Locate Books

Use the Pace Library Catalog to locate books, journals and other materials owned by the Pace Library and available for delivery between all campus library locations: Mortola Library (PLV), Birnbaum Library (PNY), Law Library (WP) and Graduate Center Library (WP). For help searching the Library Catalog, refer to our online Help Guide.

NEW - SPRING 2006 Search and request books from a consortium of academic libraries in New York State using Connect NY. After searching the Pace Library Catalog, if you do not find what you are looking for, search other academic libraries using the Connect NY button. Items can be requested using a similar procedure as requesting items from within the Pace Library system and the book will be delivered to the Circulation Desk at your home campus library in 2 to 3 business days. Keep an eye out for Connect NY when searching the Pace Library Catalog this Spring!

Search the Literature…journals, indexes, databases

BasicBIOSIS
This database contains records from 375 core life-science journals starting from 1994. Most of these journals are easily found in college and university libraries. This database is updated monthly and provides the citation of the article. An abstract of the article may also be available.

BioDigest
This database provides records from 181 non-technical digests of journals starting from 1989. The subjects included are biology, ecology & health. This database is updated 9 times a year and provides the citation of the article. An abstract of the article may also be available.

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications. This is a good starting place to find out the kind of information available on popular topics (such as cloning) in biology. The articles found here will not be highly technical in nature, but will provide some of the basic issues or arguments surrounding certain research.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) (Free Web)
Citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Free Web)
Open access, scientific and scholarly journals, free on the Web. Subjects that may be of interest include:
Agriculture and Food Sciences
Biology & Life Sciences
Chemistry
Earth & Environmental Sciences
General Works
Health Sciences
Mathematics & Statistics
Technology & Engineering

Free Medical Journals Online (Free Web)
A list of over 990 free online bio-medical journals with information about their citation index rankings. Recommended by Science magazine.

Geobase
Citations and abstracts. The subject matter covered in this database includes geography, geology, ecology, and related disciplines and is international in scope. Over 2,000 journals are fully covered, including the 600 environmental and ecological journals indexed in Ecological Abstracts.

Google Scholar (Free Web)
Google's beta search tool accessing journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings and more. Limited scope at this time, many links take you to subscription services that the Pace Library may or may not subscribe to. NOTE: Be sure to check the Pace "Print & E-Journals" list first to see if we already provide access to a title before you pay online!

JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journals starting with Volume 1, up through 3 – 5 years ago, depending on the publication. One area of interest: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, which contains six journals.

Medline
Covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information sciences as they relate to medicine and health care. Provides citations, sometimes abstracts.

PsycInfo
Includes coverage of neurophysiology and behavior. Provides citations, abstracts, and some linked full text when available.

PubMed Central (Free Web)
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Research Library
Over 1900 journals in all subjects, many full text, updated daily. Includes such disciplines as astronomy, biology, chemistry, general science, geology, mathematics and physics.

Scirus.com (Free Web)
From the web site: "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet...it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier, the leading international publisher of scientific information, on April 1, 2001." NOTE: you can limit your search just to Journal Articles, but be sure to check the Pace "Print & E-Journals" list first to see if we already provide access to a title before you pay online!

Browse Journal Titles

At the Library home page, follow the “Print & E-Journals” link, and from there you can browse by subject to see what journals we have access to within each area.

Acquire items to which we do not have immediate access

Interlibrary Loan
Available to members of the Pace University community who hold a valid Pace ID card. We will attempt to obtain any item that is not owned by the Pace University Library, including books, articles, research papers, dissertations, government documents, and more, free of charge. (In rare cases there will be a charge for a loan, but we will process this request only with the requestor’s approval.)

ILLiad is the name of our primary Interlibrary Loan system. Each user creates a personal profile, and places and tracks their requests online.

Books are borrowed for a limited period of time, and the length of the loan period – usually 4-6 weeks – is determined by the lending library.

Articles (photocopies from journals and magazines) or chapters from books can also be requested through ILL. It takes anywhere from one day to 2 or 3 weeks to obtain the items. Delivery methods vary: you may pick up the article at the Library, or choose electronic delivery via ILLiad, or ask us to email you the articles.

Locating information on key figures, associations and organizations

ISIHighlyCited.com
ISI site which lists the most cited researchers in 21 subject categories. Includes biographical information and a listing of publications. You can search by name, category, country, and institutional affiliation.

Google's Directory of Biology Associations

dmoz Open Directory list of Biology Associations

Web Sites

Check recent issues of Science and Nature for recommended web sites. Both publications are available in print at the Mortola and Birnbaum libraries.

Scirus.com (Free Web)
From the web site: "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier, the leading international publisher of scientific information, on April 1, 2001."

National Center for Biotechnology Information
PubMed at the National Library of Medicine permits access to the NCBI suite of resources including gene and protein sequence databases as well as an "electronic bookshelf" of several major biomedical books in electronic format.

Get Help

If you are not finding what you need, please contact a librarian. Christina Conte, cconte@pace.edu (a Pace University chemistry major alum) is available in the Mortola Library to field your questions. Plase also feel free to talk to any of the librarians on staff, we are here to help.

Stop by the reference desk in person, or call, send e-mail or chat with a librarian online.