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- CAB Direct
Covers agriculture. Includes animal, dairy & veterinary sciences; entomology; plant sciences; forestry; aquaculture & fisheries; farming; agricultural economics; food & human nutrition; earth & environmental sciences.
1973-current.
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Coverage is international, including literature from over 125 countries. Indexes over 9,000 journals and 2,500 books are every year. Updated weekly.
Subject coverage:
- Plant Science (including horticulture)
- Animal Science (including nutrition & zoology)
- Pathogen, pest, parasite and weed management
- Human health and hygiene (including human nutrition)
- Natural resources and ecology
- Forestry, forest products and agroforestry
- Soil Science
- Rural Development, Tourism and Economics
- Food science and food products
- Biotechnology
- Agricultural Engineering
- Veterinary Medicine
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- Environment Abstracts
Topics include air, water, and noise pollution; solid and toxic wastes; energy and natural resources management and conservation; radiological contamination; population growth and control; and geophysical and climatic changes.
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- GeoRef
International geoscience literature, covering engineering and environmental geology, hydrology, and paleontology.
North American geology: 1785-current; international geology: 1933-current..
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Contains references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.
Major areas of coverage include:
- Areal geology
- Economic geology
- Engineering geology
- Environmental geology
- Extraterrestrial geology
- Geochemistry
- Geochronology
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology and hydrology
- Marine geology and oceanography
- Mathematical geology
- Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Paleontology
- Petrology
- Seismology
- Stratigraphy
- Structural geology
- Surficial geology
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- GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Articles on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling. Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
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Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment. Scholarly, government and general-interest titles, including content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Multidisciplinary.
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- LexisNexis News
National and international newspapers, news transcripts from TV and radio, and company financial reports.
1980s-current.
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Includes national and international newspapers, popular and general-interest magazines, economics and trade journals, company financial reports, and the 'Public Opinion Online' database, produced by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
See also
LexisNexis Legal and
LexisNexis Business
Publication groups within LexisNexis News include:
- Today's news
- U.S. and International news
- News transcripts from television and radio
- Arts & sports information
- Campus newspapers
- Business news
- Company financial information
- SEC filings
- Industry & market news and reports
- Patents
- Biographical information from Marquis Who's Who
- Country profiles
- Polls & surveys
- Quotations
- World Almanac
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- Marine Science Resources (CSA)
Summaries of articles in oceanography, geosciences, and water resources.Search Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Georef, Oceanic Abstracts, and Water Resources all at the same time.
1970s to present.
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- Scopus
Scholarly journal articles with a heavy emphasis on science topics. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. International scope. Excellent for citation searching.
1966-present.
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Because UConn holds a license to
Beilstein CrossFire, users can see summaries of compounds and reaction information in Scopus for any article that is also indexed in Beilstein Crossfire.
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- TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
Scientific articles, factual information, and data on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
1966-current.
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Also covers Toxic Release Information (data on the estimated quantities of chemicals released to the environment or transferred off-site for waste treatment, and information related to source reduction and recycling), and Chemical Information (identified by name, structural diagram, or CAS Registry Number).
- Water Resources Abstracts
Technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.
1967-current.
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This database, which concentrates on water supply and water treatment, complements the Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts database, ASFA, where there is greater coverage of the marine environment and biological material. Free access to Water Resources Netsites, linking to research and development programs, data sets, lists of experts and researchers, conference and meetings information, and other resources on the Internet.
Subjects include:
- Groundwater
- Lakes
- Estuaries
- Erosion and sedimentation
- Water supply and conservation
- Desalination
- Water yield improvement
- Water quantity management and control
- Watershed protection
- Water quality management
- Water resources planning
- Water law
- Engineering works and hydraulics
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- Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching.
1994- present.
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Science Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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