Biology
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HelpBiological Science Collection
- Coverage: Current
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Proquest's Biological Sciences Database covers biochemistry, genetics, and virology, as well as a number of other topics. Citations from thousands of journals and conferences are provided.
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AccessScience
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AccessScience is a reference tool for all scientific disciplines. The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and the the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography are all included, as are nearly 800 videos illustrating various concepts in science.
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Agricola
- Coverage: 1970 - Current
- Access: UALC
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This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Agricola contains more than 4.8 million citations, which are comprised of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. Agricola encompasses agriculture and many allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology, and earth and environmental sciences. Note: This database pulls much of its data from the USDA/NAL Agricola website (for which it is named), and search results will be similar, but this site is the EBSCO version and has access to other EBSCO resources.
Agriculture Science Database
- Coverage: 1998-
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Proquest's Agriculture Science Database contains the agricultural journals published in North America. ProQuest Agriculture Journals offers the complete text as well as complete images from such journals as Agricultural Research, Forest Products Journal, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation and Plant Physiology.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2
- Coverage: 1821-1837
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The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 2 presents over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837. The series two is second of the five series created from serials holdings belonging to one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society and featuring about 6500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century. The subject matter covered in Series 2 represents the Jacksonian Democracy era in history and is broad in scope and includes agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5
- Coverage: 1866-1877
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The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5 presents over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877. Series 5 is the fifth of five series created from serials holdings of one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society. The themes presented in Series 5 reflect a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives; the incorporation of the recently-freed African Americans into American life; a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories. Broad subject areas covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.
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Anatomy.TV
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Anatomy.TV is a suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. Controls allow users to zoom, rotate and peel away layers from the models. MRIs, X-rays, live-action movies and animations are also included to supplement the computer-generated models.
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Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) maintains a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Data available from TAIR includes the complete genome sequence along with gene structure, gene product information, gene expression, DNA and seed stocks, genome maps, genetic and physical markers, publications, and information about the Arabidopsis research community. Gene product function data is updated every week from published research literature and community data submissions.
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Bioline International
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Bioline International is a not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries. A variety of health topics are covered, including tropical medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology, emerging new diseases, biodiversity, the environment, conservation and international development. The database includes peer-reviewed journals from Brazil, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and more.
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Biological Science Collection
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Proquest's Biological Sciences Database covers biochemistry, genetics, and virology, as well as a number of other topics. Citations from thousands of journals and conferences are provided.
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BioOne Complete
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This database provides access to an aggregation of bioscience research journals. BioOne is made up of three separate collections, all of which are included in the University's subscription and can be reached by using this listing.
bioRxiv
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bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") is a large online archive of preprints in the life sciences. Articles are not peer-reviewed, edited, or typeset before being posted online; however, all articles undergo a basic screening process.
BIOSIS Citation Index
- Coverage: 1926 - Current
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BIOSIS Citation Index adds citation indexing to BIOSIS content (coverage of journals, books and patents, along with taxonomic indexing). It’s the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research and includes cited references to primary journal literature on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms. BIOSIS Citation Index covers original research reports and reviews in traditional biological and biomedical areas. Coverage includes traditional areas of biology such as Botany, Zoology, and Microbiology. It also includes related fields like Biomedical, Agriculture, Pharmacology, and Ecology. Interdisciplinary fields such as Medicine, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology are also included.
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Birds of the World
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Birds of the World is a powerful research database that brings together deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology: Birds of North America, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Neotropical Birds, and Bird Families of the World, with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds. Also available on this database is the Internet Bird Collection program, which was closed in 2019 and the donated media was imported into the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library in 2019. Total imported assets included:
Total videos: 127,808
Total photos: 241,601
Total sounds: 16,201
A taxonomy explorer function brings regional filters and visual family index to Birds of the World.
Brill Ebooks and Journals
- Coverage: Ebooks and Journals
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This platform offers access to all the library’s licensed and open-access content from Brill, a strong publisher in the humanities, social sciences, and international law. Content includes subscribed Brill journals and all ebooks.
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CHEMnetBASE
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NOTE: This database will be canceled August 1, 2024.
The collection centers around reference handbooks for chemists. It includes CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionary, Dictionary or Organic Compounds, specialized dictionaries, Properties of Organic Compounds and Polymers: A property Database. Note: The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is continuously updated. If you are having trouble finding information it may be in an earlier edition. A summary of changes to the database is also available.Coronavirus Research Database
- Coverage: current
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The Coronavirus Research Database is a collection of journal articles, preprints, conference proceedings,
dissertations and more related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. It includes comprehensive
research background coverage of past pandemics and epidemics, like MERS and SARS, to give
researchers and students context around the current global crisis.
Coronavirus Research Database aggregates open content from ProQuest with content made freely available by members of the International Association of STM Publishers. Notable publishers contributing to the Coronavirus Research Database include Public Library of Science, BioMed Central, MDPI AG, Springer Nature
Publisher Group, Taylor & Francis and The BMJ. Preprint servers include arXiv.org and BioRxiv
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Dimensions
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Digital Science's Dimensions Plus and Analytics is a linked research database, including information on publications, awarded grants, patents, clinical trials, and policy documents—on a global scale. This ability to locate and analyze data across sources within one platform makes Dimensions a powerful tool to gain insight into activity in your research area or institution and view trends over time.
