| Database Title | Summary - Full Description | Coverage | Full Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Science | Provides access to over 7,000 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. Also includes these features: Biographies -- Over 2000 in-depth biographies of leading scientists through history; In the News -- Weekly updates on breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology; Student Center -- Resources to guide your research; Related Sites -- Links to Web sites for further research. | Partial | |
| AGRICOLA | Produced by the National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provided worldwide coverage of agriculture from 1970 through 2006. Beginning in 2007, because of reduced resources, the National Agricultural Library re-scoped the database, reducing coverage, indexing for AGRICOLA only publications that meet at least one of the following criteria: be a U.S. Department of Agriculture publication, or contain articles or chapters authored by USDA personnel; support NALs Information Centers; contain articles or chapters on core agricultural topics, written in the English language; not be indexed by any other abstracting and indexing service. AGRICOLA contains over 3.7 million citations to journal articles, monographs, pamphlets, microforms, research reports, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, government documents and technical reports. The database encompasses all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences (breeding, dairy science, feed science), entomology, plant sciences, pesticides, biotechnology, microbiology, ecology, horticulture, hydrology, hydroponics, water quality, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food science, human nutrition, home economics, rural sociology and earth and environmental sciences. The print equivalent, Bibliography of Agriculture (1942 1969) is available in the Life Sciences Library. | 1970 - present | Partial |
| Agricultural Statistics | Statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all facets of agricultural production, supply, and demand worldwide. | Partial | |
| Animal Behavior Abstracts | Animal Behavior Abstracts identifies significant papers relevant to animal behavior, summarizing the results of both field and laboratory inquiries. It surveys all of the important journals dealing with the biology of particular taxonomic groups. Major areas of coverage include: aggression; anatomical correlates; applied ethology; avoidance learning; behavioral ecology; biological and biochemical correlates; brain lesions; brain stimulation (electrical and chemical); communication; complex learning; discrimination; learning; dominance; evolution and survival value; external stimulation; foraging and ingestion; genetics of behavior; habituation and extinction; hormones; locomotion; memory; methodology; motivation; navigation; neurophysiological correlates; ontogeny; orientation; navigation and migration; parental-filial behavior; reinforcement (positive); rhythms; selected drug studies; sexual and reproductive behavior; sleep; social behavior; social spacing; theoretical models and overviews; and visual stimulation. Updated monthly. | 1982 - present | Partial |
| ArchiveGrid | Descriptions of archival holdings and special collections of manuscripts and other primary source materials nationwide. Includes full text finding aids describing the contents of archival collections at various libraries, museums, and archival repositories throughout the U.S. with links to the repositories. | 00-present | Partial |
| Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) | Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) provides access to clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. About 430 journal titles are selectively indexed. Major areas of coverage include: aggressins and toxins; animal bacteriology; antibacterial agents; antibiosis; antibiotics; cell structure and function; culture; ecology and distribution; genetics and evolution; human bacteriology; identification; immunology; invertebrate bacteriology; methodology; microbial symbiosis; plasmids; predation; taxonomy; and typing | 1982 - present | No |
| Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection (seminars) | "This collection of specially prepared animated audio visual presentations with synchronized narration by world leading scientists is keeping researchers informed throughout the world." | Yes | |
| CAB Abstracts--OvidSP | Compiled by CABI Publishing, CAB Abstracts provides comprehensive international coverage of the significant research and development literature in agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. Sources scanned selectively for records are: professional and trade journals (over 9,000), reports, bulletins, conference proceedings, symposia, workshops, scientific texts, technical and popular books, theses, annual reports and a few categories of patents and standards. Major subject areas covered include: agricultural and environmental economics; agricultural engineering; animal production (including general and theoretical genetics, genetic engineering and immunogenetics); biodeterioration, bioremediation and biodegradation (including any organisms involved and their identification through molecular biology techniques); biotechnology in the areas of bioethics, intellectual property issues, genes and their expression, molecular biology techniques, genomics, genetic engineering, cloning, in vitro fertilization and gene therapy; broad coverage of crop protection (including pests, pathogens, natural enemies and control mechanisms for an extensive range of plants); dairy science and technology encompassing physiological, biochemical, immunological, microbiological, chemical and physics aspects; forestry, forest products and agroforestry; human nutrition with coverage extending into physiology, biochemistry and disorders; leisure, recreation, and tourism; all aspects of medical and veterinary parasitological disease which includes diagnosis, immunobiology, physiology, molecular and cell biology; developmental biology and genetics (molecular, population and biochemical); natural resources and environmental issues; plant breeding, crop production and horticulture; soil science, land/water management and fertilizer technology; rural development; veterinary medicine; and miscellaneous subjects (human and animal health, nematology, sugar technology and apiculture). Online coverage extends back to 1973. Print coverage for various subjects is available for earlier years. | 1973 - present | No |
