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Zoology Resources Online

The following web resources have been compiled by a librarian and may be useful in your research but don't forget to always evaluate any websites you use!

Government Search Engines

Agricola
Agricola
Indexes agriculture and allied disciplines, including food & nutrition, entomology, plant sciences, aquaculture, agricultural economics, earth and environmental sciences.
Science.gov
Science.gov is a portal to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. There is also an excellent link to programs for science education.
USA.gov Government Search
Search a single location for U.S. government information, and to keep up to date on government news.

Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals
A database of over 5000 free, full text, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals from around the world.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
A non-profit organization founded by a group of biomedical scientists, currently publishes seven open access biomedical journals.
PubMed Centeral
"The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature."

Search Smarter

You don't want to wade through millions of Web pages. By using a few tricks, you can focus your searches relatively easily to those authoritative, reliable sources you want to use.

Use key search terms - Use the same search terms you used successfully to find books and articles.
Know your search tool - Use advanced search features to control your search. For example you can limit your search in Google to just search government or educational Web sites by limiting to a specific domain. Learn more at Google for Researchers.
Use search tools you can trust - Google Scholar indexes scholarly literature on the Web.

You can search Google Scholar below: