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Databases by Subject: Biology

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Biology Digest (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered:  1989-present
Full Text: No 
Description: This index covers all of the life sciences. Specially created to meet the needs of college undergraduates and high school students. It gives easy access to new scientific developments, with comprehensive subject-oriented abstracts.

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Environment Complete (EBSCO)

Dates Covered: 1950's to present
Full Text: Partial
Description: Environment Complete (created by the International Academy at Santa Barbara), Environment Index offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

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Formerly known as: Environmental Issues and Policy Index

General Science Index

Dates Covered: 1978-1998
Shelved in Reference: Q1 .G46 
Description: Covers nearly 300 core periodicals, including both popular and scholarly titles. The index covers a spectrum of scientific topics, such as: astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, health, mathematics, medicine, nutrition, oceanography, physics, and zoology.

Also available online, since 1994, as part of Wilson SelectPlus

Wilson SelectPlus FirstSearch

Dates Covered: 1994 - present
Full Text: No
Description: This index covers high-quality periodicals with complete indexing and abstracts. Includes journals indexed in other H.W. Wilson databases, including Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.

Earlier dates available in print indexes: See Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Social Science Index, Humanities Index, General Science Index, and Business Periodicals Index

Science Direct Web Editions

Dates Covered:
Full Text: Very Limited
Description: 
Science Direct Web Editions allows any user to search all the titles indexed in this product but links to full-text for only 9 titles which Bush Library owns in print. The full-text provided only covers the most recent 12 months of these 9 titles. Some very selected free full-text content to non-subscribed journals is also included. The Article Linker service, available in most of our other indexes, is not activated in this index.

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Agricola

Dates Covered: 1970- present
Full Text: No
Description: This index from the National Agricultural Library is available both on and off campus. It covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. Citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials on a range of agricultural topics. Many Agricola records are linked to online full-text documents.

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ACS Web Editions and Archive
American Chemical Society

Dates Covered: 1879-1997 in Archive, 1998-present in Web Editions
Full Text: Yes
Description:  An index to the journals of the American Chemical Society. Use this index to locate articles in any of ACS's 32 titles. Hamline has access to full-text electronic versions of current issues (Web Editions) and past issues (Archive) via a consortial agreement with MINITEX. Use the same search interface to search both older and newer materials. Make sure to select the Archive box to include older materials in your search. Access available off campus through proxy server.

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Cambridge Journals Online

Dates Covered: varies with each title
Full Text : Primarily 
Description: 
Cambridge Journals Online is a full-text online journal collection of journals published by Cambridge University Press. Over 200 titles are indexed in leading journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Most of the titles are full-text. Searching is available directly through the CJO interface, or link to the full text in this product via the Article Linker button while searching in other indexes. 

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Sage Journals Online
Include the former: Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection

Dates Covered: Indexing begins with the first issue/volume of each title indexed.
Full Text: Yes
Description: Sage Journals Online is a comprehensive collection of subject databases including more than 256 journals, over 360,000 full-text articles, book reviews, and editorials, and more with all the original graphics, tables, and page numbers. The Collections are comprised of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organizational Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning published by SAGE Publications and participating societies.

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26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies are part of the Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection. It covers such subjects as nursing, social studies of health, nursing research, health services & administration, community / public health nursing, qualitative research, cultural studies, child psychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, adult health nursing, public health, public policy & public administration, health psychology, aging and gerontology, health communication, family studies, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, holistic nursing, nursing theory, pediatric nursing, autism, mental disorders & learning disability, health education & health promotion, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, psychopathology, health evaluation, research methods & evaluation, dementia, and sociology of the family.

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More general databases with some coverage of biology.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Dates Covered:  1975-present
Full Text:  Partial
Description: The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. 

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Academic OneFile (Gale)
Dates Covered: 1980-present
Full Text: Partial
Description: 
This multidisciplinary index contains articles, many in full-text in the areas of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers are all included.

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