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Textiles & Clothing
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Subject Specific Databases
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Clothing and Textile Arts [CD-ROM]
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A guide to the behavioral, historic and artistic periodical literature dealing with clothing and the textile arts. This version contains over 25,000 citations published in over 2300 serial titles since 1970. See also the print index in H/SS Reference at call number TT507.C61.
- Coverage: 1970-1993
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Workstation "BOSTON"
- Access: Library Use Only
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DAAI--Design and Applied Arts Index [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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DAAI indexes more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers. It also includes two directories--one is a directory of academic design and craft programs in colleges and universities, the other is a directory of design and craft journals.
- Coverage: 1973-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
General Databases
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CAB Abstracts [via OvidSP] (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz) VPN
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FARMED OR DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. NEW OvidSP interface with default UCD Search Type set to Advanced Ovid Search. See MORE INFO below for classes on the new interface. Citations and abstracts to the international agricultural literature, including veterinary medicine, human and animal nutrition, rural development, as well as other related topics such as tourism and human ecology. Covers over 11,000 journals & conference proceedings and selected books in agriculture. PLEASE NOTE: Archive abstracts added in August 2005 go back to 1910 with 1,860,000 additional records. Produced by CAB International (CABI).
- Coverage: 1910-present [Archives added for 1910-1971]
- Access: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz) VPN
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Engineered Materials Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=emaclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Search for information regarding the research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of polymers, ceramics, and composites in a variety of structural and other advanced applications.
- Coverage: 1986-present
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SciFinder Scholar [WEB Version] (https://scifinder.cas.org) VPN
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SciFinder Scholar is the most comprehensive bibliographic database for scholarly research in the field of chemistry. It contains over 29 million citations and indexes over 10,000 journals, covering all aspects of chemistry, including chemical aspects of: biology and life sciences, engineering and materials science, food science, geology, medicine, physics, and polymer science. SciFinder Scholar also allows searching of chemical substances and reactions. It is the online version of Chemical Abstracts.
- Coverage: 1907-present
- Location: SciFinder Scholar can only be used by UC students, faculty and staff. Registration is required to use the web version, a "ucdavis.edu" email account is required to register (see "More Information" below)
- Access: https://scifinder.cas.org (https://scifinder.cas.org) VPN
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SciFinder Scholar [CLIENT Software Version]
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SciFinder Scholar is the most comprehensive bibliographic database for scholarly research in the field of chemistry. It contains over 29 million citations and indexes over 10,000 journals, covering all aspects of chemistry, including chemical aspects of: biology and life sciences, engineering and materials science, food science, geology, medicine, physics, and polymer science. SciFinder Scholar also allows searching of chemical substances and reactions. It is the online version of Chemical Abstracts. SciFinder Scholar can only be used by UC students, faculty and staff.
- Coverage: 1907-present
- Location: Available at: Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, Shields Library (Bio-Ag Reference Area only), or any computer with a UCD IP address by loading SciFinder Scholar's client software, see "More Info" below.
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- Installation instructions, links to SciFinder Scholar’s client software, user guides, and additional information are available at the URL below. Questions should be directed to UCD's campus contact: Cory Craig, cjcraig@ucdavis.edu, 530/752-0347. http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/pse/resources/guides/scifinder.php
- A web version is also available.
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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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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics [Oxford University Press] (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
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Part of Oxford Art Online, this encyclopedia surveys critical thought on art, culture, and society, including major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses, and value of all the arts – from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film, and popular culture. Because it is included in Oxford Art Online, it can be searched alone when individually selected or in conjunction with the other reference works in the collection.
- Access: http://www.oxfordartonline.com (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
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WorldCat [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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OCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
- Coverage: 1000 A.D.-present
- Access: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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ArchiveGrid [via OCLC] (http://archivegrid.org) VPN
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ArchiveGrid is a database designed specifically for locating archival collections held in libraries, museums and other institutions. It combines all the archival records in WorldCat with others pulled from various archivesÂ’ Web sites. Included are all of the item records added to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) after 1987, as well as many records from earlier years. (NUCMC includes records added before 1987, especially of smaller archives, that are not found in ArchiveGrid.)
- Access: http://archivegrid.org (http://archivegrid.org) VPN
Full-text Resources
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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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WorldImages [San Jose State University] (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/)
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WorldImages "contains almost 50,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images can be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into some 440 portfolios."
- Access: http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/ (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/)
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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Fashion, Costume, and Textiles Subject Guide [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php)
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This pathfinder provides information on reference books, internet resources, suggested subject headings, and related library subject guides available from Shields Library.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php)
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
