LibGuides: Journals & Databases: Quick Links

Quick Links & Popular Resources

Search Everything!
Comprehensive literature search portal: find books and articles in the SDZWA Library collections and beyond; download PDFs or request full text. SDZWA team members may contact us for offsite access to download articles.
Search by Journal
Search or browse A-Z list of journals with full-text access; search within a selected journal. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Journal List — SDZWA Library
Search or browse A-Z list of journals with full-text access; search within a selected journal. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Academic Search Complete (ASC)
Search a large multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles, reports, proceedings; download full-text. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
BioOne
Search a database of scholarly articles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences; download full-text. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Birds of the World
View information on the identification, distribution, and natural history of 10,721+ species. Combines Birds of North America and Birds of the World. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Google Scholar
Search a comprehensive, up-to-date bibliographic database of scholarly articles; multidisciplinary; view citations; some free full-text
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Online version of the revised 2003 edition; includes supplements Evolution (2011) and Extinction (2013). Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) Alive
Content now combined with Birds of the World. Subscription required. SDZWA employees contact library staff for access or use Birds of the World.
JSTOR Biological Sciences Archival Collection
Search a database of scholarly articles in the biological sciences; strong in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant and animals sciences, paleontology, and conservation; download full-text for all but recent years. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
NCBI (Entrez) biomedical databases
Databases maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information: literature (some free full-text), health, genome, gene, protein, chemical
PubMed
Bibliographic database of biomedical and veterinary literature; 29+ million citations. Citations may include links to free full-text content from PubMed Central, PubMed Bookshelf (eBooks), or publisher. Free full-text access to SDZWA team members via SDZWA linkout (download PDF or submit request).
Science.gov
Database of U.S. government scientific publications; free full-text
U.C. Davis biological & agricultural databases
Portal to U.C. Davis subscription databases of scholarly articles in the life sciences, health sciences, and agriculture; download full-text; restricted to SDZWA veterinary staff (login required)

Disclaimer: This site is maintained by the SDZWA Library for the use of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff and volunteers. Although we make every attempt to provide accurate information, some of the resources and links may become outdated. If you have suggestions for updates or additional resources, we welcome your feedback.

Good Places to Start

Comprehensive literature search portal, available on SDZWA networked computers and by VPN. Find books and articles in the SDZWA Library collections and beyond. Download or request full text PDFs.
Search Google Scholar for scholarly article citations; many free PDFs
Search JSTOR Biological Sciences Archival Collection for scholarly articles in the biological sciences; subscription database, restricted to SDZWA staff and volunteers
Search Academic Search Complete (ASC) for journal articles on academic topics; subscription database, access restricted to SDZWA staff and volunteers

SDZWA Library Links

Library Home
Home page, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Catalog
SDZWA Library's online public-access catalog - SDZWA team members may request books for delivery via interoffice mail
Journals A-Z
Journals available to team members through the SDZWA Library - search contents, view library holdings, access full text
Databases
Article databases available through the SDZWA Library; journal information
Fact Sheets
Portal to the SDZWA Library's detailed, fully referenced animal fact sheets
Priority Species Information
Custom literature searches and fact sheets for current priority species — for SDZWA team members, onsite access only
SDZWA Research Publications
Peer reviewed and scientific works by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff.
Research Guides
Portal to the SDZWA Library's research guides: Animals, Animal Welfare, Conservation, Plants, Reference, Veterinary Medicine, Zoos & Aquariums
Contact Us
Email the SDZWA Library at library@sdzwa.org.

SDZWA Research Guides

Animals
Guide to finding animal information online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Animal Welfare
Guide to finding animal welfare, training, and enrichment information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library.
Conservation
Guide to finding conservation information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Plants
Guide to finding plant, plant conservation, and botanical garden information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Veterinary Medicine
Guide to finding veterinary and biomedical information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Zoos & Aquariums
Guide to zoo & aquarium information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance; natural history museum links