Article Indexes for the Sciences

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AGRICOLA

From the National Agriculture Library (NAL), part of the USDA. Scope of coverage: agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, aquaculture, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Available in two parts:

  - Book Catalog: primarily holdings of the NAL

  - Journal Article Citation Index (articles), 1985 - present.

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AIDS Databases

Several AIDS-related databases, provided by the National Library of Medicine. See our guide for more information.

Applied Science & Technology Index

Indexes almost 400 science and technology periodicals. Undergraduate focus. 1983-present.

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Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

Indexes and abstracts articles and documents in marine and freshwater science from 900 journals, books, conference proceedings, technical reports, and more. 1978-present.

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Arctic & Antarctic Regions

Indexes & abstracts over 800,000 records on polar and non-polar cold regions. AAR is a multidisciplinary composite of international polar databases including the Antarctic Bibliography. AAR goes back to 1800 and earlier depending on the component database and indexes periodicals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and theses/dissertations.

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BIOETHICSLINE

From the National Library of Medicine's Internet Grateful Med service. Scope of coverage: ethics and related public policy issues in health care and biomedical research. Covers journal articles, book chapters, court decisions, and more.
1973 - present. Updated bimonthly.

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BIOSIS Previews

Indexes and abstracts all biological and biomedical topics from over 6000 journals, books, converence proceedings, technical reports and more. 1985 - present.

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The following files are available:

• 1993 - present. (telnet users type BIOSIS)
• 1985 - 1992 (telnet users type BIO85)

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CANCERLIT

From the National Cancer Institute. Scope of coverage: cancer and oncology. Covers biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.
1963 - present. Updated monthly. Users can also browse the last few months' retrieval on several dozen automatically-run searches which cover "hot" topics.

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Compendex

Indexes and abstracts 400 journals as well as conference proceedings and abstracts in engineering. 1987-present.

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Computer Articles Database (COMP)

Indexes and abstracts the consumer- and business-oriented magazines on this complete list. For journals on this shorter list, also provides the full text of articles. 1988-present.

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Current Contents (CC)

Indexes the 6,500 highly-cited scholarly journals named by these alphabetical and topical lists. No abstracts or subject indexing. Updated weekly. July 1989-present.

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Current Index to Statistics (CIS)

For the fields of statistics and probability, CIS indexes more than 130,000 articles published since 1974. It also indexes IMS journals beginning with 1960 issues, Journal of the American Statistical Association beginning with 1955 issues, and all issues of The American Statistician and Technometrics.

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DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online)

Contains location and descriptive information on health-related organizations, research resources, projects, etc. AIDS-related resources are particularly well-represented. Current.

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Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA)

Indexes and abstracts journal articles on earthquake engineering & hazards reduction. 1983-present.

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Engineered Materials Abstracts

1993-present. Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's published literature concerning the science of polymers, ceramics and composite materials.

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FS INFO

Indexes forestry literature.

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GEOREF

Indexes literature in geology & geophysics. 1785-present.

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History of Science and Technology Index (HSCI)

Indexes journal articles, conference papers, books, book reviews, and dissertations relating to the history of science. Updated annually. 1976-present.

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Inside Information (JRNLE)

Indexes current research journals and conferences in science and technology. 1993-present.

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INSPEC

Indexes physics, electronics, and computing literature, including journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports. Provides abstracts.

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Telnet version presents the backfiles as follows:

• Type INS to search 1993-present.
• Type INS90 to search 1990-1992.
• Type INS85 to search 1985-1989.
• Type INS80 to search 1980-1984.
• Type INS69 to search 1969-1979.

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Marine, Oceanographic & Freshwater Resources

Indexes & sometimes abstracts over 875,000 records on international marine and oceanic information, as well as substantial coverage of estuarine, brackishwater, and freshwater environments. MOFR's chief assets compared to Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts are its more thorough coverage of oceanography as well as its more retrospective coverage (ASFA only covers 1978+). MOFR is a composite of mostly oceanographic databases consisting of: Oceanic Abstracts (1964-present); IOS-DL/POL Database (1985-1996); OCEANIS Database (1985-present); BIDLIB Database (1997-present) on physical oceanography; PML Database (1979-present) on worldwide marine & estuarine pollution; GeoArchive (1970-present) subset; NOAA Library collection (1807-present); Sea Grant Abstracts (1968-present); and various databases on Long Island Sound, Gulf of California, Chesapeake Bay, and Biscayne Bay. MOFR also contains ASFA Parts 2 & 3 on pollution, ocean technology, ocean management and policy, and non-living aspects of the ocean like physical and chemical oceanography, marine geophysics, etc.

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MathSciNet

Provides searching of over 55 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, with full text reviews available from 1980 to the present.

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MEDLINE Plus

Indexes and abstracts medical and health science journals. Most provide abstracts.

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Telnet version presents backfiles as follows:

• Type MED to search 1994-present.
• Type MED90 to search 1990-1993.
• Type MED85 to search 1985-1989.
• Type MED80 to search 1980-1984.
• Type MED75 to search 1975-1979.
• Type MED66 to search 1966-1974.

Metadex

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, patents, reports, books and dissertations on the science and technology of metals and alloys, including properties, processing, products and material development. 1991-present.

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Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts

Indexes & abstracts 400 journals & other series as well as books & conference proceedings on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry & physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, & related environmental sciences. 1974-present.

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PsycINFO

Indexes and abstracts psychology journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. Late 1880's - present.

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TOXNET

A new service from the National Library of Medicine featuring several databases and databanks relating to toxicology:

• Toxicology Data Search - included are:
    - CCRIS - Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System
    - GENE-TOX - Genetic Toxicology (Mutagenicity) Data
    - HSDB - Hazardous Substances Data Bank
    - IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System (through 1/98)
    - RTECS - Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
• Toxicology Literature Search: choose from four files on mutagenicity and reproductive toxicology
• Toxics Release Inventory: information on environmental releases of toxic chemicals, back to 1987.

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UnCover

Indexes research journals in all disciplines, and is particularly good for sci/tech topics. Updated daily--has most current coverage. 1989-present.

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Zoological Record

Indexes 6,500 serials, books, newsletters, selected dissertations, review annuals, and conference proceedings in traditional areas of zoology. Particulary good for taxonomic indexing. No abstracts. 1978-present.

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Note: Topics in this subject area are also covered by the General databases.

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