| CAB e-Books Archive Database | CAB e-books | Yes | |
| Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder) | SciFinder Scholar is a means of accessing the Chemical Abstracts database using a powerful and intuitive search engine to find references to articles easily. Search for chemical data using a molecular formula, chemical name, chemical structure, reaction components, author name, or topic of interest. | 1907 - present | Partial |
| Conference Papers Index | Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstracts booklets and published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses. Records include complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers. | 1982 - present | Partial |
| DrugPoints System | Comprehensive drug information reference providing complete coverage, including both labeled and off-label uses, of more than 11,000 generic and brand name drugs. "In-depth monographs cover dosing, indications, interactions, pharmacology/pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, and patient counseling guidelines. Labeled and off-label uses are discussed to facilitate third-party reimbursement." | Yes | |
| Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Microbiology A) | Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries are assembled in this index. About 460 journal titles are indexed selectively by Industrial and Applied Microbiology. | 1982 - present | Partial |
| International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) | Produced in cooperation with the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, IPA includes information from over 750 pharmaceutical, medical, and health care journals. The entire spectrum of drug therapy and pharmaceutical information is covered. | 1970 - present | No |
| Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition | Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition contains quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to determine the relative importance of journals within subject categories. Covering about 5,700 journals, JCR: Science Edition has many uses. Students and faculty use it to identify journals in which to publish, confirm the status of journals in which they have published, and identify journals relevant to their research. Online coverage extends back to 1998. There is a CD-ROM for 1997 and print for 1975-90, 1992 and 1996. | 1998 - present | No |
| MEDLINE (EBSCO interface) | MEDLINE covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Indexes over 3,700 journals. | 1964 - present | No |
| MEDLINE (PubMed interface) | PubMed, available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed provides access to citations from biomedical literature. LinkOut provides access to full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources. PubMed also provides access and links to the other Entrez molecular biology resources. | 1950-- | Partial |
| Office of Epizootics (OIE) Document Database | The OIE Documentation Centre houses a vast collection of documentary resources (currently more than 13,000 documents) accessible via a database where documents have been compiled, indexed and analyzed using a bilingual French-English thesaurus designed specifically for OIE areas of activity. The database compiles all the works and major reports, conference proceedings and journal articles published by the OIE and other institutions that are housed in OIE Headquarters and its documentation centre. In particular, the database includes all OIE periodicals and non-periodicals, as well as working papers by the OIE and organizations with which it has dealings. Up to now the database has been reserved for OIE Headquarters staff and available solely via the Organizations intranet but, in January 2011, a more user-friendly version will feature on the new OIE website. So far the new version contains around 5,000 documents emanating from OIE activities between 1921 and 2010 (OIE publications and joint publications). The new database features a system for searching the following documents by keyword (subject, language, source, year and author), in many instances providing access to the full text: " All monographs published by the OIE. " All OIE periodical publications, including: o articles from the Scientific and Technical Review since it was first published in 1981; o OIE animal health standards; o technical items presented to the World Assembly of Delegates. " General session reports. " Resolutions and recommendations adopted by the Regional Commissions and the World Assembly of Delegates since 1924. " Reports from the various OIE commissions, working groups and ad hoc groups. " Conference proceedings and reports of seminars, workshops, consultations, training courses, missions and meetings organised by the OIE alone or jointly with other organisations, including both official and unofficial documents. " Documents from OIE regional representations. Older documents in the OIE archives, including reports published in the OIE Bulletin since it was first published in 1927, articles from the OIE Scientific and Technical Review between 1981 and 2001, World Animal Health reports since 1981 and OIE normative publications (codes and manuals) since they were first published were all included in the first digitization programme[1], which was completed in 2010. The digitized content of these archives will be incorporated into the database, which will soon give access to the full range of documents arising from OIE activities since the Organization was created in 1924. [1/26/12] | 1927- | Yes |
| PubMed | PubMed, available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed provides access to citations from biomedical literature. LinkOut provides access to full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources. PubMed also provides access and links to the other Entrez molecular biology resources. | 1950 - | Partial |
| Science Citation Index Expanded | Science Citation Index Expanded is part of ISI's Web of Science database. It provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references in about 5,900 of the world's scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Online coverage extends back to 1977. | 1945 - present | No |
