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Subject Specific Databases
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Ecology Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1) VPN
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Focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment LOWER-DIVISION Undergraduates. UPPER-DIVISION Undergraduates, Researchers should use BIOSIS Previews.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=ecology&adv=1) VPN
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Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide [via EBSCO March 20 2009] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh) VPN
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WILDLIFE. Indexes literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians; covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management
- Coverage: 1935 (& earlier)-present
- Access: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh) VPN
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EIS: Full-Text and Digests of Environmental Impact Statements [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=eisft-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Full-text of approximately 1,700 documents with more to be added. Extracts the key issues from complex government-released environmental impact statements, converting massive documents into concise, readable abstracts.
- Coverage: Full Text 2003-present : Digests 1985-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=eisft-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=eisft-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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ECOTOX (ECOTOXicology) (http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/)
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Provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life which is useful for examining impacts of chemicals on the environment. Peer-reviewed literature is the primary source for the database including information on the species, chemical, test methods, and results. Another source of test results is independently compiled data files (such as the Pesticide Ecotoxicity database) provided by various United States and International government agencies. ECOTOX is a unified interface providing access to three U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) ecological effects databases: AQUIRE (all aquatic species including freshwater and marine); TERRETOX (terrestrial animal mainly wildlife); and PHYTOTOX (terrestrial plant). Ecology, Toxicology.
- Coverage: 1972-present
- Access: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ (http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/)
General Databases
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BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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More than 20 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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Zoological Record [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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WILDLIFE. Comprehensive coverage of zoology; including behavior, conservation and environmental science, ecology, evolution, genetics, habitat, marine and freshwater biology, nutrition, parasitology and disease, reproduction, taxonomy and systematics, veterinary studies, zoogeography and fossil records. Especially strong in new species reports and field studies. Backfile for 1864-1977 added April 2007.
- Coverage: 1864-present [1864-1977 backfile added]
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Africa Wide Ni-Pad [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/105678) VPN
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Africa-Wide: NiPAD, produced by NISC South Africa, combines databases to form a multidisciplinary aggregation offering unique and extensive coverage of all facets of Africa and African studies. Includes over 2.4 million citations and abstracts dating back to the 16th century, Continues African Studies database.
- Coverage: 2000-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/105678 (http://uclibs.org/PID/105678) VPN
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Oceanic Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=oceanic&adv=1) VPN
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Organizes, summaries, and indexes worldwide technical literature on the marine and brackish water environments. Oceanic Abstracts covers marine biology and biological oceanography, physical and chemical oceanography, meteorology, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, marine pollution, conservation, environmental protection, fisheries, aquaculture, nonliving resources and technology, ships and shipping, navigation and communications
- Coverage: 1981-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=oceanic&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=oceanic&adv=1) VPN
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Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Search for articles that cite a known author or work. Print SCIENCE CITATION INDEX indexes literature back to 1945 and is located in the Shields Library, Third Floor, in the Biological & Agricultural Sciences Reference Collection, at the call number Z 7401 .S36
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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- About J Stor: Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials. http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/
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National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
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License to NTIS via CSA discontinued. See National Technical Reports Library - NTRL (new in fall, 2009) for index and records for all NTIS reports with access to digital content when available.
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), a Commerce Department Agency, is the central source for the public sale of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports. The NTRL is produced by NTIS.
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Dissertation Abstracts International / Dissertations & Theses [via ProQuest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11984) VPN
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Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the UMI Dissertation Abstracts database; since 1997, provides full-text access to dissertations. Access is free to UC Campus dissertations.
- Coverage: 1861-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11984 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11984) VPN
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- Current Research @ University of California, Davis (searches all University of California, Davis dissertations published in the Dissertation Abstracts database). http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucdavis/main
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Conference Papers Index [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Major areas of coverage include agriculture, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, forestry, biology, environmental science, soil science, biotechnology, and clinical medicine.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=cpi-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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WorldCat [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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OCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
- Coverage: 1000 A.D.-present
- Access: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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Faculty of 1000 Biology TRIAL (http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/) VPN
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The UC Davis General Library is offering special TRIAL access through December 2009 to Faculty of 1000 Biology.
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Biology is a literature awareness tool that is updated continuously. F1000 Biology comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 2300 selected leading researchers. Through immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, F1000 Biology highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than that of the journal in which they appear. Features included are: Current Top 10 list, Hidden Jewels list,and the Most viewed list.
- Access: http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/ (http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/) VPN
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Full-text Resources
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ENVIROnetBASE [via CRC Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/9548) VPN
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This full-text database from CRC Press covers environmental sciences handbooks and includes indexing of chapters and their figures, charts, tables, illustrations, formulas and rules of thumb. Environmental sciences areas covered include environmental engineering and biotechnology, agricultural and natural resources, ecology, pollution and many other areas. More than 100 books are included with about 4 additional titles added monthly.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9548 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9548) VPN
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Early Encounters in North America (EENA): Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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EENA contains full text letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters, centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico. Includes information on the peoples, places, environment, flora and fauna encountered. Of note are more than 9,000 Audubon prints from "The Birds of America" as well as the complete contents of the three-volume "The Quadrupeds of North America".
