Course Guides
Cool Library Tools for BioAg Lab Staff (LIB)
2009/2010
Instructors:
- Meredith Saba (mksaba@lib.ucdavis.edu)
- Ruth Gustafson (ragustafson@ucdavis.edu)
Protocol Tools
These online full-text collections cover a wide range of laboratory methods, protocols, practices and other technique standards.
- Current Protocols Series (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html)
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VPN - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html
- NEW: Microbiology title added and under review for 2007. Laboratory methods and protocols covering the areas of microbiology, molecular biology, nucleic acid chemistry, cell biology, protein science, immunology, neuroscience, human genetics, pharmacology, toxicology, cytometry and bioinformatics. Includes basic, alternate, and support protocols with literature cited and information on suppliers for standard materials and preparation information for reagents and solutions. IMPORTANT NOTE: UC Davis does not currently license current protocols for "Food Analytical Chemistry" or "Magnetic Resonance Imaging".
- Coverage: Updated quarterly or more frequently
- Access: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cp_search_fs.html) VPN
- Springer Protocols (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
- http://www.springerprotocols.com/
- Springer Protocols contains more than 18,000 molecular biology and biomedical peer-reviewed protocols, mostly from the classic series Methods in Molecular Biology, formerly published by Humana Press. Other series included are: Methods in Molecular Medicine; Methods in Biotechnology; Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology; and Neuromethods.
- Access: http://www.springerprotocols.com/ (http://www.springerprotocols.com/) VPN
- Methods in Enzymology (http://uclibs.org/PID/61958) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/61958
- Methods in Enzymology is the classic laboratory methods/protocols book series. The complete backfile of the full-text is available back to volume 1 from 1955. Direct article/chapter links are provided from core subject databases such as PubMed and BIOSIS Previews. Contains detailed protocols and descriptions of biochemical and biophysical techniques for research in biological and molecular sciences. More than 300 volumes are browse-able by individual volumes online from 1955 to the present or by searching across the collection by title, author, abstract, and keyword. Full-text access to articles is available in HTML and PDF formats.
- Coverage: 1955-
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/61958 (http://uclibs.org/PID/61958) VPN
- Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (http://www.cshprotocols.org/) VPN
- http://www.cshprotocols.org/
- A definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database covers specific sections on: Antibodies, Bioinformatics/Genomics, Cell Biology, Chromatography, Computational Biology, DNA Delivery/Gene Transfer, Electrophoresis, Genetics, High-Throughput Analysis, Imaging/Microscopy, Immunology, Laboratory Organisms, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Proteins and Proteomics, RNA Interference (RNAi)/siRNA, Stem Cells, and Transgenic Technology. Unique to this resource is the ability to submit a protocol. Other unique features include protocol recipes and protocol cautions.
- Coverage: 2006-present
- Access: http://www.cshprotocols.org/ (http://www.cshprotocols.org/) VPN
Subject Guides
Subject guides lead one to library resources for nearly every major or department on campus. Whether you have library research or recreational info needs (music, dance, sports?), subject guides can help you locate core resources and the librarian to contact for questions.
- Subject Guides (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/
- Use the Subject Guides to identify additional databases to search for information on your topic.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
Databases
- BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) 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
- CAB Abstracts [via OvidSP] (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz) VPN
- http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz
- FARMED OR DOMESTICATED. NEW OvidSP interface with default UCD Search Type set to Advanced Ovid Search. See RELATED link below for classes on the new interface. Citations and abstracts to the international agricultural literature, including veterinary medicine, human and animal nutrition, rural development, as well as other related topics such as tourism and human ecology. Covers over 11,000 journals & conference proceedings and selected books in agriculture. PLEASE NOTE: Archive abstracts added in August 2005 go back to 1910 with 1,860,000 additional records. Produced by CAB International (CABI).
- Coverage: 1910-present [archives added for 1910-1971]
- Access: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz) 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
Citation Tools
- Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/36787
- Journal Citation ReportsŪ is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters. Journal Citation Reports can show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field. JCR Science Edition contains data from over 5,900 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 1,700 journals in the social sciences. [2007]
- Coverage: 2007
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/36787 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787) 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
Endnote
- Endnote Web (http://www.myendnoteweb.com)
- http://www.myendnoteweb.com
- Endnote Web facilitates collaborative work and using your Endnote from any location. You can "Cite While You Write" from this Web version or your desktop version.
- Access: http://www.myendnoteweb.com (http://www.myendnoteweb.com)
- 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/)
E-book Collections
- CABI ebooks [via CAB Direct] (http://217.154.120.6/CABEBOOKS/searchform-quicksearch.nsp)
- http://217.154.120.6/CABEBOOKS/searchform-quicksearch.nsp
- CABI ebooks provides access to over 200 agricultural titles (over 3,000 individual chapters). UC Davis has licensed the full front-file (current) collection which will be continually updated with the latest editions. This collection is divided into six core subject collections: Agriculture; Animal and Veterinary Sciences; Human, Food and Nutrition Sciences; Plant Sciences; Environmental Sciences; and Leisure and Tourism. NOTE: A new CAB Direct2 interface will be available soon
- Coverage: 2005-present
- Access: http://217.154.120.6/CABEBOOKS/searchform-quicksearch.nsp (http://217.154.120.6/CABEBOOKS/searchform-quicksearch.nsp)
- Safari Tech Books Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/33109) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/33109
- A collection of computing books that includes the full text of over 300 O'Reilly Press books, dating from 2004 to the present. Safari will grow to include all new O'Reilly titles. The full-text is searchable across titles and searches can be limited to code fragments. Books can also be browsed by topic. Access is limited to 28 simultaneous UC connections.
- Coverage: 2004-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/33109 (http://uclibs.org/PID/33109) VPN
- Springer eBooks Pilot (http://springerlink.com/books/)
- http://springerlink.com/books/
- This UC-wide pilot for Springer eBooks includes more than 20,000 titles in English (and selectively in German) from every scientific discipline and many social sciences. This online interface enables all books to be searchable at the full-text level. Scope (textbook areas are starred) ranges from Architecture and Design, *Behavioral Science, *Biomedical and Life Sciences, *Business and Economics, *Chemistry and Materials Science, *Computer Science, *Earth and Environmental Science, *Engineering, *Humanities & Social Sciences and Law, *Mathematics and Statistics, *Medicine, *Physics and Astronomy, to Professional and Applied Computing. Dates of coverage are 2005 to 2009. NEW books are added monthly. PLEASE NOTE: This is a pilot project. Currently there is no separation of the search feature between books and any Springer UC licensed journals. Search results are mixed with book and journal retrievals displayed together.
- Coverage: 2005-2009
- Access: http://springerlink.com/books/ (http://springerlink.com/books/)
Copyright Tools
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Information (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/copyip/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/copyip/
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/copyip/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/copyip/)
- UC-eLinks: Tool to link to PDF
- A feature built into many databases that provides a bridge between licensed database content and material that is available to UC Davis library users, either online or in print. Feature to add PDF link is labelled " Copy and paste citation and full text link ..."
Images
- ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/44518
- ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than 500,000 digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN