Databases
If you've tried our Best Bets databases and still need more, try these:
- Biological Abstracts (EBSCO)Produced by the Web of Science Group, this database covers biology and life sciences, including biological and biomedical research, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms. Contains specialized indexing including BIOSIS and MeSH terms.
Contents: Citations and abstracts.
Note: Access is limited to 10 users at a time. - Google ScholarThis search engine includes peer-reviewed online academic journals, books, conference proceedings, theses, technical reports, court opinions, and other scholarly literature.
Contents: Citations and some full-text.
Note: Few results in Google Scholar link directly to full-text.
- ChemWebProvides access to abstracts, papers, books, conferences, news, and Chemistry forums. Registration required.
- WorldWideScience.orgAn online global gateway to science information from 28 national databases.
- Science.govResearch portal that allows searching across 38 scientific databases from the US government.
- CAS Source Index (CASSI)Database of journal and series titles indexed by CAS since 1907. Especially useful for de-coding journal abbreviations.
