Database
Guide (with WebSPIRS 4)
A listing of agriculture
and biological science-related databases. Help sheets for many
databases are located on the University of Kentucky Libraries'
Database
Help Sheets Page. Direct links to help sheets for some databases
aare indicated by the 
symbol
Off-campus access is
available for UK students and personnel. Instructions can be found
on the Off-Campus Access page.
A complete
alphabetical listing of all databases available through the
University of Kentucky Libraries website
Note that many of the
databases listed have restricted access.
Special
Note: This is a temporary page for use of individuals wishing
to access WebSPIRS using version 4. At some point in the next
few months it will be removed. Check Hot
News! for updates on its status.
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| Database |
Description |
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Agricola |
Indexes
major journals in Agriculture. |
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| Agripedia |
General
Information on Agriculture. |
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| AgNIC |
AgNIC is
a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected
by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and
other institutions. |
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AGRIS |
Database
from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
Includes international agricultural research information. Extremely
useful source of data on African and Asian countries. |
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Bioethicsline Plus |
Comprehensive
database on ethics. |
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| BIOSIS
1993 - Present |
Comprehensive
database in the life sciences, includes both Biological Abstracts
and Biological Abstracts/RRM. |
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BIOSIS 1980 - 1992 |
Same
as BIOSIS 1993 - Present except coverage is from 1980 to
1992. |
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CAB Abstracts |
Indexes
over 7,000 international agricultural journals and includes comprehensive
abstracts. |
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
Includes
a section of 27 databases in the Biological Sciences ranging from
fisheries to biotechnology. |
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| Center
for Research Libraries (CRL) |
CRL
is an international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities
and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources
to users everywhere. CRL is governed by the major research libraries
of North America and is funded by fees, grants and contributions.
Open to scholars and researchers, its collections include more
than five million volumes of research materials rarely held in
North American libraries. Scholars can search the catalog or one
of their specialized databases. |
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| Community
of Science |
Includes
GeoRef, U.S. Patent Citations, Federal Register, as well as funded
research. |
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| CRIS
(USDA Current Contents Search) |
U.S.
Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed
research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. |
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| Current
Contents Search
Latest
Weekly Update and 1999-present
from WebSPIRS |
Electronic
version of Current Contents, providing access to tables
of contents and bibliographic data from over 7,000 of the world's
leading scientific and scholarly journals and approximately 2,000
books. In seven editions: Agriculture, Biology and Environmental
Sciences; Arts and Humanities; Clinical Medicine; Engineering,
Computing and Technology; Life Sciences; Physical, Chemical and
Earth Sciences; & Social and Behavioral Sciences. |
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| Dissertation
Abstracts |
Dissertations
and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. |
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| Ebsco
Host Web |
Choose
among several databases, such as Ebsco Animals, Academic Elite,
Books in Print, Health Source and more. Subject lists (as well
as complete title lists) are available at: http://www.epnet.com/maglists/maglist.htm. |
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Extension Publications |
Searches
University of Kentucky Extension Publications available full text. |
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FAO Documents Database |
Contains
bibliographic records (about 140,000) of all FAO documents and
publications from the beginning of the FAO to the present. |
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FirstGov |
Consolidates
20,000 government web sites into one. It provides the capability
of searching for specific subjects as well as going to federal
and state agencies. |
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FirstSearch (Part 1) |
Includes
15 databases such as Biological and Agricultural Index, Applied
Science and Technology Abstracts, WorldCat, NetFirst, WorldAlmanac,
and WorldBook. |
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FirstSearch (Part 2) |
Includes
35 databases such as BioDigest; Business Organizations, Agencies
& Publications Directory; FactSearch; GEOBASE; and Consumer Index. |
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FROSTI |
Covers
all aspects of food science and technology information. Sources
include journals, books, patents, reports, and conference proceedings. |
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| GPO
Access |
US
Government Printing Office official web site. Includes a variety
of documents from the legislative, executive, and judical branches,
plus additional US government-related content. |
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| InfoKat
(UK Libraries' Online Catalog) |
Includes
books, journals, government documents and media materials owned
by the University of Kentucky. |
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InfoTrac |
Provides
access to Expanded Academic ASAP, Business and Company ASAP among
other significant resources. Includes fulltext current events
and hot topics articles. |
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ingenta |
The
general public access point to the ingenta web site. Lists
articles from thousands of journals ("uncover plus" covers 20,000
journals back to 1988; "online article" covers 4,500 back to 1997).
Patron is responsible for purchase of full text articles downloaded
using this link. |
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J-STOR |
Database
of Electronic journals that cover a range of topics including
most science areas.
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| Journal
Citation Reports (JCR) |
Provides
evaluation information on 8400 journals in the areas of science
and social science. Includes such information as highest impact
and most frequently used journals. |
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| KYVL
(Kentucky Virtual Library) |
Provides
50 databases, sources, and library catalogs. |
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| Medline |
Includes
all areas of medicine back to 1966. |
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| MethodsFinder
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References
to methods and full text protocols in the life sciences. |
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| SciFinder
Scholar |
This
is a web-based program which gives complete access to the CA database
from 1907-present. Searchable by Author, Company, Research Topic,
and Document Identifier. |
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Sports Discus |
A WebSPIRS
database with some animal science information |
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Tree-CD |
Covers
the forestry literature from 1939-1972. This coupled with CAB
Abstracts provides a comprehensive guide to the forestry literature. |
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Tropag and Rural |
Tropag: Covers
the literature on the cultivation of food crops and industrial
crops, animal husbandry, farming systems, and much more.
Rural: provides abstracts from the recent literature on
the economic and social development of developing countries. Both
contain full bibliographic citations and abstracts. |
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| ToxLine |
TOXLINE
(R) is part of the National Library of Medicine's extensive collection
of online bibliographic information, which covers the pharmacological,
biochemical, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and
other chemicals. |
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| ToxNet |
The Toxicology
Data Network is actually a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous
chemicals, and related areas. |
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| UK
ingenta |
The
University of Kentucky ingenta Gateway is UK's portal to ingenta,
which lists articles from thousands of journals ("uncover plus"
covers 20,000 journals back to 1988; "online articles" covers
4,500 back to 1997). Special Gateway Services are available to
professors, graduate students, and employees--contact the AIC
for details. Gateway status and other information are available
at: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/igw.html.
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| Web
of Science |
Electronic access to Science Citation Index, Social Science
Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Index from 1989
to date. |
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WebSPIRS |
Includes
all databases associated with WebSPIRS: AGRICOLA, AGRIS, Biological
Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, ISI Current Contents, MEDLINE, and many
more. |
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| Wildlife
Worldwide |
Incorporates
Wildlife Review Abstracts, Swiss Wildlife Information
Service, Wildlife Database, BIODOC, and Waterfowl
and Wetlands Database into one electronic file.The database
covers such topics as endangered species, behavior, ecosystems,
physiology, and much more. Coverage is from 1935 to present. |
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| WorldCat |
OCLC
catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. |
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Zoological Record |
Comprehensive
database in the life sciences. |
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