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Life Sciences

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These pages provide a selection of key resources for Life Sciences. If you have a resource in mind, you can use the below search bar. If not, follow the below links for our top picks.

Suggested key resources for Life Sciences

Databases: Databases bring together peer reviewed academic literature in more subject specific groupings than the Library search alone. Use these databases to search for research in your field.

Journals: Journals regularly publish peer reviewed academic articles. Searching specific journals will bring you narrower search results than searching a database.

Research methods: Better understanding the different types of research methods within Life Sciences will help with your strategies, processes, and techniques when collecting data or evidence for analysis. 

Theses and dissertations: Theses and dissertations are a key source for finding the latest scholarship, additional material such as datasets, and detailed research in your subject area. They can also help you find out what has been written on a topic, uncover other sources through citations, and get inspiration for your own research project.

Anatomy and physiology: This page provides information on Visible Body, an online anatomy and physiology learning package.

Overleaf: Overleaf is an online LaTeX and Rich Text collaborative writing and publishing tool that makes the whole process of academic writing, editing and publishing much quicker and easier.

Covid-19 research: If you're looking specifically for research on Covid-19, this page provides a variety of places to start.