- Coverage: 1534-1959
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31414 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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Current Protocols Series (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) VPN
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NEW: Microbiology title added and under review for 2007. Laboratory methods and protocols covering the areas of microbiology, molecular biology, nucleic acid chemistry, cell biology, protein science, immunology, neuroscience, human genetics, pharmacology, toxicology, cytometry and bioinformatics. Includes basic, alternate, and support protocols with literature cited and information on suppliers for standard materials and preparation information for reagents and solutions. IMPORTANT NOTE: UC Davis does not currently license current protocols for "Food Analytical Chemistry" or "Magnetic Resonance Imaging".
- Coverage: Updated quarterly or more frequently
- Access: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) VPN
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Springer Protocols (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
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Springer Protocols contains more than 18,000 molecular biology and biomedical peer-reviewed protocols, mostly from the classic series Methods in Molecular Biology, formerly published by Humana Press. Other series included are: Methods in Molecular Medicine; Methods in Biotechnology; Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology; and Neuromethods.
- Access: http://www.springerprotocols.com/ (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
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Springer eBooks Pilot (http://springerlink.com/books/)
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This UC-wide pilot for Springer eBooks includes more than 20,000 titles in English (and selectively in German) from every scientific discipline and many social sciences. This online interface enables all books to be searchable at the full-text level. Scope (textbook areas are starred) ranges from Architecture and Design, *Behavioral Science, *Biomedical and Life Sciences, *Business and Economics, *Chemistry and Materials Science, *Computer Science, *Earth and Environmental Science, *Engineering, *Humanities & Social Sciences and Law, *Mathematics and Statistics, *Medicine, *Physics and Astronomy, to Professional and Applied Computing. Dates of coverage are 2005 to 2009. NEW books are added monthly.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pilot project. Currently there is no separation of the search feature between books and any Springer UC licensed journals. Search results are mixed with book and journal retrievals displayed together.
- Coverage: 2005-2009
- Access: http://springerlink.com/books/ (http://springerlink.com/books/)
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American Natural Science in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php)
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia has digitized the first 8 volumes of its journal (1817-1842)as well as nearly two dozen other key texts of antebellum American natural history. Authors represented here include: John James Audubon, Samuel George Morton, Thomas Nuttall and Titian Ramsay Peale, among others.
- Coverage: 1810-1850
- Access: http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php (http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php)
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Safari Tech Books Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/33109) VPN
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A collection of computing books that includes the full text of over 300 O'Reilly Press books, dating from 2004 to the present. Safari will grow to include all new O'Reilly titles. The full-text is searchable across titles and searches can be limited to code fragments. Books can also be browsed by topic. Access is limited to 28 simultaneous UC connections.
- Coverage: 2004-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/33109 (http://uclibs.org/PID/33109) VPN
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Document Library -- California Department of Fish and Game (http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/docviewer.aspx)
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The California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) Document Library is an online repository of thousands of DFG related documents from California agencies, contractors, and related non-governmental organizations. In addition to advanced searching for title, author, subject, keywords, and date ranges, all documents in the DFG Document Library are organized by Categories. "Browse By Category" is a convenient way to see all available groupings and learn which DFG function or program is responsible for each category. You may also view a complete list of DFG documents and then link directly to that program's web page. The majority of documents digitized are from the 2000s with the largest collection of documents on "California Wildlife Habitat Relationships".
- Coverage: mid1990s- present
- Access: http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/docviewer.aspx (http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/docviewer.aspx)
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) VPN
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Journal Citation Reports® is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters. Journal Citation Reports can show you the
most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field. JCR Science Edition contains data from over 5,900 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 1,700 journals in the social sciences.
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- Coverage: 2007
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/36787 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) VPN
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Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal (http://earthtrends.wri.org/)
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EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives responsible decisions by governments and individuals, EarthTrends offers the public a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats.
- Access: http://earthtrends.wri.org/ (http://earthtrends.wri.org/)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia [Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3406799999&q=ucdavis) VPN
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Extensive, completely revised and updated 17-volume version of the original work published in Germany in 1960. Incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community. Volume 1 covers Lower metazoans and lesser deuterostomes and volume 2 is on Protostomes. Volume 3 is about Insects. Volumes 4-5 are both concerning Fishes. Volume 6 pertains to Amphibians and volume 7 is about Reptiles. Volumes 8-11 are all concerning Birds. Volumes 12-16 are on Mammals and lastly, volume 17 is the cumulative index.
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- Each entry by family includes taxonomic placement and brief details including thumbnail description, size, number of genera/species, habitat, conservation status, and distribution map.
- Detailed sections describe: evolution and systematics; physical characteristics; distribution; habitat; behavior; feeding ecology and diet; reproductive biology; conservation status; significance to humans; and end with lengthy species accounts.
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography (complete) [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
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This classic encyclopedia covering scientists from all time periods and all fields of science has been completely revised. This "complete" online version includes all the entries from both the new (2008) edition and the original edition.
- Access: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
