The UC Davis Library is a federal and state depository library with extensive historical and current collections in print, microform and electronic formats. Collections are extensive from major international, intergovernmental organizations, selectively from local jurisdictions, and on a very limited basis from foreign governments. Agriculture, forestry, the environment and ecology are areas of strength. Earlier print and microform publications from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and other appropriate U.S. agencies will be found here -- current issues are mostly online. In addition, publications from California Fish & Game and other appropriate California agencies are included (many of which are not online).

Gov Information collections are comprehensive from the U.S. Congress and California Legislature, along with federal and state laws and regulations. The Library's collection of technical report literature is extensive. Statistical data are emphasized in all collecting areas. Most government documents and maps are listed in the Harvest UC Davis Library Catalog and the UC-wide MELVYL Catalog. Some materials, such as technical reports and historical documents, may require specialized indexes or assistance from government information librarians. Government documents circulate on the same basis as other library materials. Some are housed in a separate stacks area in the Lower Level of Shields and are retrieved via the service desk on that level.

• Description (http://uclibs.org/PID/176285)
  

[Print ONLY] Classic and comprehensive multivolume treatise on all aspects of physiology. Contains significant research results with extensive bibliographic references and detailed indexes, authored by physiological scientists worldwide. Divided into 14 sections each with multiple volumes: Section 1: The Nervous System; Section 2: The Cardiovascular System; Section 3: The Respiratory System; Section 4: Environmental Physiology; Section 5: Adipose Tissue; Section 6: The Gastrointestinal System; Section 7: The Endocrine System; Section 8: Renal Physiology; Section 9: Reactions to Environmental Agents; Section 10: Skeletal Muscle; Section 11: Aging; Section 12: Exercise: Regulation and Integration of Multiple Systems; Section 13: Comparative Physiology; Section 14: Cell Physiology. Most sections are updated every 8-12 years.

• Online Table of Contents for the 14 Sections and each volume (http://www.the-aps.org/publications/books/handbooks.htm)
  
• Print sets are located at Shields Library, QP 6 .H25 and at both the Carlson Health Sciences Library and the Medical Center Library, at QT 104 .H231
  

• CDL webpage describing the UC Libraries Springer eBooks Pilot (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/)
  

NOTE: Interface does not separate ebooks from Wiley ejournals.

Over 2,000 books with 2011-2013 publication dates. The Wiley ebook license comes with broad and favorable rights for scientific, scholarly and educational uses. The collection will serve a wide range of research needs in the life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. EXCLUSIONS to the Wiley collection are textbooks, major reference works, professional and trade titles, and consumer books. The 2013 books continue to be added to the collection throughout the year as they are published simultaneously in both online and print.

• Access Issues (http://blogs.lib.ucdavis.edu/pse/2009/05/08/accessing-online-crc-books-through-the-vpn/)
  

• Each entry by family includes taxonomic placement and brief details including thumbnail description, size, number of genera/species, habitat, conservation status, and distribution map.
  
• Detailed sections describe: evolution and systematics; physical characteristics; distribution; habitat; behavior; feeding ecology and diet; reproductive biology; conservation status; significance to humans; and end with lengthy species accounts.
  

NEW interface loaded July 17, 2011 -- result retrievals will be larger due to search design changes.

More than 22 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, plant biology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology, and zoology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.

• FAQ -- NEW July 2011 Interface! (http://wokinfo.com/wok5/faq/)
  
• OLD Version BIOSIS Access (http://webofknowledgev4.com/biosis) VPN
  Backup until end of 2011. Most complete load as of week of July 18th.
  
• Quick Reference Card: BIOSIS Previews, ISI Web of Knowledge (http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/qrc/bpqrc.pdf)PDF
  
• Online BIOSIS information (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK45/help/BIOSIS/h_database.html)
  
• Video training: Saving Histories and Creating Alerts for current awareness. (https://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/vu/view.asp?pi=27087902)
  
• Register for a library class! (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/classes/descriptions.php#class35)
  

• New ProQuest Platform -- User Guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
  
• Switching over old CSA Alerts/RSS feeds to ProQuest (Migrating My Research Accounts) (http://migration.support.proquest.com/#tab:homeTab:crumb:7:artId:3739)
  
• Register for a library class! (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/classes/descriptions.php#class38)
  The new Zoological Record ProQuest interface will be reviewed.
  
• CSA Zoological Record Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/zooclust-set-c.php?)
  
• CSA Zoological Record Subject Thesaurus (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/zoorecthes.php)
  
• CSA Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://www.csa.com/help/Search_Tools/alerts.html)
  

NOTE: default UCD Search Type set to Advanced Ovid Search. Citations and abstracts to the international agricultural literature, including veterinary medicine, human and animal nutrition, forestry, 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. Produced by CAB (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) International (CABI) with more than 9.0 million records as of 10/27/10.

HISTORICAL SCOPE: Archive abstracts added in August 2005 go back to 1910 with 1,860,000 additional records.

CAB DATABASE PDFs: As of January 2009, hard-to-find literature may be available as CAB Database PDFs (so noted *below* the UC-eLinks button). Currently, ONLY Internet Explorer (PC platform) or Safari (Mac platform) loads these PDFs. These CABI Full Text items give users automatic access to over 187,000 (as of March 2013) journal articles, conference papers and reports - 80% of which are not available electronically anywhere else.

• Fact Sheet [CABI] (http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=125)
  Describes content of CAB Abstracts database and provides tabs to coverage and serials cited.
  
• Database Guide (http://www.ovid.com/site/products/ovidguide/cabadb.htm)
  Database guide to all features of the CAB Abstracts database
  
• Saved Searches/Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://www.ovid.com/site/help/documentation/ospa/en/my_alerts.htm)
  
• BioAg Librarians (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/about/meet-staff.php)
  For assistance with searching CAB Abstracts, e-mail bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu or contact your BioAg librarian subject specialist
  
• Veterinary medicine / health-related questions (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/)
  Carlson Health Sciences Library (530)752-7042, hslref@lib.ucdavis.edu
  

• Register for a library class on the new EBSCO interface. (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/classes/descriptions.php#class70)
  
• Contact BioAg Librarians (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/about/meet-staff.php)
  For assistance with the new EBSCO interface, e-mail bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu or contact your BioAg librarian subject specialist
  
• NISC access (http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?Biblioline&dbname=QWW_)
  RETIRING after April 17 2009!