Selected Information Sources for Physiology
Last update: January 2007 by Mick Draper
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Which Database Should I Use
Information about the best databases for searching
Australian databases have green background
Other databases have no background colour
| Academic Onefile More than 1,500 journals in full text coverage includes physical sciences, technology, medicine, & social sciences. |
| Academic Search Premier Has broad coverage of all academic areas. Indexes around 8,200 journals with full text from more than 4,600 of these. Increase the number of citations found by using Subject Terms and keywords in combination. Use in Advanced Search for a better results display. Access for Uni of Adelaide community
and walk in users only. |
AIDSinfo HIV and AIDS treatment and prevention guidelines, and prevention of HIV transmission.
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APAIS citations only (1978-) An Australian database covering mostly social sciences, and scientific topics of public interest. Many of the journals it indexes are not academic, so it should be used with caution. Clinical articles not indexed Also in print BSL REF 994.005 A93 from 1945-
APA-FT CITATIONS from 1978 and FULLTEXT from 1995 |
| Blackwell Synergy Database of electronic journals including many life sciences titles. |
| Biological abstracts RRM (Reviews, Reports, and Meetings) Covers review articles, US patents, books, and papers from meetings, symposia, transactions etc. It covers all areas of biology. Available in print at Barr Smith Library REF 570.5 B602. Library holds 1980-1998 |
| BioMed Central Many open access journals covering many aspects of life sciences and health sciences. |
| Biosis Previews Biological abstracts and Biological abstracts RRM from ISI Web of Knowledge Citations of millions of life sciences journal articles from 1980 to the present. The database contains many citations to medical topics. Access for Uni of Adelaide community only. |
| CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (1982-). A sophisticated electronic database for nursing and related fields. |
| Current contents connect Covers a wide range of disciplines including Agriculture, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Life Sciences. Very up to date with new refs added each week. New references matching a profile sent to email addresses. |
| Expanded Academic (ASAP) More than 1,500 journals indexed, many in full text. Some academic, some general. Includes book reviews. Some coverage of medicine and life sciences. |
FAMILY (Australian Family & Society Abstracts) Citations to books, journal articles, government documents etc. FAMILY (Australian Family & Society Abstracts) Includes material on sexual behaviour, fertility, & counselling.
From 1980- |
| Meditext This database includes full text of selected articles from Australasian Medical Index database (See under AustHealth). |
| Medline from ScienceDirect This subscribed version of Medline is available only to the Uni of Adelaide community.You can register for the alert service, and save searches. Note this version of Medline doesn't include explosion. |
| MedlinePlus Links to lists of health topics, drug info, dictionary, encyclopaedia, and directories. Most information is at the consumer level. From US National Library of Medicine |
| NLM Gateway The U.S. National Library of Medicine database for MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj (research projects in progress). |
| Oxford journals More than 60 online full text life sciences, biology, & medicine journals. Many of the journals have extensive archives |
PubMed from U.S. National Library of Medicine. More than 14 million refs from more than 4,000 journals, some are in full text. Click on Uni of Adelaide Online icons when using Abstract, format for full text. Includes a Save Search option and email alerts for articles that fit the save search profile.
BSL PubMed tutorial Includes info on how to use a range of search methods, and output.
PubMed tutorial The official National Library of Medicine version. |
| OMIM Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. A human genetics database on the web. |
| PsycINFO Covers all aspects of psychology. Also in print in BSL as Psychological abstracts BSL REF 150.5 P9 from 1927- |
| ScienceDirect Database of Elsevier journals in full text. Many journals in the areas of medicine and life sciences. Also includes a version of Medline where you can save searches and alerts, but with no explosion available. |
| Science citation index Print, BSL REF 505 S41045. 1970-1993. See WEB OF SCIENCE FOR ONLINE ACCESS FROM 1980- |
| Scopus A general database but includes health and life sciences citations from more than 5,000 health science titles and 3,000 life science titles. Includes citation tracking to find who has cited articles you already know about, as well as finding articles by subject. Includes alerts . Brief guide on searching Scopus. |
| Social sciences citation index Print, BSL REF 300.5 S655. 1966/70-1993. See WEB OF SCIENCE FOR ONLINE ACCESS FROM 1995- |
| Toxline Toxicology bibliographic information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine |
| Web of Knowledge The home page from which to search ISI Thompson databases to which the Uni of Adelaide subscribes. These include Biosis Previews, CAB Abstracts, Current contents connect, Medline, Web of science and Journal citation reports. Access for Uni of Adelaide community only. |
| Web of Science citation database 1980- An online version of Science citation index, and Social sciences citation index. Includes abstracts, cited references, citing references. Use this to find out which articles cite articles you already know about. |
Zoological Record Comprehensive coverage of zoological topics including peer reviewed and popular literature. Includes humans as hosts for animals, anthropological aspects of zoology, and evolution. 1978+. Access for Uni of Adelaide community only.
Print version at BSL REF 590.5 Z874 1870+ |
General Sources
- University of Adelaide Library Resources for Subjects A list of online and print sources for finding information on subjects taught at Uni of A. Produced by U of A Research Librarians.
- General Health Sciences guide Includes links to guides for Medicine Departments
- Dentistry Subject Guide
- Endnote This is a bibliographic database management system that produces a standard format for references. It produces and formats bibliographies for theses and journal publications. It comes free to University of Adelaide staff and students. There are online EndNote tutorials for versions 7 and 9 .
- FAQ for Science Postgraduates and Staff Library information for research compiled by Jane Wannan
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences A long list of instructions pages for journals. In alphabetical order by journal title. From Raymon H. Mulford Library Medical College of Ohio
- Journal Abbreviations The Uni of Adelaide Library catalogue doesn't always find titles if you use abbreviations. It's best to use the full title of the journal.
Here is the PubMed Journals Database.
Enter the abbreviation, then click on the Go button to find the full title. If this doesn't work there are print resources in the Barr Smith Library that can help.
Begin with
Periodical title abbreviations.14th edition Shelved at Barr Smith Information desk
If you need more help ask at the Inforamtion Desk
- Journal Info Find information about journals in your field including whether they are open access, if self archiving of manuscripts is permitted, indexing databases and quality measures.
- New books list A weekly list of new books in The University of Adelaide Library
Reciprocal borrowing From Flinders and Uni of SA.
Document Delivery Interlibrary requests, both Normal and Fast Track. The Document delivery service includes an electronic request form.
Contact
Mick Draper Research Librarian for Physiology
'phone 83 03 53 35
Email to compiler: Mick Draper.
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