• Aquatic & Sciences Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) (via CSA) - World literature in the science, technology and management of marine and freshwater environments. Contains three sections: Biological Sciences and Living Resources (1978+); Aquaculture Abstracts (1984+); and Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (1989+).
• Biosis Previews - the premier database of world biology literature, a primary source for any biology-related search. 1969+
• Helminthological Abstracts (Series A: Animal & Human Helminthology) - World literature in parasitology and parasitic diseases. Available in print Index and also included in the CAB Direct database. Print is shelved in the Babbidge Library Reference area at QL392.A1 H36.
• Medline/ PubMed - The premier database of world biomedical literature on clinical medicine and preclinical research. From the National Library of Medicine. Preferred access is through the PubMed version. (1966+)
• SciFinder Scholar - Full access to Chemical Abstracts, the omprehensive database to world literature on all aspects of chemistry, including biochemistry. Software must be downloaded to individual computers. 1967+
• Web of Science - a multidisciplinary database indexing and abstracting journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. An excellent source for citation searching. Coverage in the sciences is particularly strong, and this database should be included in any comprehensive search. 1994+ (go to Science Citation Index for earlier years)

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