Database List and the Database Descriptions
The following subject guide and database description table include links to subscription and free databases that we hope you will find useful.
| Subject: | Information About Suggested Databases | Direct Link to Database |
| Genetics | ENTREZ cross-database search MEDLINE PubMed Web of Knowledge |
ENTREZ cross-database search MEDLINE (via OVID) PubMed Web of Knowledge |
| Plant Sciences | Agricola Web of Knowledge |
Agricola Web of Knowledge |
| Multiple Database Search | FirstSearch OVID |
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| Neurobiology | ENTREZ cross-database search MEDLINE PubMed Web of Knowledge |
ENTREZ cross-database search MEDLINE PubMed Web of Knowledge |
| Full-Text Article links (where subscribed to by CSHL Library) | JSTOR ScienceDirect PubMed |
JSTOR ScienceDirect (Elsevier journals only) PubMed |
| Specialty databases | BioKnowledge Library (protein information) Faculty of 1000 (article recommendations) Journal Citation Reports PrimateLit |
BioKnowledge Library Faculty of 1000 Journal Citation Reports PrimateLit CSHL Journal List |
| Database | Use if you need: | Description |
| Agricola via USDA http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ |
- plant science or veterinary information. | National Agricultural Library database of materials on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Books(1970 -) and articles(1979 -) searchable in separate databases |
| BioKnowledge Library from Proteome information about CSHL access http://www.incyte.com/sequence/proteome/index.shtml |
- protein information. | "...the Proteome BioKnowledge Library is a powerful collection of databases focused on the compilation of available protein information. Using our proprietary processes, we comb through relevant biological literature for curation into our products. The data are then presented in an easy to use format that offers enhanced flexibility and powerful time savings over traditional library research. Access to thousands of independent research results offers the competitive advantage of reduced library research time and faster progression through discovery pathways." |
| CANCERLIT access via OVID http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html |
- specific cancer information, with access to many sources | Covers all aspects of cancer therapy with records from journals, proceedings of meetings, government reports, symposia reports, theses, and selected monographs. |
| ENTREZ cross-database search http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi |
-searches 20 databases from NCBI and NLM simultaneously.
- new from NLM in November 2003. |
Provides integrated access to nucleotide and protein sequence data from >130,000 organisms, along with 3D protein structures, genomic mapping information, PubMed MEDLINE, and more. Sequence data is combined from various sources, including GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ, RefSeq, PIR-International, PRF, Swiss-Prot, and PDB. Two unique features of Entrez are: (1) pre-computed similarity searches for each database record, identifying the related records ("neighbors") within that database. The algorithm used to identify related records depends upon the database. (2) links from a record in one database to associated records in the other Entrez databases, providing integrated access across the various databases. |
| Faculty of 1000 http://www.facultyof1000.com/browse/ |
- recommendations on the most useful articles in a specific field of biology. | From BioMedCentral, this service comprehensively and systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers. |
| FirstSearch from OCLC |
-a collection of general and science databases with the ability to search 3 databases at a time. -access to magazines like TIME or NEWSWEEK |
FirstSearch databases cover all topics. WilsonSelectPlus provides full-text access to popular titles. |
| Grantsnet [must register before first use] American Association for the Advancement of Science |
- a source for funding information. | Funding opportunities for training in the Biological and Medical Sciences. Geared to scientists-in-training, GrantsNet provides tips from grant reviewers, analysis of funding and research trends, profiles of successful grant seekers, an alphabetized directory of funding sources, and monthly news highlighting brand new awards. |
| Journal Citation Reports 2000-2001 http://isiknowledge.com |
-to compare and rate journals. | JCR Web provides a means to critically evaluate the world's leading research journals. Find the largest, most used, most cited, and highest impact journals. Previous years are on CD in the main Library. |
| JSTOR listing of journals http://www.jstor.org/browse search http://www.jstor.org/search |
-full-text of past years of selected journals. | JSTOR provides online access to major journals such as Science and PNAS from volume 1. The articles are also searchable. This is one of the only resources for older journals online. |
| MEDLINE access via OVID http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html access via PubMed (for special links - see below) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ |
- excellent coverage of genetics and life sciences |
MEDLINE is NLM's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, allied health, veterinary medicine and the preclinical sciences, from 1953 to the present. Articls from more than 3,800 international biomedical journals. English abstracts are included when available. |
| NLM Gateway http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd |
- simultaneous search of MEDLINE and other databases not available elsewhere, eg. OLDMEDLINE or Spaceline | The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE (1958-65), LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj. |
| OVID http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html Various MEDLINE databases http://gateway.ovid.com/ for users with a password - set up an alert |
- to search several databases at one time and remove duplicate entries - save searches and run again later or get automatic alerts |
PREMEDLINE and MEDLINE 1966 to Present AIDSLINE 1980 - CANCERLIT 1975 - (see descripton above) HealthSTAR 1975 - PsycINFO 1886- INSPEC 1969- |
| PrimateLit http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/ |
-genetics and molecular biology specific to primates back to 1940 | The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography). |
| PubMed - National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=cshllib This link will show CSHL holdings when you view abstracts. |
- the most up-to-date database for some of the major journals. - links to protein, DNA sequences, structures, OMIM entry - to find articles with similar subject (related record search). - links to online full-text journals where available (and subscribed to by CSHL Library) - access to older articles |
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service thatprovides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. Enhanced with links to GenBank and other protein and nucleotide sequencing databases. Also provides related references. These features unique to this version of MEDLINE. Database indexes more than 3500 journals in biomedical research, neurosciences an clinical medicine. |
| ScienceDirect To Browse: click  To search: click  Do not click on  |
- can limit search to get only full-text articles for journals subscribed to by CSHL |
Search is limited to 1080 Elseiver titles . Automatic alerting service and access to non-subscribed titles is available. Now has a cited reference alerting service. |
| Web of Knowledge http://isiknowledge.com ISI Science Citation Index Expanded (1981-2002) Journal Citation Reports (2000-2001) Current Contents Connect (most recently published journals) |
- the major source for articles that have cited a particular paper - have coverage of non-medical, non-biological science literature -links to NCBI databases and full-text articles for many journals subscribed to by CSHL |
Web version of Science Citation Index; covers 5,300 major Science and Engineering journals, Major feature: Cited reference searching retrieves papers that have referenced earlier works by a specific author. The Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,100 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts, with all cited references captured. |
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