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General Research Tools

Major Resources for Identifying Journal Articles in the Biological Sciences

BIOSIS Previews
Large database for biology and botany citations and abstracts. 1926-. International in coverage. > 26 million citations.
CAB Direct
Database for agriculture and applied biology citations and abstracts. International in coverage.
Cochrane Library
Collection of databases with signed articles on medicine and health care.
Global Health
Limited to 4 simultaneous users. Public health citations 1910-.
Google Scholar
Multidisciplinary. For biology, search results complement BIOSIS Previews.
PubMed
Large government database for biomedical citations to journal articles.
SciFinder-n
Large, international database for chemistry journal article citations and abstracts. 1907-.
Scopus
Database for biomedical or interdisciplinary topics (1823-). International in coverage.
Web of Science
Database covering core journals in all science fields. Good for interdisciplinary topics. International. 1900-. Cited reference searching possible.
Annual Reviews
A good source for finding invited review articles written by experts in a wide range of fields.

Science Research Support Librarian - Life Sciences

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203 432 6213

Subjects: Biology, Neuroscience, Science, General

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MCDB 221L Laboratory for Foundations of Biology: Home

General Research Tools

Major Resources for Identifying Journal Articles in the Biological Sciences

Science Research Support Librarian - Life Sciences

Managing Your Literature Citations

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