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- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Covers all areas of biology with many references and illustrations, and over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles. Also covers anatomy, genetics, and neuroscience.
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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences is a research-level encyclopedia covering all areas of biology with many references and illustrations, and over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles. Articles are organized in a structured, subject-based hierarchy at different levels of complexity.
Subject coverage:
- Biochemistry
- Cell biology
- Clinical Medicine
- Developmental biology
- Ecology
- Evolution and diversity of life
- Functional and comparative morphology
- Genetics and molecular biology
- Immunology
- Microbiology and virology
- Neuroscience
- Plant science
- Science and Society
- Structural biology
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- Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches.
1980s-present (dates may vary).
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Topics include news and current events, politics, literature, communication science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, and many more.
- Summaries of articles in over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Full-text of articles in over 4,000 journals
- Summaries of scholarly articles in over 6,000 journals
- Full-text of scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals
While subject-specific databases may offer more depth, this one may be more up-to-date.
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- BIOSIS Previews
Scholarly articles in biology. Essential source for research in biology.
1969-current.
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Excellent search for biology-related research.
The premier database of world biology literature, and a primary source for any biology-related research, BIOSIS Previews contains the references to journal literature from Biological Abstracts, the references to meetings, reports, review articles, books and monographs from Biological Abstracts/RRM, as well as some unique references.
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The University of Connecticut Libraries purchases access to
Licensed Electronic Resources on behalf of the University of
Connecticut community. License agreements usually stipulate
the following rights and restrictions:
Permitted Uses: Authorized Users may typically display, download,
print, and copy a reasonable portion (generally one or two
articles or one book chapter) of the Licensed Electronic
Resource.
Restrictions: Systematic downloading, distributing, or
retaining substantial portions of information or using
software such as scripts, agents, or robots, to retrieve
information is generally prohibited.
