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Complete List of Biology Databases

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AGRICOLA

Compiled by the U.S. National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA is a comprehensive source of bibliographic citations in agriculture and life sciences. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

Agricultural& Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts

Covers aspects of agriculture, biology, genetics and the environment. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)

"With topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, [this source] provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Biological Abstracts

Comprehensive coverage of worldwide journal literature in the life sciences. Nearly 6,000 international journals are monitored for inclusion, representing virtually every life science discipline, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, public health, and toxicology. (EBSCOhost) Database Help More info

BioOne

Full-text articles from 70 journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. More info

Books In Print

Comprehensive database of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Also includes publishers catalogs, lists of 400 awards from 10 countries, and selected reviews. (Bowker) More info

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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CINAHL

Provides indexing for over 1200 nursing, allied health and health sciences journals.

Conference Papers Index

"Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

CSA (formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Includes the following databases: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, ARTbibliographies Modern, ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality, ATLA Religion Database, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), Bibliography of the History of Art, BioOne Abstracts and Indexes, Communication Abstracts, Conference Papers Index, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Ecology Abstracts, EconLit, EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, ERIC, Health and Safety Science Abstracts, Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Index Islamicus, Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, PAIS International, Philosopher's Index, Pollution Abstracts, Risk Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Sustainability Science Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, TOXLINE, Water Resources Abstracts, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Database Help More info

Dictionary of Natural Products

Includes descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature references; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. Simultaneous users: 1. More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

Ecology Abstracts

"Ecology Abstracts focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

GEOBASE

Worldwide literature on geography and geology. (FirstSearch) Database Help More info

Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts

"This database provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Health Source: Consumer Edition

Health Source: Consumer Edition offers a resource for finding authoritative information on health-related questions specifically geared to the general public. Includes some full-text. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Includes some full-text. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

HealthSTAR

Contains citations to literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. Focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery. (Ovid) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Human Population & Natural Resouce Management

Explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management.(CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)

"Covers findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Journals@Ovid Full-Text

Full-text from "hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies." (Ovid) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

JSTOR

Full-text articles from journals in a variety of disciplines, from the journals' first issues through the late 1990's. (Acrobat Reader needed to print.) Database Help More info

MEDLINE

Abstracted articles from medical journals.

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

Old Medline

Medline citations from 1958 through 1965, that were published in the Cumulated Index Medicus. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) More info

Ovid

Ovid is a service which provides access to article databases. Our libraries have access to the following Ovid databases: AARP Ageline, CINAHL, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, HealthSTAR, Journals@Ovid Full Text, The Lancet Archive, Medline, and PsycINFO. (Ovid) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Pollution Abstracts

Covers research and government information on pollution and the environment. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

Project MUSE (mirror site)

Full-text of articles from 1990 forward in over 275 journals covering Arts, Sciences (including medicine and mathematics), Humanities and Social Sciences. More info

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Science Citation Index

Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

ScienceDirect

Indexing to journal articles in over 1,100 key scientific, technical, medical and social science journals published by Elsevier. Full-text access to articles in journals to which U of L subscribes to the print version. More info

Toxicology Abstracts

"Specifically focused to meet the needs of toxicologists, Toxicology Abstracts covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

TOXLINE

"This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports on all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens." (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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