Tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.
Online Library Resources
In-depth assistance is available at the How To Do Library Research link on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).- go to the Library
Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
- enter your term and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
- your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
- to find journal articles, use a periodical database
- go to the library’s Periodical Databases page and select one of the databases listed below (click the letter that begins the database name at the first alphabetical list in the upper right)
- if you are off campus, type your ENMU ID# at the remote authentication screen
- APA Style and Formatting Guide
- CBE Style Guide
- What is a peer-reviewed journal?
Databases for Biology and Biomedical Research
- Science Direct--scholarly, full text is indicated by green page icon to the left of the citation
- Academic Search Premier--scholarly, full text
- AGRICOLA--bio-agriculture; scholarly, full text
- Annual Review of Genetics
- Annual Review of Microbiology
- Annual Review of Plant Biology
- Environment Complete--scholarly, full text
- JSTOR--scholarly, full text except most recent years
- Biological Abstracts Online--scholarly, very limited full text
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- ASM Journals (limited full text)
- Entrez (National Library of Medicine's multiple specialized databases)
- Highwire Press
- Infomine Biology-Biomedical
- PLOS Biology
- PubMed (current articles, some free full-text articles and abstracts)
- PubMed Central (older articles, full text)
- Springer Journals
- National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (free reports with registration)
- SciVerse
Full-text Online Journals
If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:- click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
- or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
- or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals for Biology to see the specific journal titles we have available:
Agriculture, Animal and Plant Sciences, Ecology, Forestry
Health and Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
If you are still unable to locate your material, you may place a request for it (see Requesting Material, below).
Biology Web Resources
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Amphibia Web
Animal Diversity Web
Arachnology
Avibase
Burke Museum of Natural History - Mammalogy Section
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Center for North American Herpetology
Earthtrends Environmental Information
FishBase
Forestry Images
Freshwater Ecosystems of the World
Herps of Texas
Iowa State Entomology Index: Images
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Cells Alive (images)
Gray's Anatomy
Human Anatomy Online (images, animations)
SORA Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Visible Human Project
Whole Brain Atlas (images)
See the Internet Resources page for general and reference resources, and free Books.
Requesting Material
Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click on "First Time Users" button and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Log In/Register link and logon to your ILLiad account to use the system.- if you are taking classes on the main campus, check Golden Library holdings first, before submitting a request. If your item is unavailable online or in the library, you may place an ILL request.
- if you are a distance education student and do not come to the main campus for your classes, you may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog.
On-campus students may pick up requested items at the library's Circulation Desk. Items requested from distance education students will be sent directly to them. 95% of articles will be available electronically via your ENMU email account; some may arrive in your ILLiad account--login to your account and click the Electronically Delivered Articles link in the left-hand sidebar. For items we must request from other libraries, the turnaround time may be as long as two weeks for books; most articles arrive within 2-3 days. Golden Library has no control over lending terms and renewal policies set by other libraries.
Reference Assistance
Ask for help! Contact Michele Wood, or by phone at 562.2644 or 800.450.7279.