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Biological Sciences, General
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Subject Specific Databases
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BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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More than 20 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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Ecology Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1) VPN
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Focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment LOWER-DIVISION Undergraduates. UPPER-DIVISION Undergraduates, Researchers should use BIOSIS Previews.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1) VPN
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Bacteriology Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=bacteriology&adv=1) VPN
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Covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals. Provides access to clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=bacteriology&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=bacteriology&adv=1) VPN
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Zoological Record [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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WILDLIFE. Comprehensive coverage of zoology; including behavior, conservation and environmental science, ecology, evolution, genetics, habitat, marine and freshwater biology, nutrition, parasitology and disease, reproduction, taxonomy and systematics, veterinary studies, zoogeography and fossil records. Especially strong in new species reports and field studies. Backfile for 1864-1977 added April 2007.
- Coverage: 1864-present [1864-1977 backfile added]
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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General Databases
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PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
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Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Coverage: 1949-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/10354 (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
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Conference Papers Index [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Major areas of coverage include agriculture, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, forestry, biology, environmental science, soil science, biotechnology, and clinical medicine.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Search for articles that cite a known author or work. Print SCIENCE CITATION INDEX indexes literature back to 1945 and is located in the Shields Library, Third Floor, in the Biological & Agricultural Sciences Reference Collection, at the call number Z 7401 .S36
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Science.gov (http://www.science.gov)
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Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Search selected science and technology web sites and government databases. Sciencegov
- Access: http://www.science.gov (http://www.science.gov)
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Faculty of 1000 Biology TRIAL (http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/) VPN
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The UC Davis General Library is offering special TRIAL access through December 2009 to Faculty of 1000 Biology.
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Biology is a literature awareness tool that is updated continuously. F1000 Biology comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 2300 selected leading researchers. Through immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, F1000 Biology highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than that of the journal in which they appear. Features included are: Current Top 10 list, Hidden Jewels list,and the Most viewed list.
- Access: http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/ (http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/) VPN
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Full-text Resources
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Electronic books in the Biological and Health Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/) VPN
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Subject listing of electronic books (handbooks, textbooks, guides) in basic biological and related health sciences disciplines/specialties and subdisciplines/subspecialties. Includes online books in general biology, biochemistry, endrocrinology & metabolism, genetics, microbiology & virology, molecular biology, neurology, nutrition, physiology, toxicology and veterinary medicine. All books are searchable at chapter-level. [Compiled by the UCD Carlson Health Sciences Library]
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/) VPN
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Current Protocols Series (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) VPN
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NEW: Microbiology title added and under review for 2007. Laboratory methods and protocols covering the areas of microbiology, molecular biology, nucleic acid chemistry, cell biology, protein science, immunology, neuroscience, human genetics, pharmacology, toxicology, cytometry and bioinformatics. Includes basic, alternate, and support protocols with literature cited and information on suppliers for standard materials and preparation information for reagents and solutions. IMPORTANT NOTE: UC Davis does not currently license current protocols for "Food Analytical Chemistry" or "Magnetic Resonance Imaging".
- Coverage: Updated quarterly or more frequently
- Access: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) VPN
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Springer Protocols (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
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Springer Protocols contains more than 18,000 molecular biology and biomedical peer-reviewed protocols, mostly from the classic series Methods in Molecular Biology, formerly published by Humana Press. Other series included are: Methods in Molecular Medicine; Methods in Biotechnology; Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology; and Neuromethods.
- Access: http://www.springerprotocols.com/ (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
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Methods in Enzymology (http://uclibs.org/PID/61958) VPN
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Methods in Enzymology is the classic laboratory methods/protocols book series. The complete backfile of the full-text is available back to volume 1 from 1955. Direct article/chapter links are provided from core subject databases such as PubMed and BIOSIS Previews. Contains detailed protocols and descriptions of biochemical and biophysical techniques for research in biological and molecular sciences. More than 300 volumes are browseable by individual volumes online from 1955 to the present or by searching across the collection by title, author, abstract, and keyword. Full-text access to articles is available in HTML and PDF formats.
- Coverage: 1955-
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/61958 (http://uclibs.org/PID/61958) VPN
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Springer eBooks Pilot (http://springerlink.com/books/)
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This UC-wide pilot for Springer eBooks includes more than 20,000 titles in English (and selectively in German) from every scientific discipline and many social sciences. This online interface enables all books to be searchable at the full-text level. Scope (textbook areas are starred) ranges from Architecture and Design, *Behavioral Science, *Biomedical and Life Sciences, *Business and Economics, *Chemistry and Materials Science, *Computer Science, *Earth and Environmental Science, *Engineering, *Humanities & Social Sciences and Law, *Mathematics and Statistics, *Medicine, *Physics and Astronomy, to Professional and Applied Computing. Dates of coverage are 2005 to 2009. NEW books are added monthly.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pilot project. Currently there is no separation of the search feature between books and any Springer UC licensed journals. Search results are mixed with book and journal retrievals displayed together.
- Coverage: 2005-2009
- Access: http://springerlink.com/books/ (http://springerlink.com/books/)
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American Physiological Society: APS Journal Legacy Content (http://www.the-aps.org/publications/legacy/index.htm) VPN
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Electronic older volumes of twelve journals and one newsletter of the American Physiological Society (APS): all titles of the American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology; Endocrinology and Metabolism; Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology; Heart and Circulatory Physiology; Lung, Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology; and Renal Physiology), Advances in Physiology Education, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, Physiological Genomics, Physiological Reviews, News in Physiological Sciences. Project will continue until end of 2004 with oldest volumes of the American Journal of Physiology eventually going back to 1898.
- Coverage: varies by title, 1966-present
- Access: http://www.the-aps.org/publications/legacy/index.htm (http://www.the-aps.org/publications/legacy/index.htm) VPN
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) VPN
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Journal Citation Reports® is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters. Journal Citation Reports can show you the
most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field. JCR Science Edition contains data from over 5,900 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 1,700 journals in the social sciences.
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- Coverage: 2007
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/36787 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) VPN
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography (complete) [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
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This classic encyclopedia covering scientists from all time periods and all fields of science has been completely revised. This "complete" online version includes all the entries from both the new (2008) edition and the original edition.
- Access: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
