FAU Libraries Life Sciences Databases

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Academic Search Premier | 1975-present | Full Text  | Vendor: EBSCO
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Contents/Info: Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database.

AGRICOLA | 1970-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Contains materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science.

AGRICOLA | 1970-present | Vendor: National Agricultural Library
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Contents/Info: Contains materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science.

Agricultural Sciences | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Search multiple databases covering agricultural sciences.

Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts see Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  The journal covers agricultural products involving both plants and animals, new applications across the food industry, and wide-ranging environmental developments.

Algology, Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)  | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Scope of coverage includes reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemistry, genetics, and infection and immunity in man, other animals, and plants.

American Museum of Natural History Scientific Publications  | Full Text | Vendor: American Museum of Natural History
Open Access
Contents/Info: AMNH scientific publications disseminate the results of laboratory investigations and fieldwork conducted by museum scientists and their colleagues in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and anthropology.

Animal Behavior Abstracts |1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Covers subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology.

Ant Bibliography (FORMIS) | 1650 - 2000 | Vendor: Florida Entomological Society 
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Contents/Info: Ant Bibliography is a composite of several ant literature databases. 

ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering | 1981-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: ANTE is an abstracting and indexing service monitoring publications from the U.K. and the U.S. Coverage includes new technologies such as information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subject areas. Sources covered include over 350 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.

Anthropology Plus | 19th Century-present | Vendor: FirstSearch
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Contents/Info: Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.

AnthroSource | Full Text | Vendor: AAA
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Contents/Info: Provides digital access to current issues regarding 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archaeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, NAPA Bulletin and PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review; A complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003; Seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications; Newsletters and bulletins.

Aquatic Sciences | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Search multiple databases covering aquatic sciences.

ASFA: Aquaculture Abstracts  |1984 - present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Information essential to all aspects of marine and freshwater aquaculture is covered in ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts.

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts | 1978-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  ASFA is a comprehensive database that covers all aspects of the aquatic sciences.

ASFA: Marine Biotechnology Abstracts  | 1989-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Covers marine biotechnology, molecular biology and molecular genetics and how they are applied specifically to marine and aquatic organisms.

ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources  | 1978-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Provides extensive coverage of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms.

ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources  | 1978-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Citations cover all aspects of oceanography.

ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality | 1990-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  ASFA 3 is the only abstracts journal devoted exclusively to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries.

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals; provides access to clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.

BasicBIOSIS | 1998-present | Vendor: FirstSearch
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Contents/Info: Covers the basic core of life science journals found in college and university libraries and written for undergraduate non-biology majors.  Includes popular and scholarly science journals.  [This resource has been discontinued by the publisher.  Access to the BasicBIOSIS database will end on June 30, 2008.] 

Berkeley Electronic Press | Full Text | Vendor: bepress
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Contents/Info: Journals in the following categories: Economics, Business, and Marketing; Law; Political Science and Current Affairs; Biological Sciences; Engineering.

BioEngineering Abstracts see Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  BioEngineering Abstracts provides access to international research on all aspects of biochemical and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering.

Biological and Agricultural Index Plus  | 1983-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: H.W. Wilson
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Contents/Info: This database includes abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture. About 45 percent of the focus is on agriculture. Full text coverage begins in January 1997.

Biological and Medical Sciences  | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Search multiple databases covering biological and medical sciences.  

Biology Digest  | 1989-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences.

BioMed Central | Full Text  | Vendor: BioMed Central
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Contents/Info: BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

BioOne | Full Text | Vendor: BioOne
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Contents/Info: BioOne is the product of an innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. BioOne brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals.

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes Database | 1998-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: This BioOne bibliographic database is an indexed and fully-searchable collection of abstracts that link to the fulltext articles available from the BioOne organization. BioOne provides a unique aggregation of over 65 high-impact bioscience research journals from more than 50 publishers.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts | 1983-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: This database provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering.

