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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Plant Biology LibGuide

Biology LibGuide

Best Bet Databases in Biology

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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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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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

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BioOne One

Bioscience research journals in full text, 1998-present.

Also known as:

BioOne.1

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Zoological Record

Citations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.
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Additional Databases in Biology

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Articles from serial publications, books, reports, and conference proceedings published in the field of aquatic science, 1965-present.

Also known as:

ASFA

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Beilstein
Beilstein will only work on a computer with a UMass Amherst IP address. A dial-up account from OIT will provide users with a UMass Amherst IP address.
Searching requires installation of CrossFire Commander client software. This software can be downloaded from http://minerva.library.wisc.edu
A compendium of organic chemistry data on over 7 million compounds, including structures, physical properties, reactions, and literature citations, 1800-present.

Also known as:

Crossfire Reactions

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Biological and Agricultural Index
Articles in about 300 scholarly journals on agriculture, food production, nutrition, forestry, marine biology and plant pathology, 1984-present.
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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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Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Research methods for microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics, proteins, plant biology, neuroscience, lab organisms, and imaging. Current.
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Ellis and Messina Catalogue: Foraminifera

New

Catalog of fossil micro-organisms.

Also known as:

Foraminifera Catalogue

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National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs
Brief biographies of American scientists written by their peers, since 1877.
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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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NLM Gateway
Combined search of the National Library of Medicine databases, 1950’s-present.
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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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Springer Extra Materials
Video and data files and other material supplementing some books published by Springer. Search by ISBN.
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