Biological Sciences

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MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES
Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) via EBSCOhost	1969-present	Indexes 4,000+ scholarly journals and other publications in biology, biomedicine, and the biosciences.
Biological Sciences via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 6,760+ international scholarly journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and other publications in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus via WilsonWeb	1983-present	Indexes 375+ international journals in biology and agriculture. Full text coverage begins in 1997.
Basic BIOSIS via FirstSearch	1994-present	Indexes 350+ scholarly journals in the life sciences.
Biology Digest via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1989-present	Indexes worldwide journals and magazines in the life sciences. Primarily for high school and undergraduate students.
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1993-2006; No longer updated	Indexes 174 international scholarly journals and other publications in agriculture and environmental biotechnology. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. No longer updated. As of 2007, the content has been combined with Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts and BioEngineering Abstracts into an archive and included into Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts database cluster.
Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 532+ international scholarly journals and other publications in algae, fungi, protozoa, and lichens. Subfile of Biological Sciences.
Animal Behavior Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 260+ international scholarly journals and other publications in behavioral and related studies. Subfile of Biological Sciences.
ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1971-present	Indexes 3,550+ international scholarly journals and other publications in basic and applied research on aquatic organisms. Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences.
ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1984-present	Indexes 390+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine and freshwater aquaculture. Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences.
ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1971-present	Indexes 5,000+ international scholarly journals and other publications in science, technology and management of marine environments and organisms.
ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1989-present	Indexes 110+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine biotechnology, molecular biology and molecular genetics as they relate to marine and aquatic organisms. Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts.
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 400+ international scholarly journals and other publications on pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics; provides access to clinical findings. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
BioEngineering Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1993-2006; No longer updated	Indexes 467 international scholarly journals and other publications on biochemical and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts. No longer updated. As of 2007, the content has been combined with Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts and Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts into an archive and included into Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts database cluster.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 670+ international scholarly journals and other publications in biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
Chemoreception Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 650+ international scholarly journals and other publications in chemoreception research. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts.
Ecology Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 620+ international scholarly journals and other publications on all aspects of evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
Ellis and Messina Catalogue of Foraminifera via Micropaleontology Press	1942-present	Complete descriptions of more than 46,000 Foraminifera genera and species, including full scale reproduction of original figures and charts.
Entomology Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1981-present	Indexes 660+ international scholarly journals and other publications in all aspects of insects and insect-like species, including arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods. Subfile of Biological Sciences.
Florida Environments Online via PALMM	Varies	Compilation of digital full text materials and 8 research bibliographies covering many aspects of Florida ecology and wildlife.
FORMIS (Ant Bibliography) via Florida Center for Library Automation	1650-2000	Indexes publications on all aspects of the world's ant literature.
Genetics Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 660+ international scholarly journals and other publications on genetics. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts.
Human Genome Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-1995	Indexes 442 international scholarly journals and other publications in genome research, including the Human Genome Project. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts.
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1982-present	Indexes 350+ international scholarly journals and other publications in the agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
Oceanic Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1981-present	Indexes 600+ international scholarly journals and other publications on marine and brackish-water environment, including living and non-living resources in the ocean, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
Plant Science via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1994-present	Indexes 250+ international scholarly journals and other publications in all aspects of plant science, including pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology.
Sea Turtle Bibliography via WebLUIS	1847-present	Indexes publications on all aspects of sea turtle biology, conservation and management.
RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES
AGRICOLA via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1970-present	Indexes publications in all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including: food and human nutrition, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, aquaculture, fisheries, and extension and education.
AGRICOLA via National Agricultural Library	1970-present
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics via CRCnetBASE	Current	Full text of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics.
General Science Full Text via WilsonWeb	1984-present	Indexes 300+ journals as well as popular magazines and other publications in general science topics. Designed for non-specialists. Full text coverage begins in 1995.
GeoBase via FirstSearch	1980-present	Indexes 2,000+ international scholarly journals in geology, geography, and ecology.
MEDLINE via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1997-present	Indexes 5,160+ international scholarly journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
MEDLINE via FirstSearch	1965-present
MEDLINE on Pubmed via National Library of Medicine	1950-present
MEDLINE via LexisNexis Select "Medline References" from the "Select Sources" drop-down menu.	1950-present
Science Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge	1977-present	Indexes 5,900+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the sciences, with cited references.
INTERNET SITES
FIU Department of Biological Sciences		FIU