Google Scholar can be used to search for full-text articles available in Milne Library subscription databases.
This page offers ideas for how and where to search for research sources in the Milne Library. Scroll down to find databases full of articles and search tips that are tailored to your subject.
Contact the library's Reference Desk to help find a source, or set up a consultation with a Reference & Instruction Librarian for an hour-long research session. For more information, visit the Get Library Help page.
Databases are searchable online catalogs for research materials like scholarly journals and articles, books, primary source materials (such as letters, maps, datasets, or photographs), and video and audio materials. Milne Library's databases are all listed at A-Z Databases.
For best results, use Advanced Search options. Try combining a few keywords about the topic, such as the name of a region or country AND a Biology-related term to find scholarly articles.
Look for "filter" options in your search results that let you choose specific types of sources. You can filter for a publication date range, for example, if you need a recent article. If you are looking for a certain kind of research material -- like a full-text article, a book, or an audio file -- you can often filter for type, too. Look for a peer-reviewed option if you need to filter for that specific type of scholarly material.
Databases are searchable online catalogs for research materials like scholarly journals and articles, books, and video and audio materials. Milne Library's databases are all listed at A-Z Databases.
Specialized subject databases (like those listed below) may contain articles not found in "Search Everything" or general databases.
Full text for about 8,500 periodicals including over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals across most areas of academic study as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 magazines and journals. Coverage is from 1887 to the present.
Search bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, which includes millions of citations relating to the field of agriculture. Citations are comprised of journal articles, book chapters, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials and technical reports to support agricultural research.
Access to peer-reviewed research journals published by the American Chemical Society. The ACS Journal of Chemical Education is available. Coverage dates vary by journal title.
Search millions of scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.
Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.
Search for information about environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.
Indexing for over 2200 journals in agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, geography, pollution and environmental law. Provides full-text for over 900 journals. Coverage is from 1888 to the present.
Addresses human impacts on the environment. Offers indexing and abstracts for about 300,000 records. Some full-text. Coverage is from about 1915 to the present.
Can be used for course content: Extensive full-text content.
Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Full-text access to Science, 1997-current issue and Tables of Contents of current issues and back issues.
To look for print books in the Milne Library, search the online catalog. Navigate to the library homepage and click on 'Advanced Search.' Then enter your search terms.
How do you find biology subjects in the stacks, as we call our library shelves? Academic libraries use the Library of Congress Classification system to organizes our books by subjects. If you know the LCC call numbers for Biology-related topics, you can find that area of the stacks and browse to your heart's content. But where to start?
Go to Q to browse for Science books:
Other locations to browse:
Reference sources--like encyclopedias and dictionaries--provide an overview or summary of your topic and are ideal to be used when starting research. Print reference resources are currently located on in Milne Library on the 1st floor and in the sub-basement.
There are many open access book collections available freely on the internet. Here are a few great collections:
A service of the OAPEN Foundation based at the National Library in The Hague, Netherlands. Database contains more than 5,000 academic, peer-reviewed books from 163 publishers.
Partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Offers over 53,000 free eBooks, most of which are primary source texts in the public domain.
Project of the U.S. Library of Congress and UNESCO. Makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.
There are two ways to find eBooks from the library's collections. One method is to search in the Milne Library catalog. Navigate to the library homepage and click on 'Advanced Search.' Then enter your search terms.
The second method is to search each Milne Library's eBook databases (in case something in a database is not showing up in our catalog). All eBook databases are available in the A-Z Database list, and here are some best bets:
Provides approximately 150,000 multidisciplinary ebooks.
Can be used for course content: eBooks from academic publishers in all subject disciplines.
Over 100,000 full-text ebooks in categories including adult fiction and non-fiction, art, biography, business, economics, computer science, education, medicine, history, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, and reference. Downloadable to portable devices.
Can be used for course content: eBooks from academic publishers in all subject disciplines.
Scholarly e-books across science, medicine, technology, humanities, and social science disciplines, including over 20,000 full-text titles.
Can be used for course content: eBooks from academic publishers in STEM disciplines.
The ILLiad system enables current SUNY Oneonta students, faculty, and staff to obtain academic and intellectual materials from other libraries. Your ILLiad account will allow you to: