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The online catalog does not provide access to the contents of journals.
To find articles on a specific topic you will need to use an indexing
and abstracting resource, like Biological Abstracts. In some cases,
a link to the full text of the article will be available within the
database. Most of the time, once you have found a citation, you will
need to check the library
catalog to see if we own the journal the article is published in.
| 19th
Century Masterfile / Poole's Plus |
Doing a bit of historical research?
Poole's provides indexing to nineteenth century periodicals, books,
newspapers, and government documents. |
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| Agricola
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Subjects include agricultural economics, agricultural engineering,
animal science, chemistry, energy, entomology, cooperative extension,
food science, forestry, geography, home economics, human nutrition,
life sciences, natural resources, plant diseases, insect pests
and their control, rural sociology and veterinary medicine. Covers
1970 to present.
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| Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
Subject coverage includes
aquaculture, brackishwater environments, conservation, engineering,
environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology,
marine biotechnology, marine environments, marine geology, meteorology,
oceanography, policy and legislation, wildlife management, and many
others. ASFA Includes journal articles, conference proceedings,
technical reports, books, patents, and many other international
sources from 1978 to present. Also includes access to Oceanic Abstracts.
Print volumes for the years 1971-1981 are in the Crerar Library
lower level shelving at 016.59195205/1. |
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| Beilstein
Crossfire |
Provides client-server based access to
over 8 million organic compounds, including 5 million chemical reactions
and 35 million associated chemical and physical properties, with
corresponding literature references. Derived from the print Beilstein
Handbook of Organic Chemistry, this database covers the literature
from 1771 to present. Structure, numeric, and text searching are
available. Older volumes are available in the Chemistry Library
Reference Collection at QD251.B4191 (also QD251.B41, QD251.B414,
QD251.B415, QD251.B418, QD251.B419). |
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| Biological
Abstracts (BIOSIS)
Coverage from 1969 - present
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Corresponds to the printed edition of Biological Abstracts. Broad
coverage is provided of all life sciences research, including
botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as such interdisciplinary
fields as clinical and experimental medicine, biochemistry and
biotechnology.
Print volumes from 1926-1995 are available in the Crerar Library
Reference Collection at Z5321.B6.
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| ChemIDPlus
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A database of 350,000 chemical records, including 56,000 with
structures. Locator links allow immediate searching of other databases
for information about a given chemical.
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| COMPENDEX
/ Engineering Index |
All areas of engineering
are covered, including biological, chemical, environmental, hydrology,
biotechnology, food sciences, and many other related fields. Citations
from 1990 - present. Abstracts come from 2600 engineering journals,
conferences, and reports. Printed volumes from 1884-1997 are available
in the Crerar Library Reference Collection at T1.E46. |
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| Current
Contents
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Current Contents Lists tables of contents for over 6500 journals.
You may also set up personal profiles which you execute as desired
to discover when new articles of interest are published in specific
journals in your subject area.
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| Dictionary
of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE) |
Contains data on 4123 chemicals
which have been studied for environmental impact or toxicity, and
provides all the required information for the assessment of risks
associated with the use of those chemicals. Including Ecotoxicity,
Mammalian & avian toxicity, Metabolism and toxicokinetics, &
Genotoxicity |
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| Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences |
Covers the core areas of
: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Clinical Medicine, Developmental Biology,
Diversity of Life, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics History and Philosophy
of Science Immunology Microbiology Molecular Biology Neuroscience
Plant Science Structural Biology Virology Also available in Print
volumes also available at Crerar Reference, floor 1 QH302.5.E56
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| Environmental
Health Information Services |
NIEHS (National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences environmental health information
service) is a full-service site that produces, maintains, and disseminates
information on the environment in the form of a searchable directory
on the Internet It is the most extensive international database
of searchable information on the environment, toxicity, and cancer.
