Health Sciences Databases

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General Reference (23 titles)

  • Academic Search Complete [via Ebscohost] –Offers full text coverage of information in many areas including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.
  • AccessScience –Online encyclopedia of science & technology
  • Books In Print –Access to information on books in and out of print. Search by author, title, subject, and ISBN. Updated monthly.
  • Dissertations & Theses –Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on and also some earlier works. Also lists dissertations and many master’s theses accepted from 1861 on at US graduate schools and universities and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts also included after July, 1980.
  • Entrez Cross-Database Search –Simultaneously search multiple life sciences databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
  • Facts On File –A current events research database (called FACTS.com) offering detailed distillation of information about events, issues, and people who have made news during the past 20 years. Coverage begins 1980 with overviews of key historic events from 1940. Updated weekly.
  • Google Scholar
  • IndexCat –IndexCat is a digitized version of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General''''s Office. The content and coverage is the same as the printed catalog. IndexCat also reflects the same publishing patterns: series, volumes, references, and the original dictionary arrangement for browsing and display.
  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (Science Edition and Social Science Edition) –Tool for journal evaluation, using citation data taken from over 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology. Used to find impact factors.
  • Library Catalogs Around the World –Geographic listing of links to many library catalogs around the world.
  • Library Literature & Information Science Full Text –Indexes 220 journals covering libraries, information science, copyright, publishing, and the history of the book. Includes book reviews. Updated monthly.
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts: LISTA [via EBSCOhost] –Journal articles, books, conference proceedings, etc. on topics such as librarianship, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, and electronic publishing. 1966-present
  • Linscott's Directory –Provides more than 110,000 listings of sources for antibodies, cytokines, immunoassay kits, recombinant proteins, enzymes, microbial antigens, tissues, organs, lab animals, contract services and many other items of interest to the biomedical researcher with direct links to supplier web pages and phone/fax/address details as well
  • Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database –An annotated multimedia bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video, and art.
  • PaperFirst 1993+ [via FirstSearch] –Citations of papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. Updated monthly.
  • Proceedings [via FirstSearch] –Find papers delivered at conferences and workshops of all types.
  • Springer Protocols –The Springer Protocols Collection contains nearly 18,000 peer-reviewed protocols.
  • Ulrich's Periodicals Directory –Directory of over 250,000 periodicals, serials, annuals, and conference proceedings. Updated weekly.
  • Virgo –The University of Virginia Libraries’ online catalog.
  • VIRGObeta
  • WorldCat [via FirstSearch] –Includes over 30 million catalog records and holdings from over 12,000 libraries worldwide including UVa. Materials in all formats.
  • WorldCat.org –Includes over 30 million catalog records and holdings from over 12,000 libraries worldwide including UVa. Materials in all formats.
  • WorldCatDissertations [via FirstSearch] –A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat