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last updated: 7/1/2003

Life Sciences Library Recommended Resources



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- about | terms of use - Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
  • Coverage: Varies by title

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4

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AccessScience (McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science Online) - about | terms of use - This encyclopedia includes over 7100 articles in 81 major areas of science and technology.
  • Coverage: 9th edition (2002) onwards

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=153

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AGRICOLA - about | terms of use - Bibliographic database of articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
  • Coverage: 15th century to present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1217394

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BioOne - about | terms of use - A collection of full-text journals, mostly from small societies and non-commercial publishers , focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2219450

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Biosis Previews - about | terms of use - Covers journal articles, conference papers, and other document types in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, botany, clinical and experimental medicine, microbiology, and zoology.
  • Coverage: 1969-present
  • Alternate Title: Biological Abstracts

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1758953

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Birds of North America - about | terms of use - Accounts of bird species from North America. Information includes vocalization, range, systematics, life history, and bibliographic references.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1854918

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Books@Ovid - about | terms of use - Full-text of key medical, nursing, and pharmacy texts.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1307911

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Chicago Manual of Style Online - about | terms of use - The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style. 16th edition

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2384486

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- about | terms of use - A comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals.
  • Coverage: varies, some 1937-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2219447

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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - about | terms of use - physical constants for over 12,000 of the most common chemical substances and many facts about the physical sciences, including conversion factors, health and safety information.
  • Coverage: 81st ed., 2000/2001 - 84th ed., 2003/2004

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=62

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CSH Protocols - about | terms of use - Contains new and classic research techniques covering cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging.
  • Alternate Title: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2982067

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EBSCO eBook Collection - about | terms of use - A collection of over 6,000 full text books in a variety of subject areas, fully searchable by author, title, and keyword.
  • Coverage: varies
  • Alternate Title: netLibrary

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=163

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EcoSal - about | terms of use - Web resource based on the ASM Press publication Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology.
  • Alternate Title: Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology (online)

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1805956

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Encyclopaedia Britannica - about | terms of use - The online equivalent of the complete printed Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Internet links.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=85

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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - about | terms of use - Over 3,000 articles in the life sciences broadly defined with a glossary containing over 7,000 terms.
  • Alternate Title: ELS

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1854916

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Faculty of 1000 -- Biology - about | terms of use - Literature awareness tool that highlights and reviews the most interesting biology papers on the basis of their scientific merit not journal in which they appear.
  • Coverage: mostly 1998 to date

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=500441

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GREENR: Global reference on the environment, energy, and natural resources - about | terms of use - Offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=12596519

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Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition - about | terms of use - Access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
  • Coverage: Varies by title beginning in 1990

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38613

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Health Source: Consumer Edition - about | terms of use - Information on health-related issues including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. fulltext, abstracts and indexes.
  • Coverage: Varies by title

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=107

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- about | terms of use - The Indiana University online catalog.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38591

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Journal Citation Reports. Science Edition (JCR) - about | terms of use - Citation analysis for journals in the sciences
  • Coverage: 1998-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=138

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Journals@Ovid Full Text - about | terms of use - Journals@OVID Full Text contains the full text of at least 82 journal titles. They are also linked through MEDLINE (OVID).
  • Coverage: Most titles are available from 1995 to the present; some titles go back to 1993.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=140

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- about | terms of use - Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business.
  • Coverage: From the first issue of each journal up to 3-5 years ago

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=141

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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - about | terms of use - Provides in-depth articles with extensive bibliographies about applied chemistry, industrial products, chemical substances either as single substance or group, materials science, and chemical fundamentals.
  • Coverage: parts of 4th and 5th editions
  • Alternate Title: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1954629

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science - about | terms of use - Book series, full-text, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, post proceedings, monographs, and distinguished dissertations related to computing.
  • Coverage: 1997-present
  • Alternate Title: LNCS

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=384629

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MedLine (EBSCO) - about | terms of use - The EBSCO interface to Medline, the primary source of world-wide literature on biomedicine and health care.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2219464

