Biological Sciences Article Databases
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| Resource | Coverage | Description |
| Core Resources | ||
| BIOSIS | January 1926 - present | Citations from over 6,000 journals, books and conference proceedings in all areas of the life sciences and biology. ViaThomson Reuters |
| Web of Science (Science Citation Expanded Index) | 1900 - present | Covers all science disciplines Citation searching Via Thomson Reuters |
| CAB Abstracts | 1910 - present | Research on agriculture, forestry, environment and allied disciplines, including agricultural economics and rural sociology, aspects of human health, veterinary medicine, crop protection and biotechnology. Via Thomson Reuters |
| PUBMED | 1966 - present | Citations from more than 4,300 international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences. Via the National Library of Medicine |
| AGRICOLA | 1970-present | Agriculture literature. Via Proquest |
| Zoological Record | 1864-present | World's oldest continuing database of animal biology. Via Thomson Rueters |
| Faculty of 1000 | current | Highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences Via Faculty of 1000 |
| Birds of North America | current | A comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. Via Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
| Other Resources | ||
| AGRICOLA | 1979-Present | Agriculture literature. Via the National Agriculture Library |
| Academic Search Complete | 1887-Present | General - All subjects |
| Anthropology Plus | All areas of anthropology and archaeology. Late 1800's-. | Anthropological Literature Via Eureka/RLG |
| CalFlora | current | About Califonia plants and their distribution. Photographs, maps, and a plant name library are included. |
| ChemID | Current | Chemical dictionary of over 339,000 compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest. |
| Digital Dissertations -- Dissertation Abstracts International | 1861 - present; abstracts from 1980; full-text 1998 - present; UC dissertations free full-text 1998 - present. | Information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Via UMI |
| Expanded Academic Index | Use Academic Search Complete | |
| GeoRef | 1693-present | Geosciences. North America Coverage from 1693. World Coverage from 1933.Via ProQuest |
| Government Printing Office -- GPO Access | 1976 - present | Provides access to laws, regulations, reports, data and other information. Via FirstSearch/OCLC |
| Government Printing Office -- GPO Access | 1976 - present | Provides access to laws, regulations, reports, data and other information. Via Government Printing Office/GPOGate |
| History of Science and Technology | January 1976 - present | Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine. Via Eureka/RLG |
| INFOMINE Internet Resources | Current | Scholarly Internet Resources in Biology, Agriculture and Medicine. |
| PapersFirst | 1993 - present | Retrieves records for papers presented at worldwide conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, workshops, and congresses, including the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Life Sciences. Via FirstSearch/OCLCConnect |
| POPLINE | 1970 - present (including selected citations back to 1886) | Citations from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and unpublished works, of population, family planning, and related health issues, including family planning technology and programs, fertility, and population law and policy. at Johns Hopkins |
| Proceedings | 1993 - present | Retrieves records for worldwide conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, and congresses for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Physical and Life Sciences. Via FirstSearch/OCLC |
| PsycINFO | January 1887 - present | Citations to articles in over 1,300 professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Via ProQuest |
| RTECS | current | Toxicological information with citations on over 140,000 chemical substances. Via CCINFOweb |
| SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT) | 1967-current | Covers chemistry (broadly) and the chemical aspects of agriculture, biology, engineering, medicine, and physics. Initial Registration Required |
| TOXNET | current | A collection of toxicology and environmental health databases that includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB�), a database of potentially hazardous chemicals, TOXLINE� (containing references to the world's toxicology literature), and ChemIDplus (a chemical dictionary and structure database). Via the National Library of Medicine |
| USDA Nutrient Database | current | Information on the nutrient content of foods consumed in the United States. National Nutrient Data Bank is a repository of information for 100 nutrients for over 7,300 foods. Via National Agricultural Library |
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