LibGuides: Biology IA: Background Research

Do some background reading in the topics you're interested in researching:

Science Open
Open Access articles
Science Direct
List of Open-Access Journals in Science Direct. Search within these to access articles you can read. (A general search in Science Direct will give many articles you cannot access)
Wiley Open Access Journals
See list of open-access journals. You will not be able to get articles outside of these.
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Search by grade level, subject (STEM) and resource format. Register with the site to download and save resources
Directory of Open Access Journals
Search journals across institutions
Search Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Large collection of journal articles
Browse topics in PLOS
When searching for a topic, try browsing various ideas here
Infotopia
Various topics - good for browsing
MEDLINE
National Library of Medicine (US)
Google Scholar
Look for pdf documents in the results (shown on the right side) or search "filetype:pdf"