Recommended Databases
In order to access these resources off-campus, you must first authenticate using your username and password. This is the same username and password used for your email, BlackBoard, and MyCleveland.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Gale Academic OneFile connects learners to the information they’re looking for with tools that make discovery fast and easy. This premier periodical resource provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
- Biological Science Database Proquest This link opens in a new window
Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. - Proquest Central This link opens in a new windowGeneral reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
- Science Database ProQuest This link opens in a new windowApplied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.
Credo Reference helps you start your scientific research with dictionaries of specialized terminology, overviews of contemporary and historical scientific research, and biographies of prominent scientists.
For a complete listing of databases available through the Jim and Patsy Rose library, as well as tutorials for using those databases, please visit the Databases page.
Open Access Journals
- American Society for Microbiology JournalsA collection of journal articles in Microbiology that includes free access to older articles.
- BioMed CentralThe website for the publisher of 200 peer-reviewed open access journals covering medical and biological science.
- CBE Life Sciences EducationA free online journal from The American Society for Cell Biology with full-text articles.
- Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Covers free, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subjects.
- Molecular Biology of the CellA free online journal from The American Society for Cell Biology with full-text articles for the date range January 1992 - May 2009.
- Public Library of Science JournalsSeven peer-reviewed open access journals on Biology and Medicine.
- Science MagazineThe online version of Science Magazine.
