Course Guides
Writing in the Biological Sciences (UWP 102B)
2008/2009
Instructor:
- Dale Flynn (dbflynn@ucdavis.edu) - (530) 752‑1962
Life And Health Sciences Collections
The UC Davis campus has 2 separate health science libraries and one life science department in the Shields Library (Biological & Agricultural Sciences). Important life/health sciences information may also be found as part of the Government Information & Maps department of Shields Library, Lower Level.
- Biological & Agricultural Sciences Department, Shields Library (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/)
- Health Sciences Libraries Collections (http://lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/about/collections/)
- http://lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/about/collections/
- Blaisdell Medical Library in Sacramento at the UCD Medical Center & the Carlson Health Sciences Library on campus
- Access: http://lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/about/collections/ (http://lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/about/collections/)
- Government Information & Maps (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/)
Library Catalogs
- Electronic books in the Biological and Health Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/
- Subject listing of electronic books (handbooks, textbooks, guides) in basic biological and related health sciences disciplines/specialties and subdisciplines/subspecialties. Includes online books in general biology, biochemistry, endrocrinology & metabolism, genetics, microbiology & virology, molecular biology, neurology, nutrition, physiology, toxicology and veterinary medicine. All books are searchable at chapter-level. [Compiled by the UCD Carlson Health Sciences Library]
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/)
- Harvest UC Davis Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu
- UCD online catalog of the collections of all five UC Davis General Libraries. it does not include the holdings of the law Library. If you log in (My Account) using your library card number and PIN, you can renew books online, and request items that have been checked out to another borrower, or are in storage.
- Access: http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
Endnote
- Endnote Instructional Webpage (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/
- EndNote, a bibliographic reference manager, enables citations to be stored, searched and quickly inserted into research papers in the format of many scholarly journals.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/)
Databases
- BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS)
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VPN - http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS
- More than 19 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents. (Backfile for 1926-1968 added November 2006.)
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
- PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/10354
- Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Coverage: 1949-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/10354 (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
- Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- http://isiknowledge.com/wos
- 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. Search for articles that cite a known author or work. Print SCIENCE CITATION INDEX indexes literature back to 1945 and is located in the Shields Library, Third Floor, in the Biological & Agricultural Sciences Reference Collection, at the call number Z 7401 .S36
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- PsycINFO [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa2.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=psycinfo&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa2.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=psycinfo&adv=1
- PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA). It provides citations to articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, dissertations and even important internet sites in psychology and related disciplines, most with abstracts and some citations. (Psychinfo is the incorrect spelling.)
- Coverage: 1840-present
- Access: http://www.csa2.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=psycinfo&adv=1 (http://www.csa2.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=psycinfo&adv=1) VPN
Internet Guides
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)
- http://infomine.ucr.edu/
- INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It links to useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.
- Access: http://infomine.ucr.edu/ (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)
- MEDLINEplus (http://medlineplus.gov/)
- http://medlineplus.gov/
- Full-text consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine, including drug information, dictionaries and directories
- Access: http://medlineplus.gov/ (http://medlineplus.gov/)
Library Contacts
- Ruth Gustafson
- ragustafson@ucdavis.edu (530) 752‑1883
- Biological/Agricultural Sciences & Map Services