I. Indexes Containing Full-Text Articles be sure and follow all the steps on our Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your home computer

1. Health Reference Center  (Enter Search Terms in the Subject Guide Search Box. For More Specific Searches, Use a Keyword Search).

Sample Articles found in Health Reference Center for the Subject Search: "Biotechnology"
	Biotech Mania
	The Gene Hunters
	Unnatural Selection: Ethics of reproductive biotechnology

2.  Expanded Academic (Enter Search Terms in the Subject Guide Search Box. For More Specific Searches, Use a Keyword Search).

Sample Articles found in Expanded Academic for the Subject Search: "Genetic Engineering"
	Genetic Engineering: Dangers and Opportunities
	The Problem with Genetic Engineering
	How BIOTECHNOLOGY is transforming WHAT we believe and how we LIVE
	Genetic engineering in agriculture and the environment: assessing risks and benefits

3.  Expanded Academic (Enter Search Terms in the Keyword Search Box. For More Specific Searches, Use a Keyword Search).

Sample Articles found in Expanded Academic for the Keyword Search: "DNA profil*"
	DNA fingerprinting back in the dock
	DNA evidence in criminal law: new developments
	Population genetics of coincidental DNA matches
	Examination of population structure in red-cockaded woodpeckers using DNA profiles

4.  Issues and Controversies  (Facts on File)

5.  Opposing Viewpoints

6.  Annual Reviews - The mission of Annual Reviews is to provide systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in a number of fields of science through critical authoritative reviews. The comprehensive critical review not only summarizes a topic but also roots out errors of fact or concept and provokes discussion that will lead to new research activity. The critical review is an essential part of the scientific method.

7.  JSTOR  - database that is unique because the complete archives of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s. 

Indexes containing Citations and Abstracts Only (Articles found in these indexes can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan).

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Biological Sciences - Some sample search results for this database.
Medline - National Library of Medicine

Online Journals

1. Science Magazine - (Search Science Magazine articles 1995-Current)

Sample Articles found in Science Magazine
	Can Cloning Help Save Beleaguered Species?
	Clonal Propagation of Primate Offspring by Embryo Splitting

2. IDEAL 
Link directly to selected IDEAL articles below that we subscribe to online:
Note: These titles contain scholarly articles. 

Sample Articles found in IDEAL
	The Ethics of the Human Genetic Intervention - This is a .pdf file.
	Targets for Gene Therapy of Parkinson's Disease - This is a.pdf file.

3. HIGHWIRE PRESS
Link directly to selected Highwire Press titles below that we subscribe to online:
Note: These titles contain scholarly articles. 

Biophysical Journal
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of General Physiology
Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Molecular Biology of the Cell

4.  Nature

Internet/Web Documents

1. Your Genes, Your Choices: Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research
2. Primer on Molecular Genetics

Online Science Encyclopedia

 1. AccessScience (Click Subscriber Log-In to access)

II. Web Sites

1. USDA Agricultural Biotechnology
2. Genetics Education Center
3. U.S. Biotechnology Industry .pdf file (US Dept. of Commerce, Office of Technology Policy)
4. Harvard Univ. Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
5. National Genome Research Institute Researcher Resources
6. Access Excellence - Site for Health and BioScience Teacher and Learners
7. Biotech Chronicles 
8. Classic Papers in Genetics
9. WWW Virtual Library - Biosciences
10. National Center for Biotechnology Information
11. Biotechnology Information Resource
12.  Google Scholar

For Fun -

Virtual Fly Lab - Lets you play research geneticist, mating fruit flies, analyzing the resulting offspring, and determining the laws of genetic inheritance. 
Cells Alive - Produces pictures, including some video, of different kinds of cells, crystals and more, with explanatory text.

Search Engines

1. Biolinks Search Engine
2.  Search4Science
3. About.com

III. Print Resources

Houff Library Catalog
WorldCat*
James Madison University*
Mary Baldwin College*

*NOTE: Materials located using these catalogs can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.