Oxford LibGuides: Biological Sciences: Web Resources

The research process

A step-by-step guide to the research process aimed at bioscience students.

'Engage in research'
Getting started, reviewing the literature, planning your research, statistics, and writing up & presenting your research.

EOL

The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a crowd-sourced online encyclopedia of global flora and fauna. Material collected includes text entries, photographs, video and sound recordings. Many entries include extensive links to printed and online references.

The EOL can be freely accessed here - http://eol.org/

BioRxiv

BioRxiv
BioRxiv is a pre-print service for unpublished papers in biological sciences. Researchers can upload pre-print versions of papers to the service and receive feedback and comments. The service is run by the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. This is a useful site to search for new and upcoming research.

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