Research Databases

Natural Sciences

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1. AGRICOLA 
   Search here to find citations of journal articles and books on all aspects of agriculture, forestry and animal science. Topics covered include chemistry, entolomology, food science, human nutrition and plant diseases. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1970-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
2. BasicBIOSIS 
   Search here to find citations of articles from over 350 core life science journals. Topics covered include biochemistry, botany, genetics, neuroscience, and public health. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   Past 5 years. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
3. Biological & Agricultural Index
   Search here to find citations of articles and book reviews on biology and agriculture. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1983-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
4. Electronic Collections Online
   Search here to find citations of articles in scholarly journals in all disciplines. Includes 512 technology titles. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. 
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
5. General Science Index 
   Search here to find citations of journal articles and book reviews on topics from supernova to marine pollution from over 160 periodicals from the United States and Great Britain. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1984-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
6. IDEAL
   Search here for online FULL-TEXT articles from 179 science journals.
   
   Availability: 
   All networked computers on campus
   
   
7. MEDLINE 
   Search here to find citations and abstracts of articles from journal on all aspects of medicine. Topics covered include experimental medicine, pathology and toxicology.
   1965-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
8. ProQuest Direct
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics including current issues in the sciences. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles from science journals Annual Reviews of Genetics, Human Biology, Environment, American Statistician, and Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
   1986-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability: 
   All networked computers on main campus and Advance Program Centers
   Graduate and Advance Program students should request for password for off-campus access
   A standalone version is available in JBU Library
   
   
9. Wilson Select Plus
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. Complements ProQuest Direct as a research database. 
   1994-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
10. EBSCO's Academic Search Elite
    Index and full-text articles on research-quality information in the social sciences, humanities, engineering and computer sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, and education.
    
    Availability:
    - All networked computers at main campus.
    -Advance Program Centers
    -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
    
11. EBSCO's Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Full-text articles from 600 scholarly journals on health and medical topics. Abstracts and indexing to more than 850 publications.
    
    Availability:
    - All networked computers at main campus.
    -Advance Program Centers
    -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
    
12. WorldCAT
    Search this catalog to find records of books, videos and computer files in major libraries in the United States. 
    Updated daily.
    
    Availability:
    Any computer with an Internet Connection