Birds of North America | Full Text | Vendor: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Contents/Info: A comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. This resource will provide access to image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. Each online species account will contain recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.

Blackwell Synergy see Wiley InterScience | Full Text | Vendor: Wiley
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Contents/Info: Online full text access to selected journals published by Blackwell Science and Munksgaard Presses. Your library may not subscribe to all journal titles offered through this site. [Blackwell Synergy has merged into Wiley InterScience. All Blackwell Synergy  journals can be found in Wiley InterScience as of June 30, 2008.]

Britannica Online see Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  | Full Text | Vendor: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
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Contents/Info: Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts  |1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Includes current intensive research in bone metabolism, tooth development, nerve transmission, muscle contraction, hormone secretion, and many other critical fields which have brought the role of calcium to the forefront of biology. 

Cambridge Journals Online  | Full Text | Vendor: Cambridge
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Contents/Info: Provides access to full text journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. [Select "Subscribed Journals" from the first dropdown menu]

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts  | Some Full Text | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Content coverage includes the life sciences, environmental, aquatic sciences, social sciences, computer technology and engineering.

The Center for Research Libraries Databases  | Vendor: CRL 
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Contents/Info: An international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources to users. Check with your interlibrary loan department for more information on availability of materials in this database.

The Center for Research Libraries' Current Science Serials Database  | Vendor: CRL 
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Contents/Info: Consists of science journals currently received by CRL.

Chemistry Central | Full Text | Vendor: BioMed Central
Open Access
Contents/Info:  A new service publishing peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry from BioMed Central, the leading biomedical open access publisher. The Chemistry Central website currently features chemistry-related articles published in BioMed Central journals and independent journals utilizing BioMed Central's open access publishing services.

Chemoreception Abstracts | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  Brings together studies from many diverse disciplines relating to the neurobiology, chemistry, and physiology of taste, smell, internal chemoreception, and chemotaxis.

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols | Full Text | Vendor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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Contents/Info: This resource is a definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database is fully searchable by keyword and subject, and it has many novel features—such as discussion forums and personal folders—made possible by online publication. Its coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. 

Conference Papers Index  | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.

CSA Neurosciences Abstracts  | 1982-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info:  The journal covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience, emphasizing basic research studies but also including such devastating neural diseases as Alzheimer's.

Current Contents Connect  | 1998-present | Vendor: Institute for Scientific Information
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Contents/Info: Current Contents Connect provides access to current awareness research from seven broad disciplines.  [This resource will no longer be available due to state budget cuts after December 31, 2007.]

Current Research@ Florida Atlantic University  | Full Text | Vendor: ProQuest
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Contents/Info: A digital library of dissertations and theses from Florida Atlantic University.

Digital Collections @ FAU Libraries  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Ex Libris
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Contents/Info: Digital Collections @ FAU Libraries is a project that highlights university scholarship of various types (working papers, journal articles, dissertations and theses, etc.).

DigiTool@FAU Libraries  See Digital Collections @ FAU Libraries  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Ex Libris
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Contents/Info: Digital Collections @ FAU Libraries is a project that highlights university scholarship of various types (working papers, journal articles, dissertations and theses, etc.).

Encyclopaedia Britannica's Internet Guide | Full Text | |Vendor: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
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Contents/Info: Allows you to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Entomology Abstracts | 1981-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species, for truly global coverage of the field.

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management | 1981-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management provides abstracts from over 6000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources, including conference proceedings, reports, books, and government publications in the environmental sciences.

FirstSearch  | Vendor: FirstSearch
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Contents/Info: A collection of databases provided by OCLC via WebLUIS Web Gateway for FAU.

FirstSearch  | Vendor: FirstSearch
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Contents/Info: A collection of databases provided by OCLC via LINCCWeb Gateway for Florida Community Colleges.

 GreenFILE | Some Full Text | Vendor: EBSCO
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Contents/Info: GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.