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Agricola
National Agricultural Library catalog and journal article citation index, 1984- [about]
AppSciTechAb
indexes 350 scientific and technical periodicals, 1983- (Abstracts since 1994). [about]
Biosis Previews
abstracts 7000 biology sources,1998- [about]
Engineering Index CompendexWeb
abstracts journals, books and conference proceedings, 1980- [about]
GenSciAbstracts
indexes, abstracts 150 periodicals, 1984- [about]
Life Sciences Index
abstracts 5,000 biological sciences sources, 1990-1997. [about]
CD-ROM database available only in the Library.
Medline
indexes, abstracts 3800 medical journals, 1966- [about]
PubMED
Pre-Medline, complete Medline 1966- and several molecular biology databases. Some full text.
Zoological Record
indexes over 6,500 animal kingdom resources, 1993- [about]
CD-ROM database available only in the Library.
FirstSearch2
access to FirstSearch databases [about], for which the Library pays a per search charge. (AGRICOLA, BasicBiosis, BioDigest, BiolAgrIndex, CINAHL, Dissertation Abstracts, ENVIRONMENT, GEOBASE, GeoRef, MicrocompAbs, dozens more.)
DialogWeb
access to Dialog databases [about], requires a password obtained during special training sessions. (BIOSIS Previews® (1969-present) (File 5), CA SEARCH® - Chemical Abstracts® (1967- present) (File 399), INSPEC (1969- present) (File 2), NTIS - National Technical Information Service (File 6), SciSearch® - a Cited Reference Science Database (Science Citation Index) 1990- (File 34), SciSearch® - a Cited Reference Science Database (Science Citation Index) 1974-1989 (File 434), dozens more.)
MathSciNet
indexes Mathematical Reviews, 1940- [about]
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