In order to access Dimensions, users must create an account using their utah.edu email address.
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Encyclopedia of Life
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This database is a collaboration between several institutions (Biodiversity Heritage Library, Field Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Marine Biological Laboratory, Missouri Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Institution) and many contributors, which focus on describing the approximate 1.8 million known species of life on earth. Information on a given species will usually include taxonomy, geographic distribution, collections, genetics, evolutionary history, morphology, behavior, ecological relationships, and importance for human well being. The encyclopedia is an ongoing project with new species and information being continuously added.
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Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine
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Entrez is an integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) for searching major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others. It can be used to retrieve a variety of information on subjects related to the life sciences.
Gale OneFile: Agriculture
- Coverage: current
- Access: UALC
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With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of a growing body of knowledge. Researchers will have access to current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry—from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture. With strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 600 journal titles is focused on agriculture-related fields. In addition, more than 30 Delmar titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agriculture-related topics.
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International Plant Names Index
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- Access: Freely Available
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This database lists the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and checked.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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This database provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system is designed to determine the relative risk of extinction for a given organism. The collection is searchable by species, subspecies, region, category, habitat, and threat level.
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JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection
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JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection provides full-text access to all content that the Jstor publishes. The majority of the database is archival content, and new issues are added to the collection periodically. New content may not appear in JSTOR until months or years after its initial publication date, and update frequencies for journals vary by title and publisher. Current Artstor platform expected retirement of the site/URL at the end of July 2024. Artstor content will be migrated to the Jstor platform. Artstor content can be found at https://www.jstor.org/images.
MarinLIt
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- Access: University of Utah
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MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research. The database was established in the 1970s by Professors John Blunt and Murray Munro at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was designed as an in-house system to fulfil the needs of the University of Canterbury Marine Group and has evolved to contain unique searchable features and powerful dereplication tools. The extremely comprehensive range of data contained along with these powerful features makes MarinLit the database of choice for marine natural products researchers. Comprehensive coverage of marine natural products in journal articles, including new and revised compounds, synthesis, ecology and biological activities.
National Forest Service Library (FS Info)
- Coverage: Current
- Access: Freely Available
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This is a database from the USDA Forest Service that provides an index of forestry articles, publications, and other items. Subjects covered by the database include resource management, wildlife management, economics, silviculture, ecosystems, forest soils, forest fire mangement, rangelands, forest recreation, forest products industries, and methodolgy and advanced technology. Links to full-text results are provided if available.
Open Textbook Library
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Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
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OpinionArchives
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OpinionArchives provides access to the full text of several periodicals which feature commentaries and opinion pieces on topics related to politics, culture, and the arts. Titles indexed by the database include American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal, Harpers Magazine, NACLA, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, and New York Review of Books, among others.
PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database
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PEDro, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database is a free database of over 21,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible. All trials on PEDro are independently assessed for quality. These quality ratings are used to quickly guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid and to contain sufficient information to guide clinical practice. PEDro is produced by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy at The George Institute for Global Health.
Proquest Central
- Coverage: 1970-current
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This is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities
Science Citation Index [Web of Science]
- Coverage: 1900 - Current
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Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully covers major journals across 178 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.
Science Reference Center
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NOTE: This database has been canceled. Access expired on July 1, 2024.
Science Reference Center contains full-text materials from hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered in Science Reference Center include biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, life science, mathematics, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology, and wildlife.
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ScienceDirect
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ScienceDirect provides access to a collection of articles from over 2,500 journals and more than 30,000 book titles. Various topics in a range of scientific fields are covered by the database.
Springer Experiments
- Coverage: complete collection
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Find, evaluate and implement protocols and methods across the life sciences with
Experiments is a new research solution developed by Springer Nature to connect researchers with the most relevant and important protocols and methods to support their research projects.
Springer Experiments brings together the largest available collection of protocols and methods proven to create results, with content from: Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, SpringerProtocols and Protocols Exchange.
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TRAIL
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TRAIL is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. The TRAIL project was initiated in 2005 by engineering and government document librarians (including the University of Utah). The project has since expanded and is now a nationwide workflow among over 30 institutional partners. As of April 2011 more than 30,000 documents have been scanned, cataloged and added to the repository. U.S. federal agencies included in the collection so far are the Bureau of Mines, National Bureau of Standards, Atomic Energy Commission, Saline Waters, and NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). The collection is constantly expanding to include additional agencies.
TreeSearch
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- Access: Freely Available
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This listing provides access to an online system for locating and delivering over 35,000 full-text publications by researchers from the USDA Forest Service. The peer-reviewed publications include research monographs and papers published in other sources. Items can be searched for, browsed, and accessed online or downloaded in PDF format for offline use.
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Wiley Online Library Journals
- Coverage: Varies by Journal
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Note: We do not have access to everything in this database. Only the articles and journals with the open padlock symbol next to them are available.
This database provides access to a selection of journals from the Wiley Online Library, a collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. The resources that the University subscribes to can be accessed either by search or browsing, and can often provide access to issues of a given journal before it is available in print.Zoological Record
- Coverage: 1864 - Current
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Zoological Record is the world’s oldest continuing database of animal biology. It is considered the world’s leading taxonomic reference, and with coverage back to 1864, has long acted as the world’s unofficial register of animal names. The broad scope of coverage ranges from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences.