University Library

Biology

Librarian: Dr. Yelena Pancheshnikov
Location: Murray Liaison & Research Services
Room: LIB 122.10
Phone: 966-5997
Email: Yelena.Pancheshnikov@usask.ca


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AGRICOLA Agricultural Online Access 1970 - present
A bibliographic database of resources in the U.S. National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions, covering worldwide literature in the agricultural and life sciences. [details]
Animal Behavior Abstracts 1982 - present
A database indexing and abstracting articles "relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology." [details]
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Biology Image Library Current
Collection of peer-reviewed "images, movies, illustrations and animations across biology and biomedicine, for use in education and research." The subjects covered are: Development Biology, Histology & Pathology, Immunology, Microbiology & Parasitology, Molecular & Cellular, Biology, Neuroscience, and Plant Biology.
Access Note: The results feature thumbnails only. To view the full image, users must self-register a username and password (without cost), and a current version of Apple QuickTime (free download) installed on your computer. Read More. [details]
Biological Sciences 1982 - present
An interdisciplinary index and abstract database indexing over 6000 serials and other research literature, covering biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science research topics. [details]
BIOSIS Previews® Includes BIOSIS Previews Archives 1926 - present
A comprehensive abstract database indexing nearly 6000 journals in the life sciences. It covers original research reports and reviews in traditional biological and biomedical areas, patents, and literature on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms. [details]
CAB Abstracts® & CAB Abstracts® Archive 1910 - present
Index and abstract database to agriculture, forestry, and biosciences literature, including: journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and patents. [details]
Ecology Abstracts 1982 - present
A bibliographic index and abstract database, covering ecology and related topics. It "focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment." [details]
Entomology Abstracts 1981 - present
An index and abstract bibliographic database covering entomology, including insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods. From the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species, it "gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species, for truly global coverage of the field." [details]
Journal Citation Reports® JCR Science Edition; JCR Social Sciences Edition From 2004 to the last complete year. Updated in June of each year
"Allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries." There are two editions: JCR Science Edition and JCR Social Sciences Edition [details]
Microbiology Collection: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) 1982 - present
Bibliographic index and abstract database covering algology, mycology & protozoology, including: reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemistry, genetics, and infection and immunity in man, other animals, and plants. [details]
Microbiology Collection: Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) 1982 - present
Bibliographic index and abstract database covering bacteriology, including topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals. [details]
Microbiology Collection: Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) 1982 - present
Bibliographic index and abstract database covering industrial and applied microbiology, including: significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. [details]
Scopus Cover-to-cover: 1996 - present; selected coverage may go back to 1966.
A very large abstract and index database of research literature and quality web sources covering the science, technolgy, and medicine (STM), and social sciences. [details]
Web of Science® WOS SCI: 1900 - present; SSCI:1981-present; A&HCI: 1981-present
Collection of three citation databases, providing abstracts and indexing and cited reference searching to approximately 8,700 high impact scholarly research journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Access Note: By default all three databases are searched. To select one or two databases, change the default by clicking on [Change Limits and Settings] . [details]
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (WESW) 1935 and earlier - present
A comprehensive bibliographic database, including abstracts and covering literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians back to 1935 and earlier. [details]
Zoological Record® & Zoological Record® Archive (ZR) 1864 - present
A bibliographic index and abstract database produced by BIOSIS, a non-profit organization, with extensive coverage of the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering all research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. It provides an easily searched collection of references from over 5,000 international serial publications, plus books, meetings, reviews and other non serial literature from over 100 countries. [details]

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BioMed Central The Open Access Publisher Coverage varies by title
A portal to a collection of more than 200 peer-reviewed open access (freely accessible online) electronic journals covering biomedicine and related subjects, as well as subscription journals and resources, including Biology Image Library [details].
Access Note: Users must be authenticated to access any subscription content. If you have not done so already, authenticate from the Login link on the Library home page. [details]
BioOne BioOne.1 and BioOne.2 2000 - present; varies by title
A collection of over 155 high-impact, peer-reviewed, scholarly journals and bulletins from small societies and non-commercial publishers covering the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, plus high quality open access journals and an ebook, The Arabidopsis Book. [details]
Electronic Collections Online ECO 1995 - present
Collection of scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines [details]
EMBASE: Excerpta Medica & EMBASE Classic 1947 - present
A "major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in the following fields: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation." [details]
Faculty of 1000: Biology
"A new online research service that will comprehensively and systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers."
GenBank coverage varies
Genetic sequence database [details]
Hans E. Gruen Phycomyces Bibliography
All references in the scientific literature to the fungi Phycomyces from 1817 to 1980
HighWire Varies; includes some archives
Over 307 high-impact science, technology and medicine journals [details]
Human Genome Abstracts 1982 - 1995
A comprehensive bibliographic index and abstract database covering developments and promising applications emerging from international genome research, including the massive Human Genome Project. It is no longer updated (current to 1995 only). [details]
IngentaConnect The home of scholarly research Coverage varies
A bibliolgraphic database indexing and abstracts from nearly 30,000 multidiciplinary scholarly and professional journals. Also includes full text of hundreds of journals subscribed to by the University of Saskatchewan Library. Access Note: To access the full text of journal subscribed to, authorized users must be authenticated using their NSID number or Library card login. [details]
JSTOR Volume 1 through to a "moving wall" embargo period of the last 2 to 5 years that varies by title
Fulltext archive of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as 19th century British pamphlets. A unique e-journal database of complete backfiles of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. [details]
MEDLINE® Ovid MEDLINE 1950 - present
Major bibliographic database for clinical medicine, including: internal medicine, general medicine, primary care, family medicine, and general practice, as well as: veterinary medicine, nursing, allied health, dentistry, and pre-clinical sciences. [details]
Nature.com coverage varies
Access to Nature Publishing Group (NPG) electronic journals and services publications that the Library subscribes to, including: Nature, Nature Archives, Nature Academic & Society Journals, Nature Chemistry, Nature Clinical Practice Journals, Nature Research Journals and Archive, Nature Reviews, and the news@nature.com service. [details]
OCLC FirstSearch Coverage varies by database
A portal service to OCLC bibliographic databases and reference sources. Permits cross-searching. [details]
Oxford Journals & Oxford Journals Archive v. 1, issue 1 - present (1829 - 1995; 1996 - present)
Collection of over 220 electronic journal titles published by Oxford University Press, including full text archives back to volume 1, issue 1 for a title. [details]
ScienceDirect 1995 - present; selected complete backfiles from volume 1, issue 1
Portal to scholarly journals, book series, and ebooks published by Elsevier and affiliated publishers primarily covering science, technology, and medicine and the social sciences. The University of Saskatchewan Library has a current license to the full text of over 2270 of the journal titles back to 1995 (1993 for Academic Press titles) as well as access to several subject backfile collections with coverage from from volume 1, issue 1. Also includes several major reference works and ebook collections. [details]
SciFinder Scholar (Client/Server Edition) SciFinder Scholar & Substructure Module Chemical Abstracts & CAS REGISTRY: 1907 - present; CASREACT: 1840 - present
Client-server application/software provinding access to the CAS databases: CAplus (Chemical Abstracts™ and patents), CAS Registry, CHEMCATS, and to the Substructure Module, a chemical structure drawing tool. Scholar requires client software loaded on the individual workstations (PC or Mac) of authorized users or it can be accessed from designated University of Saskatchewan Library public workstations. An online version is now available: see the SciFinder (Web Edition) details page for important access information. [details]
SpringerLink Journals: Volume 1, issue 1 - present; Books & Reference Works: 2005 - 2008 + selected pre-2005; Book Series: 1997 - 2008
A portal service to Springer (and the former Kluwer Academic Publishers) electronic journals, book series, electronic books and reference works. The library has access to over 1500 electronic journals and selected book series, electronic books and reference works. [details]
TOXNET TOXicology Data NETwork coverage varies

Newspapers and Periodicals

Canadian Newsstand Varies; 1985 - present
Major Canadian dailies and news sources and newspapers from across Canada and the Prairie region. [details]
CBCA Reference Canadian Business & Current Affairs Index: 1972 - present; full text: 1988 - present
Collection of general Canadian periodical resources, including over 845 journals, magazines, newsletters, as well as seelected ebooks and dissertations. Includes content from "Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. The academic titles include the most prominent journals from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and professions. Other magazines focus on opinion, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns, etc." [details]
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly) Indexing: 1980 - present; full text 1983 - present
A full text database of articles from Canadian and International journals, magazines and reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. Includes Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. [details]
Factiva 1985 - present (includes current day)
A news service, covering global and business news and information from over 10,000 authoritative sources including The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, and D&B company profiles.
NOTE: At the end of your session, please "logout" by clicking on the link on the upper right of the screen to end your session. The Library's license permits only three simultaneous users. [details]