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Highlighted are key indexing and abstracting services for literature searching within the Biosciences. This list is not comprehensive and a range of other resources will also be relevant.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Ovid. Comprehensive pharmacological and biomedical database renowned for extensive indexing of drug information.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Ovid. Index of journal articles from the National Library of Medicine. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Includes EPub Ahead of Print citations.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to PubMed. Please view the instructions on how to see findit@UCL links in PubMed when offsite. PubMed is an index of biomedical literature, including all data from the Medline database from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Web of Science. Defaults to a ‘Core Collection’ search, covering the main Web of Science journals database; select 'All Databases' option from the drop down menu to cross-search all of UCL's subscribed Web of Science products, including Biosis, MEDLINE etc.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus. Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
I would advise searching at least one of these databases as part of any literature search. Both are significant in terms of content and subject scope. Remember to check 'help' pages provided in each database, as the search operators and defaults for combining your search terms differ. Expect a large number of duplicate papers if you search both.
These services offer citation searching features and are key for bibliometrics.
The following services offer focused subject resources and in some cases, full texts of journal articles. This list is indicative. For more, please go to the Library database A-Z list and use the subject drop down box at the top to narrow down to databases in your subject area. Subject lists include Biology, Botany and Zoology. There are also lists for Biomedicine, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Neurology.
See also other resources for Biosciences on this guide.
BioMed Central publishes 233 peer-reviewed open access journals. Including access to Arthritis Research & Therapy, Breast Cancer Research, Genome Biology and journal of biology. Covering all areas of Biology and medicine.
Flora consisting of data on over 2200 species of higher plants that occur in the British Isles, together with a bibliography of sources. Browsable by species, vernacular name, synonym, ecological characteristic, phytophagous insects and associated fungi.
Archive of important scholarly journals. Core resource. Accessibility statement for JSTOR.
Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens. The collection features nearly three million high-resolution type specimens and also includes partner-contributed reference works and primary sources, such as collectors’ correspondence and diaries, paintings, drawings, and photographs. Accessibility statement for JSTOR.
ProQuest Central is the largest multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. Over 160 subjects areas are covered including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more. Accessibility statement for ProQuest Central.
Indexes 8,300 major journals across 150 disciplines.
Focusing on both the applied and general sciences and with coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1,145 titleswith more than 965 available in full text.
Laboratory protocols in the life and medical sciences. Accessibility statement for SpringerLink.
Zoological Record is the world's oldest continuing database of animal biology. It is considered the world's leading taxonomic reference and has long acted as the world's unofficial register of animal names. The broad scope of coverage ranges from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences.
Where you see the Findit@UCL icon, click on it to link to the full text.
Sometimes you will see a link to the publisher's site. Unless the article is open access, you might find that you can't reach the full text.
Clicking on the Findit@UCL link instead will link you to the full text via UCL's subscription access, if available.