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| Entrez
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Entrez is a search and retrieval system that integrates information
from databases at NCBI. These databases include nucleotide sequences,
protein sequences, macromolecular structures, whole genomes, and
MEDLINE, through PubMed. Includes: PubMed, Nucleotides, Proteins,
Structures, Genomes, PopSet, Taxonomy, & OMIM - Online Mendalian
Inheritance in Man.
"Do you have trouble distinguishing a base pair from
a Bosc pear? A gene map from a road map? If so, like many people, you're a candidate to visit the user-friendly "About
NCBI" section of the National Center for Biotechnology Information's
website.
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| History
of Science, Technology & Medicine |
Indexes books, conference proceedings and articles from over
600 journals and is international in scope. Coverage begins with
1976, and it is updated annually and is accessed via the RLG/Eureka
interface to CitaDel files.
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| ISI Chemistry Databases |
Provides access to reaction and compound information. Equivalent to the print Current Chemical Reactions and Index Chemicus. Covers 1985-current for reactions and 1994-current for compounds. Supplemented by a file of "classical" reactions from mid-1800's to late 1990's. Text and structure searchable. Requires a plugin for structure/reaction searching. Printed copies of the Current Chemical Reactions are available in the Chemistry Library at QD1.C92. Printed copies for the current two years of Index Chemicus are available unbound in the Chemistry Library. |
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| Journal
Citation Reports
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What journals are important in your discipline? Journal
evaluation and citation data are available in the Science Edition
for about 5,000 journals in all areas of science, medicine and
technology.
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| Oceanic
Abstracts |
Covers technical
literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environments.
Including: marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries,
aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, living
and non-living resources, meteorology and geology, environmental,
technological, and legislative topics. Dates of Coverage 1981
- current. Print copies v.21-28(1984-1991) locate at Crerar
on the lower lever compact shelving at Z6004.P6O1731. CSA interface
also includes access to Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. |
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| Plants
Database |
Created by the National Plant
Data Center, USDA this database focuses on vascular plants,
mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its
territories. Includes names, checklists, automated tools, identification
information, species abstracts, distributional data, crop information,
plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information,
plant links, and references. Other tools on the site include:
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| The
Proteome BioKnowledge Library? (Incyte Genomics)
Access is limited to University of Chicago users. All first time
users must set up an individual username and password.
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Web-based collection of
databases containing protein-specific information on human, mouse,
and rat proteins, and model organisms. The following databases are
included: YPD? (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), PombePD? (Schizosaccharomyces
pombe), WormPD? (Caenorhabditis elegans), MycoPathPD? (human fungal
pathogen database), HumanPSD? (Proteome Survey Data) and GPCR-PD?
(G Protein-coupled Receptors database). |
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CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) provides comprehensive coverage
of the world's chemical literature, and includes biochemistry,
organic chemistry, macromolecular chemistry, applied chemistry
and chemical engineering, physical, inorganic, and analytical
chemistry. SciFinder Scholar simultaneously searches the CA
file as well as Medline and OldMedline. Print edition of
Chemical Abstracts (1907 - 2001) locates at Crerar Reference,
floor 1 and the Chemistry Library at QD1.A48.
Requires
client software download to desktop computer, and network
address within .uchicago.edu domain (no proxy server access at
this time). Also available on public workstations in Chemistry
and Crerar Libraries.
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| TOXNET
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An integrated system for building, reviewing, and searching toxicology
and environmental health-related databases. Developed by the Specialized
Information Services (SIS) Division of the National
Library of Medicine (NLM)
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| Web
of Science / Science Citation Index |
Coverage is from 1900 to current in all areas of the sciences. Printed volumes of Science Citation Index are available
from 1945-1997 in the Crerar Library Reference Collection at AI3.S401.
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| Zoological
Record |
Provides access to over
6,500 international journals, review annuals, monographs, meeting
proceedings, books, and reports from 1978 to present. All major
areas of zoology are represented, including: behavior, ecology,
evolution, habitat, nutrition, parasitology, reproduction, taxonomy,
and zoogeography. Older volumes are available from 1864-1995 in
the Crerar Library Reference Collection at Z7993.Z85. |
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