Bibliographic Databases

Available to University of California Affiliates:

Academic Universe

Lexis-Nexis full-text and abstracts of comprehensive news, business, and legal information

AGRICOLA

Citations to U.S. literature in the agriculture and life sciences, including veterinary medicine

Aquatic Sciences Fisheries Abstracts

Citations to information on the science, technology, and management of marine, freshwater and brackish water environments and organisms

BIOSIS

Citations for journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the life sciences and biology

CABI

Citations to international information on veterinary medicine, human and animal nutriton, agriculture, rural development and related topics

CDL

California Digital Library Collections and Services

CINAHL

Multidisciplinary database covering nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and consumer health literature.

Business Source Premier (Via Ebsco)

Citations for scholarly business journals and peer-reviewed business publications.

ERIC

Educational Resources Information Center

Provides extensive access to educational- related documents and journal articles

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

Citations, abstracts and full-text of articles in popular magazines, general interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences, plus legal, business, and health journals

INSPEC

Citations for scholarly journals, conference proceedings, book reports and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology

MELVYL

Catalog of the University of California Libraries Books and periodicals

PubMed

Citations and abstracts for articles published in journals in medicine, life science and health administration

PsycINFO

Citations and abstracts for articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines

Sociological Abstracts

Citations and abstracts for articles in journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavior sciences

Statistical Universe

Indexes and abstracts federal government statistical publications, links to selected government statistics on the web

TOXLINE

Citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, reports and dissertations in all areas of toxicology

Web of Science

Produced by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)

Provides article and citation searching in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities

Zoological Record

Comprehensive coverage of zoology, including behavior, ecology, evolution, habitat, nutition, parasitology, reproduction, taxonomy, and zoogeography

Public Access Databases

AGRICOLA

Produced by the National Agricultural Library

ALTBIB

Bibliography on Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing, National Library of Medicine

PrimateLit

A bibliography database for primatology. A collaborative project of the Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the Washington National Primate Research Center, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

PubMed

Produced by the National Library of Medicine

TOXNET

Produced by the National Library of Medicine

A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas

UC Davis Comprehensive Lists of Databases

• UCD Library Home Page
• MELVYL: The Catalog of the University of California Libraires
• Harvest: UCDavis Catalog
• Health Sciences Libraries
• UCDavis Databases

Specialized Websites and Databases

Altweb

Site for news, information, discussion, and resources from the field of alternatives to animal testing

ANZCCART

Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching

Many useful resources including Fact Sheets, Newsletters, and publications.

AVAR: Aternatives in Education Database

Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights

AWI Laboratory Animals

Animal Welfare Institute

Primate Enrichment Database, Lab Animal Refinement Database, and Database of Refinement and Environmental Enrichment for All Laboratory Animals

AWIC

Animal Welfare Information Center

Site for information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and testing

CAAT

Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. Johns Hopkins University

Global resources for the development of replacement, reduction and refinement alternatives for research and testing

CRISP

Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects

Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects

EURCA 

European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education

Dissemination of information about alternatives to using animals in higher education.

FRAME

Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (UK)

Researching alternatives to animal use in research, testing, and education

IACUC.ORG

An information resource for members and staff of institutional animal care and use committees. It is a link archive, organized by menus and submenus, produced by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).

ILAR

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

Prepares authoritative reports on subjects of importance to the animal care and use community and serves as a clearinghouse for information about animal resources

Invitroderm

Alternatives to skin irritation in animals

INVITTOX

Data bank of in vitro techniques in toxicology

JAX Mice Databases

Mouse Model Lists, Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats, Mouse Genome Database, and more.

Mouse Biology Program

UCDavis, provides links to internet resources and databases for transgenic and targeted mutation research

NCA

Netherlands Centre Alternatives to Animal Use

NICEATM / ICCVAM

NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods / Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods

NORINA

Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives. Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives

Database of audiovisuals, computer programs, cd-roms, interactive videos, and other alternatives for use in the biological sciences

Pain Management Database

Includes information about anesthesia and analgesia for most commonly used laboratory animals, including: rats, mice, primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, pigs, guinea pigs, birds, sheep, fish, and exotic species.

PrimateLit database

Provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories.

UCCAA

University of California Center for Animal Alternatives

Others

AQUIRE

Aquatic Toxicity Information Retrieval, STN, CAS

Covers toxic effect data, including lethal, sublethal, and residue effects, on all aquatic species including freshwater and saltwater plants and animals. Over 4,000 species and 7,000 chemicals are covered.  File produced by US EPA

BIOSIS Featured Workshop: Animal Alternatives

A presentation prepared by BIOSIS demonstrating how BIOSIS indexing and life sciences coverage offer researchers a number of ways to search for animal alternative citations.