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Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Includes books, journal articles, and conference proceedings from across all scientific disciplines and provides comprehensive citation searching. Also includes coverage articles in Social Sciences (1900-present) and Arts & Humanities (1975-present).
PubMed This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive database for biomedical sciences. Includes the full MEDLINE database, plus additional citations, updated daily.

BIOSIS Previews
Comprehensive database for articles in the life sciences.

Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
The world's oldest continuing database of animal biology. Considered the world's leading taxonomic reference and has long acted as the world's unofficial register of animal names. Covers over 5,000 journals, plus many other sources of information including books, reports, and meetings.

AGRICOLA
Supported by the US National Agricultural Library. Offers extensive coverage of topics in agriculture, animal sciences, botany, ecology, and more.

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews publishes comprehensive, up-to-date review articles in the life, physical, and social sciences.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Covers many biomedical journals not in PubMed.

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Web of Science This link opens in a new window Coverage: 1900-present Includes books, journal articles, and conference proceedings from across all scientific disciplines and provides comprehensive citation searching. Also includes coverage articles in Social Sciences (1900-present) and Arts & Humanities (1975-present).
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Publication Dates: 1887 to present. A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, including more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, and more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Provides indexing for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
JSTOR (ITHAKA) This link opens in a new window JSTOR includes scholarship published in more than 1,500 of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The content represents archives of the journal titles back to volume 1 but not including the most recent 3-5 years.

Review Articles

Finding a literature review for your specific topic can provide a weatlh of background information as well as a large bibliography for further reading.

Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews publishes comprehensive, up-to-date review articles in the life, physical, and social sciences. A great place to look for an overview of your research topic.
Current Topics in Developmental Biology
This series provides comprehensive reviews of research on developmental mechanisms. Most volumes in the series focus on a particular subject and are searchable in CONSORT by subject or volume title as well as series title.

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