Research Guides: Biology / Life Sciences Resources (BIOL, CBMG, ENTM): Home

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Matthew Cain

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UMD Resources

Key databases – Searching for Articles and other Publications

BIOSIS Citation Index, 1926-present Combines the unique BIOSIS content that is critical to life sciences research with powerful citation indexing only the Web of Science platform can provide. Includes comprehensive and relevant life sciences coverage.
PubMed The National Library of Medicine's Medline database that provides abstracts and indexing for about 4,600 biomedical journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries, and includes additional older citations and out of scope citations from Medline journals. Medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, psychiatry, pre-clinical sciences, medical education, public health, health care planning and administration of services. Also includes additional life science journals. mid-1960s - present
SciFinder-n You must first create an account using your @umd.edu email address to use the web version. Unlimited simultaneous users. To use off-campus, sign into the GlobalProtect VPN and change the gateway setting to TunnelAll. SciFinder-n is published by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and gives you access to current high-quality scientific information in chemistry and related sciences. Content at a Glance: searching MEDLINE and Chemical Abstracts (CAPLUS) individually or at the same time; more than 15 million reactions; more than 1 billion predicted property values; more than 2 million experimental properties; the CAS REGISTRY database is updated daily; patent records from the major patent offices are available online within 2 days of the patents' issuance; sequences combined from CAS and GenBank databases, which are indexed and linked to scientific journal and patent literature.
Zoological Record, 1864-present The world's oldest continuing database of animal biology. It is considered the world's leading taxonomic reference, and with coverage back to 1864, has long acted as the world's unofficial register of animal names.

Background Information – New to a topic, feeling behind or need a refresher?

Review articles - do not report new research, but instead summarize the current state of understanding on a particular topic. This makes them excellent choices for gathering background information that might not be represented in a broader encyclopedia or handbook.

Searching for review articles from many journals at once:

SciFinder-n
After you search, choose the "Refine" tab on the left. Then select "Document Type" and then "Review" to limit to review articles.