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Web of Science
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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Biological Abstracts
Comprehensive coverage of the life sciences literature, including journal articles, conference papers, and books relating to life sciences, 1969-present.
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SciFinder Web
SciFinder Web requires account registration with UMass Amherst email account. SciFinder Web doesn't work with IE 6. Off-campus access must be through this link to the UMass SciFinder page.
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases of chemistry and related scientific fields. Mid 1800's -
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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Biological Abstracts
Comprehensive coverage of the life sciences literature, including journal articles, conference papers, and books relating to life sciences, 1969-present.
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SciFinder Web
SciFinder Web requires account registration with UMass Amherst email account. SciFinder Web doesn't work with IE 6. Off-campus access must be through this link to the UMass SciFinder page.
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases of chemistry and related scientific fields. Mid 1800's -
| Also known as: | Chemical Abstracts |
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Additional Databases in Biology > Biochemistry
Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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ASM Online Journals
Eleven journals from the American Society for Microbiology, in full text. Full text from 1995 to present; abstracts from 1992.
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BioMed Central
Free (open source) access to federally funded peer-reviewed biomedical research in over 100 recent journals.
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BioOne One
Bioscience research journals in full text, 1998-present.
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Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Research methods for microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics, proteins, plant biology, neuroscience, lab organisms, and imaging. Current.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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Google Scholar
Use within UMass’ IP range to access many UMass online journal subscriptions. In Scholar Preferences, you can choose to export citations to RefWorks bibliographic manager.
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ISI Proceedings
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Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.
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Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Comprehensive articles on topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, with bibliographies. Current.
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NIST/TRC Web Thermo Tables Professional
Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds from National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC
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Standards for analytical chemists.
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PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version.
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Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online's on-demand digital library provides potential access to over 17262 technology, creative, and business books from leading publishers.
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ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
Covers the science and technology of industrial chemistry.
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WorldCat
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries. Material not owned by UMass Amherst can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
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Zoological Record Plus
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Citations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.
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A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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ASM Online Journals
Eleven journals from the American Society for Microbiology, in full text. Full text from 1995 to present; abstracts from 1992.
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BioMed Central
Free (open source) access to federally funded peer-reviewed biomedical research in over 100 recent journals.
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BioOne One
Bioscience research journals in full text, 1998-present.
| Also known as: | BioOne.1 |
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Research methods for microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics, proteins, plant biology, neuroscience, lab organisms, and imaging. Current.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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Google Scholar
Use within UMass’ IP range to access many UMass online journal subscriptions. In Scholar Preferences, you can choose to export citations to RefWorks bibliographic manager.
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ISI Proceedings
Works poorly with Safari.
Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.
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Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Comprehensive articles on topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, with bibliographies. Current.
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NIST/TRC Web Thermo Tables Professional
Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds from National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC
Connect to get username and password. Click "Login" at the upper right of the OMA page to enter UN/PW for searching OMA Online.
Standards for analytical chemists.
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PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version.
| Also known as: | MEDLINE |
Safari Books Online
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ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
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WorldCat
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Zoological Record Plus
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Citations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.
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