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AAMI standards on CD: AAMI's entire collection of more than 100 technical documents-standards, recommended practices, technical information reports, and monographs covering sterilization, dialysis, biological evaluation of medical devices, quality systems, and general and device-specific aspects. [CD-ROM] Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

AGRICOLA: National Agricultural Library (NAL), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 3.3 million bibliographic records of agriculture journal articles and technical reports from 1979.

Aquatic Biology, Aquaculture & Fisheries Resources: A database on the science, technology and management of marine and freshwater environments. [CD-ROM] Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter. Quick Guide

Biocatalysis and Biodegradation Database: University of Minnesota. Comprising Microbial biocatalytic reactions and biodegradation pathways primarily for xenobiotic, chemical compounds.

BioMed Central: Access full-text journal articles to about 100 BioMed Central Journals covering Biology and Medicine disciplines from 2000.

Biotechnology Citation Index: Covers 150 journals in biotechnology and selective coverage of relevant articles appearing in 7,000 other journals. Coverage from 1991 to Feb 1996. [CD-ROM] Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

CAB Direct: CAB International. Search through relevant, up-to-date and reliable information in the applied life sciences and agriculture. View abstracts which begin from 1973 and the database includes over 4.5 million records with weekly updates.

ChemGuide: This is a search engine for Chemistry, from FIZ Chemie Berlin. The site provides full text searching over thousands of web pages on hundreds of chemistry related servers of Canada, Germany, the UK and the US.

Chemindex: The CHEMINDEX database is a convenient guide to information resources on over 130,000 chemicals. Each CHEMINDEX record contains identification information on a unique chemical substance, including chemical names and synonyms, the CAS registry number.

CHID (Combined Health Information Database) Online: Searchable bibliographic records on topics ranging from the AIDS education, Alzheimer's Disease, to Cancer Prevention and Weight Control.

The Combined Chemical Dictionary Gateway: The CCD database, from Chapman & Hall/CRC Press combines 6 chemical dictionaries, including the Dictionary of Organic Compounds, into one searchable database, providing a complete reference to over 420,000 compounds spanning the breadth of chemistry. Membership and searching is free.

EBSCOhost: Academic Search Premier searches more than 3,500 full text publications covering a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Business Source Premier almost 3,000 business and management full-text publications. Applied Science & Technology Abstracts contains more than 700 core scientific and technical publications covering engineering, chemistry, computers, physics, telecommunications and more. [Intranet] Quick Guide | Demo

Encyclopedia of Bioethics: Contains the full revised text of the five-volume Encyclopedia of bioethics, a collection of 464 articles by 437 academic and professional contributors worldwide and includes also the National Library of Medicine's Bioethicsline, and a bibliography of virtually every bioethics related article published since 1974. [CD-ROM] Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

Entrez: National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI). A Life Science Search Engine that searches across various databases by NCBI such as PubMed Central. Nucleotides database, axonomy database, Gene database etc.

Factiva: Global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. Covers real time news from 8,000 worldwide publications, news pictures and company financials. [Intranet] Quick Guide | Demo

FishBase: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. An information system with key data on the biology of all fishes. Search by Common Name, Scientific Name or for Information by Family, by Country, by Ecosystem, by Topic or Biodiversity Maps. You may even identify the fish species by navigating taxonomically.

Food Science Alerts: The sample databases give access to a three month portion of abstracts published between January and March 1998 from 1800 international journals as well as: conference proceedings, theses, books, patents, standards, legislation, reports, and other literature. Each FSA also includes topics of relevance to food science in general, including: biotechnology, hygiene & toxicology, engineering, packaging, and food economics.

HireWire Press: Stanford University. Provides free access to full text life sciences articles. "Since 1995, with the launch of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), to the continuous online production of hundreds of prestigious journals, such as Science Magazine, the New England Journal of Medicine, PNAS and JAMA, HighWire has established an outstanding reputation for helping to disseminate primary scientific information on the Web".

Ingenta Journals: An e-journal service which provides access to the article content of the journals produced by a selective range of publishers.

Intute: University of Manchester. Provides a search engine to search relevant websites on Arts & Humanities, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences.

Mineral Spectroscopy Server: California Institute of Technology. This server provides information about mineralogy and is primarily dedicated to providing information about color in minerals and access to data on Mineral Absorption Spectra in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum.

New Medicines in Development: A database of drugs in development; they can be searched by medicine, disease, indication or company.

NIST Chemistry WebBook: A database of thermodynamic data for over 5000 compounds and ion-energetics data for over 10000 compounds.

OMIM -- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Articles Search: NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders, contains textual information, pictures, and reference information.

OvidSP Journals (Nursing & Medical): Includes full text articles on nursing, health and life sciences from 1950 onwards. [Intranet]

PubMed: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

PubMed Central: Full-text from 20 medicine journals from 1997.

ScienceDirect: Access to full text articles from scientific, technical & medical peer reviewed journals. [Intranet]

Scirus: A comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet that searches over 167 million Web pages, retrieving the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles and journals covering scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data.

SIRI MSDS Index: Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc. Check for an MSDS direct from the manufacturer or search whole or partial words or numbers in the company, product name, or the CAS or NSN. You may also search Toxicology Reports.

SurfIP: The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. A vertical portal where the world's protected ideas can be accessed easily and rapidly. Databases include the European Patent Office (EPO), UK Patent Office, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) websites. Quick Guide

Tree of Life: David R. Maddison. Provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics.

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