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ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
An interdisciplinary database which has much full-text. Always a good place to start. Covers 1971-present.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
Provides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage varies
Biological sciences
Offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of materials including journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports and patents. Fields covered include biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Covers 1982-present.
ReleMed
Enter your search terms and ReleMed searches PubMed for the best matches, then displays the most relevant results first.
PubMed
Provider: NCBI
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Images:
NBII's Digital Image Library
A growing library of diverse, well-documented images of nature and the environment. Contributed by photographers and organizations, most images are freely available for use.
encyclopedias & other reference materials:
AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Provides full-text access to articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates and links to related websites in all areas of science and technology. Covers 2000-present.
Encyclopedia of life sciences
A fully searchable collection of articles by scientists and historians in the fields of biochemistry and physiology, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, molecular biology, neuroscience, microbiology and virology, plant science, structural biology, science and society.
Encyclopedia of immunology
Provider: ScienceDirect
Covers cellular, molecular, biochemical, genetic and technical aspects of immunology and related areas, including microbiology, virology and parasitology. Topics include autoimmune diseases, diseases affecting the immune system, the immune response to bacterial, viral and parasitic infections and the therapeutic manipulation of the immune system.
Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia
Provider: Gale
Provides articles and illustrations on animals, their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and more.
journal collections (full text)
BioOne
Provides full-text access to research journal articles in such fields as the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Covers 2000-present.
BioMed Central
Provides free access to biomedical research publications including
biology, medicine journal articles, current reports, and meeting
abstracts. Offers information about current controlled trials, as well
as topics in modern biology. Coverage varies.
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text,online access to journal articles in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full-text is available only for journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.
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AGRICOLA
Provides information on materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library including books, journals, government documents, audiovisual and other materials. Areas include agricultural economics, chemistry and rural sociology. Covers 1970-present.
BasicBIOSIS
Provides abstracts of journal articles in the life sciences including agriculture, biology, ecology, genetics and medicine. Covers the most recent 5 years.
PrimateLit
Provides citations to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates. Publications include: journal articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations and book chapters. Subject areas include: behavior, ecology, reproduction, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology and genetics. Covers 1940-present.




Spring 2008