Life Sciences Database List

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You may still have more work to do to find the full text of the articles!  See our web page on [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Information/Journals+and+Newspapers/LocatingJournals.htm Locating Journal Articles].
You may still have more work to do to find the full text of the articles!  See our web page on [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Information/Journals+and+Newspapers/LocatingJournals.htm Locating Journal Articles].
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Oceanic Abstracts via CSA Illumina
 
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Plant science via CSA Illumina
 
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Wildpro (some FT)
 
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Zetoc - search the British Library's Electronic table of contents
 
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* may link to full text via SFX
* may link to full text via SFX
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CABAbstracts.htm CAB Abstracts via Ovid]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CABAbstracts.htm CAB Abstracts via Ovid]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CSAIllumina.htm CSA Illumina] (contains multiple databases)
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CSAIllumina.htm CSA Illumina]
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* contains multiple databases
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/EnvironmentalSciencesandPollutionManagement.htm Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management via CSA Illumina]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/EnvironmentalSciencesandPollutionManagement.htm Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management via CSA Illumina]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ExpandedAcademicASAPInternational.htm Expanded Academic ASAP]
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/ExpandedAcademicASAPInternational.htm Expanded Academic ASAP]
* wide range of subjects covered - contains some full text
* wide range of subjects covered - contains some full text
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* all subjects, strong on research - includes Science citation index; Social sciences citation index; Web of science conference proceedings - may link to full text via SFX
* all subjects, strong on research - includes Science citation index; Social sciences citation index; Web of science conference proceedings - may link to full text via SFX
[JSTOR Biological Sciences]
[JSTOR Biological Sciences]
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[ Medline via Ovid or via CSA Illumina
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Medline.htm Medline via Ovid] or via [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CSAIllumina.htm CSA Illumina]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/OceanicAbstracts.htm Oceanic Abstracts via CSA Illumina]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/CSAIllumina.htm Plant science via CSA Illumina]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/SPORTDiscus.htm SPORTDiscus via Ebsco]
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[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Wildpro.htm Wildpro]
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* some full text
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Zetoc.htm Zetoc]  
[http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/Zetoc.htm Zetoc]  
* all subjects covered - if articles are not available locally, anything you find here can be requested from the British Library via our [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/LibraryServices/DocumentSupply.htm Document Supply] service
* all subjects covered - if articles are not available locally, anything you find here can be requested from the British Library via our [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/LibraryServices/DocumentSupply.htm Document Supply] service
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'''Images and film clips:'''
'''Images and film clips:'''
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* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/BFI.htm BFI Screenonline] - a website devoted to the history of British film and television
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* [http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/index.html AHDS Visual Arts: Collections]
* [http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/index.html AHDS Visual Arts: Collections]
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/FilmSoundOnline.htm Film and Sound Online] - a set of ten collections of film and video, providing about 300 hours of material on a wide range of subjects
* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/FilmSoundOnline.htm Film and Sound Online] - a set of ten collections of film and video, providing about 300 hours of material on a wide range of subjects
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* [http://staff.napier.ac.uk/Services/Library/Electronic+Resources/Databases/SCRAN.htm SCRAN] - a resource base of Scottish material culture and human history
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* [http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/homefront/ Films from the Home Front] -  a collection of unique moving images illustrating what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Second World War, as seen through amateur documentaries, newsreels, government films, and home movies.
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* [http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/ Capital Collections] - a choice of images from the collections of Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
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'''TV schedules'''
'''TV schedules'''

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Life Sciences Database List

This is a complete list of the databases most likely to be useful for Life Sciences at Napier. Follow the access links through to connect to electronic services. A few services are in print format only.

See also the Subject Focus pages to find out which ones are best for your individual subject.

Journal Articles Databases

These can help you identify useful journal articles: note the links to our helpsheets as you connect to the service.

You may still have more work to do to find the full text of the articles! See our web page on Locating Journal Articles.


AIDS and cancer research abstracts via CSA Illumina

  • may link to full text via SFX

ASFA Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts via CSA Illumina

  • may link to full text via SFX

Biological Sciences via CSA Illumina

  • may link to full text via SFX

Biology Digest via CSA Illumina

  • may link to full text via SFX

Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts via CSA Illumina

  • may link to full text via SFX

CAB Abstracts via Ovid CSA Illumina

  • contains multiple databases

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management via CSA Illumina

Expanded Academic ASAP

  • wide range of subjects covered - contains some full text

ISI Web of Knowledge

  • all subjects, strong on research - includes Science citation index; Social sciences citation index; Web of science conference proceedings - may link to full text via SFX

[JSTOR Biological Sciences]

Medline via Ovid or via CSA Illumina

Oceanic Abstracts via CSA Illumina

Plant science via CSA Illumina

SPORTDiscus via Ebsco

Wildpro

  • some full text

Zetoc

  • all subjects covered - if articles are not available locally, anything you find here can be requested from the British Library via our Document Supply service

Other Databases

ABI/INFORM Global

  • business articles, mixture of full-text and indexing/abstracting service - Index/Abstracts/FT

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (some FT)

Newspaper articles

  • Nexis UK contains the full text of a huge range of international newspapers - but no pictures, sadly.

Market reports:

Images and film clips:



TV schedules

  • TRILT - Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching - listings for more than 300 TV and radio channels with data from 1995 onwards

Technical data

Personal tools