Subject guides: Biochemistry and Microbiology: Finding Articles

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Key biochemistry & microbiology databases

Web of Science Core Collections
Contains Science Citation Index Expanded 1900-, Social Sciences Citation Index 1956-, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975. Identify key articles in science disciplines and search by cited reference, to find references referring to a particular work or author.
Medline via Ovid (1946 - present)
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine´s premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, health administration, and the health care system.
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Medline Reload News
Scopus
Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the sciences and humanities. It provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas.
ScienceDirect
Searchable full-text journals from Elsevier publishers. A good generic database covering all subjects.
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PubMed
National Library of Medicine's free online public access to Medline. See also Medline (OvidSP)
Global Health via OvidSP (1910 - present)
An international public health database covering global health, health promotion, health policy, non-communicable diseases, parasitology & infectious diseases, toxicology, public health nutrition, food safety & hygiene, occupational health, health services, and maternal & child health.
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Cochrane Library
A reliable source of up-to-date information and evidence based studies designed to support decisions taken in health care.
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Introduction to Cochrane (3 mins)
Reaxys
Reaxys is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions. Combined data from three sources: The Beilstein Database, The Gmelin Database, and The Patent Chemistry Database.
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SciFinderⁿ
SciFinderⁿ is a research discovery application that provides integrated access to comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.
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