater Biology JMBA (Marine Biological Association) Marine Environmental Research Marine Pollution Bulletin Water Research