Databases in Biology
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Database details Academic OneFile

Coverage: 1980-present
Scope: A huge and highly heterogeneous multidisciplinary mix of scholarly, journalistic, practitioner and popular sources, with much direct full-text included. Use the tabs to identify scholarly, newspaper or other sources as necessary.
Notes: Scholarly, journalstic, practitioner, popular sources. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Biological and Agricultural Index

Coverage: 1983 to present
Scope: Includes popular and professional journals about biology and agriculture
Notes: Some scholarly.
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Database details Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts

Coverage: 1982 - current
Scope: This database 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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Database details General Science Abstracts

Coverage: 1984 to present
Scope: Covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution and is a good source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics. It includes articles from over 160 leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details Medline via FirstSearch

Scope: Database includes peer-reviewed journal articles in the life sciences including life sciences, health sciences, nursing, medical and allied health. Medline was created by the National Library of Medicine.
Notes: Scholarly. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Medline via Web of Science

Coverage: 1950-present
Scope: MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 12 million records of journal articles in the life sciences, with particular emphasis on biomedicine.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details PubMed

Scope: PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. View the Customizing PubMed to link to Kresge Library Resources guide.
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Database details Science Direct

Notes: Elsevier journals.
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Database details SPORTDiscus

Coverage: Includes international references from journal and magazine articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, 1800 to the present.
Scope: Topics include physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport psychology, occupational health & therapy, and public health.
Notes: Scholarly & practitioner.
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Database details Web of Science

Coverage: 1980 to present
Scope: Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). These citation indexes contain references which have been cited by other articles. You can use these citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication.
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