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  Biological Abstracts (Thomson) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1994 to present. Updated: bi-monthly.
Abstracting and indexing of more than 4,000 international journals in the life sciences, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology.
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  Biological Sciences (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1982 to present. Updated: monthly.
Collection of 25 databases of abstracts and citations in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology. Covers over 6,000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
  BioOne.1 (BioOne) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: 2000 to present. Updated: weekly.
Includes full text articles from over 80 high impact journals in biological, ecological and environmental studies.
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  Web of Science (Thomson) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Access to Arts & Humanities Citation Index,, Science Citation Index Expanded,, and Social Sciences Citation Index, which collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals cover-to-cover.

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  ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1971 to present. Updated: monthly.
Coverage of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms. All aspects of marine, freshwater, and brackish water organisms and environments are examined, including information on biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, exploitation of living resources, and related legal, policy, and socioeconomic issues.
  AGRICOLA (FirstSearch) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1970 to present. Updated: monthly.
From the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). Index to 850 journals and other materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science.
  ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1971 to present. Updated: monthly.
Physical, descriptive, dynamical, chemical, geological, and biological aspects are extensively examined, as well as limnology, ocean engineering, and specific resources.
  ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1990 to present. Updated: monthly.
Devoted exclusively to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries.
  ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: bimonthly.
Information on cultivating marine, freshwater, and brackish water species with related disciplines - such as water pollution, ecology, diseases, nutrition, oceanography, and limnology.
  ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1989 to present. Updated: quarterly.
Molecular biology and molecular genetics are applied specifically to marine and aquatic organisms.
  Biology Digest (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1989 to present. Updated: monthly.
Compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences focusing on the latest developments in biological research.
  Biotechnology Research Abstracts (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1980 to present. Updated: semi-monthly.
Provides access to international research on all aspects of biochemical, medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine, agriculture and environmental science.
  Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest/CSA) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1982 to present. Updated: monthly.
Citations and abstracts from journal articles focusing on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms.
  IEEE Xplore (IEEE/IEE) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1988 to present with select materials from 1950 to 1988. Updated: continuously.
Use this resource to locate literature published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Contents include IEEE and IEE journals, IEE conference proceedings and IEEE standards. Subjects covered include engineering, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, etc.
  Nature Online Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: 1996 to present. Updated: weekly.
There are fifteen publications in the Nature family of international journals: the weekly Nature, and the monthly primary research titles: Nature Genetics , Nature Structural Biology, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Immunology and Nature Materials, as well as the six monthly review journals: Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Reviews Immunology and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.
  Science Accelerator U.S. Government Resource Resource Guide
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Find scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and more.  This search engine covers individual government databases including: Information Bridge, E-Print Network, Science Conference Proceedings, R&D Accomplishments, Energy Citations Database, R&D Project Summaries, EPA Science Inventory (SI), NIH Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF Award Abstracts, SBA Technology Resources Network (TECH-Net), USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS), DOepatents, and EnergyFiles.
  Science Online (Science) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1997 to present. Updated: weekly.
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market. Includes the online version of Science Magazine. One of the most well read journals in the field. Published the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Also provides access to free content such as ScienceCareers.org, STKE, and the four most recent weeks of ScienceNOW news stories.
  ScienceDirect College Edition (Elsevier) Authentication Required 
Online access to an extensive collection of full text from journals and reference collections published by Elsevier.
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  Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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  CQ Researcher (CQ Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
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  JSTOR Authentication Required 
    Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
  LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
Over 5,600 full text sources.
News: 350 newspapers, 400 magazines/journals, 600 newsletters, broadcast transcripts, campus news, wire services.
Business: news, accounting literature, company information, directories.
Legal Research: secondary literature, case law, codes & regulations, tax law, international legal materials, patent research, career information.
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  MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
    Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Full-text from nearly 3,000 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.
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  Biology Periodicals
A title list of the library's individual periodical subscriptions in Biology. Many more Biology related periodicals are available through the library's article databases.

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  Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition. Last Updated: 2004.
This e-book includes 480 entries on topics such as ethics of health professionals, animal research, population control and the environment, cloning, privacy and censorship on the Web, stem cell research, same-sex marriage, and much more. Coverage: complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition.
Note: The 5 volume print version is available in Murphy Library's reference collection; call no. QH332 .E52 2004
  Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (Sage) Authentication Required Resource Guide
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change Presents articles from leading scholars and institutional experts on the science and history of climate change, the polarizing controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change. Last Updated: 2008.
  Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (WileyInterscience) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 2001 to present. Updated: monthly.
A team of specialist advisors have ensured that ELS’s 3,000 articles cover the entire scope of the life sciences. Articles are grouped by level of complexity for ease of use.
Note: As of March 25, this resource has a new interface.
  Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd ed. (Elsevier) Authentication Required 
Content coverage includes: industrial cell morphology, chemical composition fungi genetics, genomics history and culture history and culture, (and biographies) microbial ecology microbiology and society model systems mutualism and commensalism pathogenesis physiology systematics, evolution techniques.
  Prokaryotes (Springer-Verlag) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 2007 ed.
Contains the electronic version of this seven volume handbook on the biology of bacteria, a standard resource for the microbiological community.
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  Science Reference Center (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
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This database includes full text access to science reference books, encyclopedias, essays, and biographies of scientists as well as full text articles from science periodicals.
  Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (WileyInterscience) Authentication Required 
A general scientific reference encyclopedia containing over 10,000 entries on topics ranging across all scientific disciplines including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, atmospheric science, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, information science, life science, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, mining, physics, physiology, planetary science, plant science, power technology, space science, structural engineering, and a host of other subjects.

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