:: Catalogs, databases, and resources in the biological and biomedical fields ::

Libraries Catalogs

• Sapienza Libraries catalog
• SBN: catalog of the National Library Service
• ACNP: Italian Periodicals Catalog
• KVK (Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog): metacatalog for simultaneous querying of foreign library catalogs

Resources accessible from the University network and from home

• DiscoverySapienza
• Elenco banche dati in ambito scientifico e biomedico (Sistema Bibliotecario Sapienza)
• eJournals (Sistema Bibliotecario Sapienza)
• PubMed with links to full-text articles (by US National Library of Medicine) and with Nilde integration
• ASM Journals (American Society for Microbiology Journals)
• WOS (Web of Science)
• Scopus

Resources for online research

• Google Scholar: Google search engine specializing in searching for articles and scientific material
• Internet Archive Scholar: Internet Archive search engine specializing in searching articles and scientific materials
• arXiv: archive of preprints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Biology (by Cornell University Library)
• bioRxiv: preprint archive for biology (by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
• PeerJ Preprints: preprint archive for biology and computer science
• OSFPreprints: meta-search engine for preprint archives
• WorldWideScience: meta-search engine for international scientific databases and portals

Accessible digital resources

• Internet Archive: nonprofit digital library offering free access to millions of books, movies, music, websites and other cultural resources and content
• BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): digitized open access resources on biodiversity
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Acces Journals)
• Italian Fauna Checklist
• LifeWatch ERIC

Image repositories and other resources

• The Cell: peer-reviewed repository containing thousands of microscopic images of various cell types, processes, and components
• The Human Protein Atlas: protein image database
• Macaulay Library: archives of images and video and audio recordings in zoology and natural history by Cornell University
• Morphbank: repository of zoological and botanical images, free to use for educational and scientific purposes
• Linnean Society of London archives
• Darwin online: works and images of Charles Darwin
• Smithsonian Institution Open Access
• Michigan Histology and Virtual Microscopy Learning Resources