Library: Life Sciences: Biosciences: Search the literature

Biology, biochemistry and biomedical databases

BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Index to biology, biochemistry and other life science literature.
Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
Taxanomic reference and oldest continuing database of literature on animal biology.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
FREE Index to biomedical literature from US National Library of Medicine.
If you have created an NCBI account to log in to PubMed, you now need to switch to a third party option, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft or ORCID. Please refer to NCBI’s instructions and FAQs.

Embase This link opens in a new window
Index to biomedical literature. Similar to PubMed but better indexed for drug names, drug classes and medical devices.

Global Health This link opens in a new window
Public health and biomedical research: document types include articles, reports and conference proceedings.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, including systematic reviews.
AdisInsight This link opens in a new window
A database for drug research and development, disease treatment and decision
making, based on scientifically sound data. It brings together essential information on drugs in commercial development, key clinical trials, deals, safety profiles, and patents. All data on the platform is reviewed, assessed and summarised by a team of scientists.

AdisInsight tutorials and user guides
Video tutorials and user guides on how to use AdisInsight

SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
SciFinder-n is the largest index to chemistry and related literature, including patents. Search by topic, author, compound name, molecular formula or structure.

Compendex via Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive engineering literature database covering engineering disciplines including bioengineering.
INSPEC This link opens in a new window
Extensive index for physics, engineering and computing literature including biomedical engineering and biophysics.

SPIE Digital library This link opens in a new window
The largest collection of optics and photonics applied research, including biomedical optics and medical imaging.

Finding dissertations and theses
Guidance on how to find University of Bath dissertations and theses in the library and online or search other libraries. You can also find information here about how to submit your dissertation or thesis.

NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) This link opens in a new window
National Center for Biotechnology Information: biomedical and genomic information including datasets, software and bibliographic information relating to science research and health including gene and protein sequences; whole genomes; protein structures and inherited disorders
EMBL-EBI databases and tools This link opens in a new window
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) maintains a large range of freely available molecular data resources, accessible via a web interface or by downloading data and software.

OMIM Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man This link opens in a new window
Genetic diseases
CiteAb This link opens in a new window
Search or browse for antibody suppliers and literature.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Index to journals and conference papers across all subject areas.
SDG Online This link opens in a new window
Taylor & Francis’ curated interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The collection includes more than 12,000 book chapters and journal articles, multi-format teaching resources, videos and lesson plans.

Inter-library loans service
If you find references to books, journals, articles or other materials we either do not stock in print or subscribe to online, you can request these via our Inter-library loans service. If you haven't used the service before you will need to register.

Springer Protocols This link opens in a new window
SpringerProtocols is a database of laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences from 1980 and is hosted on the Springer Nature Experiments platform.
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
E-books, articles, videos and case studies about research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed: including data analysis, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews and systematic reviews).
JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments) This link opens in a new window
JoVE provides 12,000+ science and engineering videos. These cover core concepts and experimental techniques, divided between its Science Education platform and peer-reviewed, video research Journal.

JoVE Science Education
Videos designed to teach scientific fundamentals about learning and teaching the theory and practice of scientific experiments.
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Includes collections in the life sciences, psychology, environmental sciences and physics and engineering.
JoVE Journal
A peer-reviewed scientific video journal of advanced experimental techniques aimed at researchers
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Collections in the life sciences, chemistry, engineering, and behaviour,