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- BIOSIS Citation Index Covers all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology
- Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) (1946+) "This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment."
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- Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
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- JoVE UnlimitedCenter for Distributed Learning is providing access through August 1, 2024 to *all* JoVE video content. "10,000+ videos of laboratory methods and science concepts"
Biology Databases
Botany
- BIOSIS Citation IndexCovers all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology
- Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) (1946+)
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"This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment." - Science Citation Index Expanded (1965+)
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a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences.
Entomology
- AGRICOLA (ProQuest) (1970+)
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AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database, produced by the National Agricultural Library, consists of worldwide literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture and related fields. Since 1985, the CAB Thesaurus has been used to select controlled vocabulary terms for subject indexing. Library of Congress Subject Headings are used as controlled vocabulary for cataloging records. - Entomology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+)From the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species, Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species, for truly global coverage of the field.
- Florida Entomologist (FCLA) (1917+)the first long-published, refereed, natural science journal on the Internet.
- FORMIS Ant Bibliography (FCLA) (1533+)a composite of several ant literature databases. It contains citations for a large fraction of the world's ant literature (over 50,000 references).
Microbiology
- Algology Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (ProQuest) (1982+) This journal separates out all the relevant studies in the literature and organizes them in one source for easy reference.
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- Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (ProQuest) (1982+) covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, the journal provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.
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- Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) (ProQuest) (1982+) Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries are assembled in this journal,an indispensable resource for research laboratories and academic libraries.
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Other Biology Resources
- Agricultural Science Collection (ProQuest) (1970+) "This database includes the ... AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. This database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses."
- Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest) (1950+) "includes the renowned Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Oceanic Abstracts, and Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). It provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources studying the critical issues affecting Earth’s air, land, and water environments."
- Biochemistry Abstracts 1 (ProQuest) (1981-1993) provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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- Biochemistry Abstracts 3 (ProQuest) (1982-1993) provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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- BioMed Central (OpenAccess Central) "an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 269 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine"
- Biotechnology Research Abstracts (ProQuest) Provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology. For user help, see the ProQuest Science & Technology Training Materials guide and the ProQuest Biological Science Collection guide.
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- Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) Current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction.
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- Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest) (1960+) "The collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a diverse range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications."
- Florida Atlas of Lakes LAKEWATCH is now one of the largest lake monitoring programs in the nation with over 1800 trained citizens monitoring 600+ lakes.
- Human Genome Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982-1995) This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
- Nucleic Acids Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) "Readers will find detailed perspectives on innovative cloning and sequencing strategies"
- Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)Peer-reviewed journals in biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, pathogens, and neglected tropical diseases.
