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Recommended Databases for Animal Sciences

CAB Abstracts
Covers journal articles, conference proceedings and other materials in agriculture, nutrition, and veterinary medicine. International scope.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest)
Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary index to research articles from all fields in the agricultural and environmental sciences. Indexes U.S. government environmental impact statements.Abstracts and index: 1967-present
AGRICOLA (EBSCOhost)
This database contains sources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. Links to over 300 journals in Academic Search Premier.

Medline (EBSCOhost)
MEDLINE is the premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and basic research in biochemistry, endocrinology, genetics, microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology. Although it focuses primarily on human medicine, it does contain information on animal testing, research, diagnosis and treatment.
Coverage Dates: 1950 - present

PubMed
Index to research articles covering all areas of medicine including clinical and experimental medicine; health care administration; microbiology; nursing; paramedical professions; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; psychiatry; psychology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine. PubMed is direct from the National Library of Medicine web site.
Abstracts and index: 1966-present
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Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)
Covers literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians; covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management. Features excellent coverage of African publications. Concurrent Users: 5
Web of Science
The Web of Science accesses information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list, you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.

Other Databases to Try

Grow: Plant Health Exchange
"Grow" provides information on plant health. You'll also find features about pollinators and fruit diseases. It provides the Plant Health Progress Journal, Plant Disease Management Reports and free access to the Plant Health Exchange.
AgEcon Search
AgEcon Search is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including working papers, conference papers, and journal articles.
Coverage Dates: 1932 - present
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
Coverage Dates: 1975 - present

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