| Science Online | More than the journal, Science, the content of this website extends into ethics, policies, sociology, pedagogy, etc. as it relates to science and how science impacts those areas. The journal, Science, and its preprint version, ScienceExpress, and Science Now, a daily news web page are all available full-text. Also accessible: Three virtual knowledge environments - Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE), Science of Aging Knowledge Environment (SAGE), and AIDS Online - each of which has an online journal, laboratory protocol section, various bioinformatics products, and more. Functional Genomics. Full access to current awareness services. Some of these resources, especially those within SAGE, are aimed at non-scientists and teachers of science. | Yes | |
| SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) | SciFinder Scholar is a means of accessing the Chemical Abstracts database using a powerful and intuitive search engine to find references to articles easily. Search for chemical data using a molecular formula, chemical name, chemical structure, reaction components, author name, or topic of interest. | 1907 - present | Partial |
| Springer E-Books | Contains full-text of books/book chapters, conference papers, and journal articles published by Springer. Purdue University Libraries' subscription to e-books starts in 2005 and covers many disciplines. | 2005 - present | Yes |
| Toxicology Abstracts | Every day, in all branches of toxicology, research uncovers new risks associated with the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and by-products of our age. Toxicology Abstracts is the only comprehensive print resource for professionals in this field who must be aware of every new finding. Specifically focused to meet the needs of toxicologists, Toxicology Abstracts covers issuses from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. Surveying the literature for toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and myriad other substances, each issue publishes information concerning the in vivo effects of toxic substances. <p> About 200 journals are selectively indexed by Toxicology Abstracts. | 1981 - present | Partial |
| TOXLINE | TOXLINE on this service offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, information in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. | 1999 - present | Partial |
| TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) | The TRIP Database answers real clinical questions using the principles of evidence based medicine. TRIP Database Ltds involvement in clinical question answering has shown the type of material that is useful in answering genuine questions health professionals have. Registered users (registration is free) benefit from extra features such as CPD, search history, and collaborative tools. | 1997 -- current | Partial |
| Veterinary Clinics of North America | Full-text access to four major veterinary review series covering small animal, equine, food animal, and exotic animal practice with latest advances and current treatment options. | 2002 to date | Yes |
| VetMed Resource | VetMed Resource is an comprehensive information resource for veterinarians, animal scientists, & students containing citations from CAB Abstracts, hard-to-find serials, full-text documents, current news, and CAB review articles, as well as information on health and production of food animals. | 1972 to date | Partial |
| Web of Science | Web of Science includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Collectively, these indexes cover 8,700 scholarly and technical journals completely and 13,300 selectively, in more than 230 disciplines. The Web of Science gateway allows searching the indexes singly or in combination. Features include cited reference searching, access to records related to a particular article, and number of times an article has been cited. Coverage extends back to 1977 | 1977 - present | Partial |
| Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide | Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide provides global coverage of the literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians with about 590,000 bibliographic records, many of which include abstracts. The database is composed of eight databases: (1) Wildlife Review Abstracts (1935 and earlier to present) contains about 590,000 records and covers all aspects of wildlife, including: studies of individual species, habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, parasites and more. Sources scanned are journals, monographs, conference proceedings and symposia, websites, government reports, grey literature, books, theses, and dissertations. (2) Swiss Wildlife Information Service (SWIS, 1974 to present) SWIS has about 104,000 records and contains a main database on birds and mammals and special files on protected animals and wildlife interaction with traffic, disturbance and agriculture. (3) Wildlife Database (1960 to present) Produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, this database contains over 21,000+ records, 90% of which are drawn from unpublished research reports, field studies, and surveys from U. S. state agencies. (4) BIODOC (1970 to 1999) From the National University of Costa Rica, BIODOC has 9,000 records and emphasizes Central and South American fauna. (5) Waterfowl and Wetlands Bibliography (Duckdata, 1838-2000). Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, Duckdata contains over 13,000 citations with a focus on game birds and their habitats. (6) IUCN - The World Conservation Union (1946 to present) Contains over 4,300 citations to IUCN literature related to conservation. (7) Natural & Cultural Heritage of Africa (NATCHA, 1960 to present and earlier) This database of about 14,000 records provides extensive coverage of natural history journals relating to wildlife in Africa, especially Southern Africa. (8) Afro-Tropical Bird Information Retrieval Database (Afro-Tropical BIRD, 20th century to present with some coverage of the 1800s) It covers comprehensively journals, newsletters and reports on Afro-Tropical birds. Duplication of records is avoided with the generation of composite records from the contributing databases. | 1935 - present | No |
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