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Open access catalog from US National Agricultural Library (NAL), which searches all content in the NAL library: peer-reviewed journals, books, theses, technical reports, patents, software, and audiovisual materials.

Subject coverage includes all core topics of the agricultural sciences: plant sciences, animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, forestry, aquaculture, environmental sciences, natural resources, sustainable agriculture, agricultural economics and policy, nutrition, and related research.

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Searchable access to the full-text of all Annual Reviews titles. It publishes state-of-the-art reviews on important topics. It publishes most heavily in the sciences, but also publishes in the social sciences. Available to UNM NetID holders only.

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A collection of videos that demonstrate physical examinations skills. Each section is devoted to a specific body system and provides step-by-step demonstrations of appropriate examination techniques. Also included are a series of videos to help prep for OSCEs.
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Authoritative microbiology resource for descriptive articles on bacteria and archaea. Includes taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology, and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.
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Largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives, with taxonomic indexing. Includes historical and contemporary materials.
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A search interface for the BioMedCentral (BMC) portfolio of open access peer-reviewed journals, research notes, and conference proceedings.Subjects include biomedicine, chemistry, environment, life sciences, medicine, public health, and more.
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Collection of life science research journals from independent society and organizational publishers. Subject coverage includes biology, ecology, environmental science, and more.
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Authoritative reference resource detailing taxonomic, ecological, population, and distribution information for all bird species that nest in the United States and Canada. Includes photos, audio, and video media for most species.
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  • Audio: Music / Voice
  • Video / Image

Authoritative reference resource detailing taxonomic, ecological, population, and distribution information for worldwide bird species. Combines four major works of ornithology: Birds of North America, The Handbook of Birds of the World, Neotropical Birds, and Bird Families of the World. 

Includes photos, audio, and video media for most species.

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Interdisciplinary, definitive source for research methods in cell, developmental, and molecular biology; genetics; bioinformatics; protein science; computational biology; immunology; and neuroscience. Coverage 2006-present

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Contains brief articles on subjects in the life sciences, intended to provide overviews on a broad range of topics in biology.
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Books and articles on a wide range of topics related to the environment, including agriculture, renewable energy sources, pollution and waste management, and more. Coverage: 1880-present.

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Documents explore the history of fifteen major commodities in global trade. Documents include a vast range of visual, manuscript and printed materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, ephemera, etc. sourced from organizations around the world. Coverage: BCE-present.
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Extensive information about bird species worldwide, including taxonomic, ecological, population, and behavioral information.
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A large collection of digitized plant specimens, additionally includes plant taxonomic data, reference works, scientific research literature, and digitized primary sources (archival correspondence, diaries, illustrations, photographs).
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Updated daily, MEDLINE on the Ovid platform offers novice and expert searchers seamless and up-to-the-minute access to over 23 million of the latest bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 5,600 biomedicine and life sciences journals.

Nearly 40 languages (60 languages for older journals). English abstracts are included in more than 80% of the records.

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A weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness and accessibility. Coverage: The entire family of Nature journals is listed on the site though UNM does not subscribe to all of them. Use interlibrary to request articles from non-nsubscribed titles.

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Free biomedical books covering aspects of molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, research methods, and virology.
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Offer concise introductions (ebooks) to a diverse range of subjects from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.

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PeerJ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. It considers articles in the Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Health Sciences. 

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Single search interface for the PLOS suite of open access peer-reviewed journals, which cover topics across science and medicine. Publications include PLOS ONE, PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS Pathogens, and PLOS Currents.
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Comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedic handbook for all aspects of prokaryotic organisms, including the biology of bacteria and archaea (seven volumes). NOTE: View the subtopics for each volume.
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Scholarly journal articles related to the agricultural sciences. Subjects include nutrition, food safety & quality, animal & crop production & protection, natural resources, sustainable agricultural systems, rural development, agricultural economic & policy issues, and agricultural statistics.

Managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Library.

  • Open access
Open access digital archive of biomedical and life sciences peer-reviewed journal literature, made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Similar platoform as PubMed, but it searches a smaller collection of all full-text material.
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Over 1,000 research methods ebooks, articles, case studies, and videos from Sage and other sources provide guidance on the process for conducting qualitative and quantitative research (e.g. research design, interviewing, focus groups, regression analysis, models, advanced statistics).
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Searchable collection of open access scientific peer-reviewed journals and books from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, and South Africa. Subjects include life sciences, earth sciences, medicine, engineering, agriculture, social sciences, and more. NOTE: Contains English, Spanish, and Portuguese language content. Part of Web of Science.

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Publishes the best in research across the sciences, with articles that rank among the most cited in the world. NOTE: Also includes the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) entire family of Science journals: Science, Advances, Immunology, Robotics, Signaling, Translational Medicine, Partner Journal (SPJ).

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Contains hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources. Also includes more than 280,000 high-quality science images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library. K-12 audience.
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Scientific, technical, and medical journal articles and books. Selected access to materials with "Full-text available" icon.
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Open access archive of ornithological publications, hosted by the UNM Libraries. Content includes peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and other serial publications, primarly from ornithological professional societies. 

Prominent titles include Auk, Condor, Journal of Field Ornithology, Wilson Bulletin, Pacific Coast Avifauna, and Studies in Avian Biology.

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Collection of reproducible laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences. Includes the popular series Methods in Molecular Biology. Content through 2019.
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Open access catalog from US National Agricultural Library (NAL), which searches all content in the NAL library, AGRICOLA, PubAg: peer-reviewed journals, books, theses, technical reports, patents, software, and audiovisual materials. 

Subject coverage includes all core topics of the agricultural sciences: plant sciences, animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, forestry, aquaculture, environmental sciences, natural resources, sustainable agriculture, agricultural economics and policy, nutrition, and related research.

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Scholarly research literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Includes peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, reports, and more. Coverage: 1935-present.
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Research resource for zoology and animal biology topics, including citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, and books. The leading taxonomic reference and unofficial register of animal or species names. Part of Web of Science. Coverage: 1864-present.

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