Search the Biology Literature:

Recommended for Undergraduate Classes
BioOne - All are full-text biology journals
Academic Search Premier - a mix of full-text and citations.
Environment Complete - Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index - Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. Some full-text.
Health Source - Covers all health topics. Some full-text.
Natural & Alternative Treatments - contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories. Full Text.
J-Stor - full-text journals, especially in ecology. Does not contain current issues of journals, only older issues.

Recommended for Graduate Students and Faculty Research:
All of the above plus
Biological Abstracts - 1996 to present. Comprehensive biological literature. Citations and abstracts only.
AGRICOLA - 1970 to present. Comprehensive agriculture literature. Very good for botany. Citations and abstracts only.
PubMed - 1966 to present. Comprehensive medical literature. Citations and abstracts only.
Dissertation Abstracts- Citations for Ph.D. dissertations and selected masters theses accepted in US.
Dissertations Full-text from University of Mississippi.
GeoRef- 1785 to present. Comprehensive geology literature. Good for geoinformatics.
PsycInfo 1967 to present. Comprehensive psychology. Good for animal behavior.
ScienceDirect - Search Elsevier journals as far back as Volume 1 Issue 1. Access to full text is LIMITED.
Web of Science - includes Science and Social Sciences citation indexes.
WorldWideScience Alliance - search diverse scientific resources and knowledge from nations around the world.

Grant Information -Selected sources.

Searching for Animal Testing Alternatives - necessary if your proposed research involves the use of live animals.
Grants.gov - government-wide source for information about more than 800 grant programs across all 26 federal grant-making agencies.
Environmental Protection Agency -
National Institutes of Health -
National Science Foundation -
COS Funding Opportunities -From Community of Science. A searchable database including research grants across many disciplines.
UM Office of Research -
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -

Graduate School Information

Peterson's Guide to Programs -
Graduate Record Exams - (GRE)
UM Graduate School

Employment Resources

AAAS: Science
Careers- from Science.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Career Network - job listings in academia
Jobs in Biology - from BioScience
SciWeb - Biotechnology career home page.
UM Career Center