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Subject Specific Databases

SPORTDiscus [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph) [Restricted] VPN
SPORTDiscus is the world's leading database in sport, health, fitness and sports medicine. SportDiscus has over 700,000 qualified references from thousands of international periodicals, books, e-journals, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, and websites that focus on different areas involving sport, including: sport sciences, engineering, psychology, administration, sociology, history, coaching, training, physical education, physical fitness, health and recreation
Coverage: 1830-Present
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General Databases

BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) [Restricted] VPN
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
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PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) [Restricted] VPN
Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Coverage: 1949-present
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Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) [Restricted] VPN
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
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Dissertation Abstracts International / Dissertations & Theses [via ProQuest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11984) [Restricted] VPN
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
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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
Health and Psychosocial Instruments [via Ovid] (HAPI) (http://uclibs.org/PID/33065) [Restricted] VPN
HAPI is an index to journal articles and other sources about measurement tools used in in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI includes citations to questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests. It is an excellent source for locating or reviewing health and psychosocial measurement instruments. NOTE: There are a limited number of simultaneous users so please logoff when finished.
Coverage: 1985 to date, with many earlier measures
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WorldCat [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) [Restricted] VPN
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
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Optics InfoBase (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/) [Restricted]
Optical Society of America digital publications on optics research, including journals and proceedings papers.
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Faculty of 1000 Biology TRIAL (http://www.f1000biology.com/browse/) [Restricted] VPN
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.
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Full-text Resources

NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE [via CRC Press] (http://www.uclibs.org/PID/22598) [Restricted] VPN
Neuroscience handbooks covering a wide range of topics such as alzheimer's, attention deficit disorder, neuropharmacology, stress and immunity, neurobiology, neuroanatomy, computational neuroscience, neuropathology, genomic neuroscience, pain research. Includes more than 24 textbooks, handbooks, atlas and methods publications.
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American Physiological Society: APS Journal Legacy Content (http://www.the-aps.org/publications/legacy/index.htm) [Restricted] VPN
Electronic older volumes of twelve journals and one newsletter of the American Physiological Society (APS): all titles of the American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology; Endocrinology and Metabolism; Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology; Heart and Circulatory Physiology; Lung, Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology; and Renal Physiology), Advances in Physiology Education, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, Physiological Genomics, Physiological Reviews, News in Physiological Sciences. Project will continue until end of 2004 with oldest volumes of the American Journal of Physiology eventually going back to 1898.
Coverage: varies by title, 1966-present
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Current Protocols Series (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) [Restricted] VPN
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
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Springer Protocols (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) [Restricted] VPN
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.
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Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (http://www.cshprotocols.org/) [Restricted] VPN
A definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database covers specific sections on: Antibodies, Bioinformatics/Genomics, Cell Biology, Chromatography, Computational Biology, DNA Delivery/Gene Transfer, Electrophoresis, Genetics, High-Throughput Analysis, Imaging/Microscopy, Immunology, Laboratory Organisms, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Proteins and Proteomics, RNA Interference (RNAi)/siRNA, Stem Cells, and Transgenic Technology. Unique to this resource is the ability to submit a protocol. Other unique features include protocol recipes and protocol cautions.
Coverage: 2006-present
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Methods in Enzymology (http://uclibs.org/PID/61958) [Restricted] VPN
Methods in Enzymology is the classic laboratory methods/protocols book series. The complete backfile of the full-text is available back to volume 1 from 1955. Direct article/chapter links are provided from core subject databases such as PubMed and BIOSIS Previews. Contains detailed protocols and descriptions of biochemical and biophysical techniques for research in biological and molecular sciences. More than 300 volumes are browseable by individual volumes online from 1955 to the present or by searching across the collection by title, author, abstract, and keyword. Full-text access to articles is available in HTML and PDF formats.
Coverage: 1955-
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Springer eBooks Pilot (http://springerlink.com/books/)
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
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Electronic books in the Biological and Health Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/) [Restricted] VPN
Subject listing of electronic books (handbooks, textbooks, guides) in basic biological and related health sciences disciplines/specialties and subdisciplines/subspecialties. Includes online books in general biology, biochemistry, endrocrinology & metabolism, genetics, microbiology & virology, molecular biology, neurology, nutrition, physiology, toxicology and veterinary medicine. All books are searchable at chapter-level. [Compiled by the UCD Carlson Health Sciences Library]
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) [Restricted] VPN
Journal Citation ReportsĀ® 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. [2007]
Coverage: 2007
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Safari Tech Books Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/33109) [Restricted] VPN
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
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Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources

CogNet [ MIT ] (http://cognet.mit.edu/)
Massachussetts Institute of Technology's Portal to information in the Cognitive Sciences. Includes a digital library of online books and journals, call for papers, semiars, discussion networks and news.
Access: http://cognet.mit.edu/ (http://cognet.mit.edu/)

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Dictionary of Scientific Biography (complete) [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) [Restricted] VPN
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.
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Handbooks & Tables

Handbook of Physiology
[Print ONLY] Classic and comprehensive multivolume treatise on all aspects of physiology published by the American Physiological Society. Contains significant research results with extensive bibliographic references and detailed indexes, authored by physiological scientists worldwide. Divided into 14 sections each with multiple volumes: Section 1: The Nervous System; Section 2: The Cardiovascular System; Section 3: The Respiratory System; Section 4: Environmental Physiology; Section 5: Adipose Tissue; Section 6: The Gastrointestinal System; Section 7: The Endocrine System; Section 8: Renal Physiology; Section 9: Reactions to Environmental Agents; Section 10: Skeletal Muscle; Section 11: Aging; Section 12: Exercise: Regulation and Integration of Multiple Systems; Section 13: Comparative Physiology; Section 14: Cell Physiology. Most sections are updated every 8-12 years.
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Professional Societies

Center for the Mind and Brain [UCD] (http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/)
The Center for the Mind and Brain is a research and training unit at the UC Davis dedicated to understanding the nature of the human mind from an interdisciplinary perspective. Scientists address these questions using approaches from social sciences and the biological sciences. Visitors can learn about research, events, and colloquia. There are also links to the Center for Neuroscience.
Access: http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/ (http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/)

Subject Librarian

Meredith Saba
Biological/Agricultural Sciences and Map Services
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