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MedLine (ISI) - about | terms of use - The ISI interface to Medline, the primary source of world-wide literature on biomedicine and health care.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2219465

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MedLine (Ovid) - about | terms of use - The OVID interface to Medline, the primary source of world-wide literature on biomedicine and health care.
  • Alternate Title: OVID Medline

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3824629

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Medline Plus - about | terms of use - Authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other health-related organizations to provide consumer health information.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1904359

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MIT CogNet - about | terms of use - Full-text browsing and searching of online core reference works in Psychology. Full-text of MIT Press psychology journals and abstract searching of other publishers.
  • Alternate Title: CogNet

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1954630

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Nineteenth Century Masterfile - about | terms of use - Indexes to British and American periodicals in the nineteenth century and to British and American official publications, including Hansard and Cobbett's debates
  • Coverage: Nineteenth Century
  • Alternate Title: 19th Century Masterfile

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38596

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PAIS International - about | terms of use - Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government
  • Coverage: 1972-present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=168

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Prokaryotes - about | terms of use - An electronic edition that revises, updates, and expands the second print edition of The prokaryotes that Springer-Verlag published in 1992.
  • Coverage: 1999-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=174

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: A&I - about | terms of use - Comprehensive source for information on doctoral dissertations from universities in the United States and Canada. It also indexes a small number of master's theses.
  • Coverage: Citations only from 1861- present; from 1980 to present, 350-word abstracts are included on dissertations; from 1988 to present, 150-word abstracts are included on Master's theses; full text is available from 1997 to the present.
  • Alternate Title: Dissertations and Theses

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=73

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Proquest Environmental Science Collection - about | terms of use - Abstracts and citations drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
  • Coverage: 1967-current
  • Alternate Title: Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=90

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PsycARTICLES - about | terms of use - Online database containing more than 27,500 searchable full-text articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations from 1988+.
  • Coverage: 1988 - present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59574

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- about | terms of use - Indexes journal articles, books, dissertations and technical reports from the world literature on psychology and related fields.
  • Coverage: 1887-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=175

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PubMed - about | terms of use - Biomedical citations and abstracts (MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE) from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Additional citations, approximately 1% of the database, are from other sources.
  • Coverage: 1947-
  • Alternate Title: Medline

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1577183

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Science Citation Index - about | terms of use - The most important scientific journal literature is covered, with abstracts for the most recent articles; includes citation searching.
  • Coverage: 1955-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=183

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Science Signaling - about | terms of use - A knowledge environment devoted to the study of how cells control their own and each others' behaviors through chemical signals.
  • Coverage: 1997-
  • Alternate Title: STKE

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2731499

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Science's Next Wave - about | terms of use - A career development magazine, updated weekly on the Web, that has been published since 1995 by the research journal Science.
  • Coverage: current
  • Alternate Title: Next Wave

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59586

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ScienceDirect - about | terms of use - Electronic access to journals, books and encyclopedias published by Elsevier Science and Academic Press.
  • Coverage: varies; includes current subscriptions and some backfiles
  • Alternate Title: Elsevier ScienceDirect

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59577

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SciFinder - about | terms of use - Covers the primary literature of all areas of chemistry, medicine, and other areas. First time users need to register at https://bl-libg-doghill.ads.iu.edu/chem-web/SciFinderWeb.html
  • Coverage: 1907-
  • Alternate Title: Chemical Abstracts

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=184

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SpringerLink - about | terms of use - Full-text access to Springer's journal titles as well as journals from other publishers
  • Coverage: Varies by journal

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4356378

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- about | terms of use - An interface that allows cross-searching of Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, Medline, Zoological Record, and JCR. Not all fields from individual databases are included.
  • Coverage: 1955-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=203

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Web of Science - about | terms of use - Web of Science contains three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded (1955-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3677492

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Zoological Record - about | terms of use - Comprehensive coverage of the zoological literature from around 1864. The sources are journals, review annuals, monographs, meeting proceedings, books and reports.
  • Coverage: 1864-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1758955



last updated: 7/1/2003