• PubMed Tutorial & more (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html)
  
• Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (Saving & Managing Searches) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53592/)
  
• NLM Searching PubMed with Mesh tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf)PDF
  
• NLM PubMed Basics tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf)PDF
  
• PubMed Training Manual [NLM] (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/manuals/pm_workbook.pdf)PDF
  Extensive 148-page training manual from day-long PubMed training class. Updated April 2011.
  
• Tutorials, Guides & Instructional Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/guides/instguides.php#pubmed)
  Lots of information from UCDavis' Health Science Libraries
  
• For help from a Shields BioAg librarian send email to: bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu
  
• Human medicine, veterinary medicine, and health-related questions (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/)
  Carlson Health Sciences Library (530)752-7042, hslref@lib.ucdavis.edu / Blaisdell Medical Library (916)734-3529, mclref@lib.ucdavis.edu
  

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)
  

Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological database containing bibliographic records with citations, abstracts and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peer reviewed journals, and is especially strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research and conference abstracts.

Embase contains over 22 million records spanning 1974-present, with over 1 million records added annually. Each record contains the full bibliographic citation, indexing terms, and codes; and 80% of all citations in Embase include author-written abstracts. The Embase journal collection is international with over 7,500 active peer-reviewed journals more than 90 countries.

All MEDLINE records produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) are included, as well as over 5 million records not covered in MEDLINE. To *exclude* these duplicate MEDLINE/PubMed records, go to Advanced Search and uncheck MEDLINE under the "Records from" category.

Scope which is more extensive or has more European coverage than MEDLINE/PubMed includes the following areas:

• Drug therapy and research, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology
• Biotechnology and biomedical engineering, including medical devices
• Health policy and management, including pharmacoeconomics
• Public, occupational and environmental health, including pollution control
• Alternative and complementary medicine

• Embase Getting Started videos (http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/embase-getting-started)
  
• Embase FAQ (http://www.embase.com/info/customer-support/faq)
  
• Saved Searches/Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://www.embase.com/info/helpfiles/email-alerts/setting-email-alert)
  
• Embase Indexing Explained (http://www.embase.com/info/UserFiles/Files/EMBASE%20indexing%20guide%202.3.pdf)PDF
  Comprehensive 18-page guide to Embase indexing policies and practices
  

• Register for SciFinder (Required) (http://ucdavis.libguides.com/scifinder) VPN
  
• About SciFinder: Use On & Off-Campus, Troubleshooting & Help, Guides (http://ucdavis.libguides.com/scifinder)
  
• Questions should be directed to UCD's campus contact: Cory Craig, cjcraig@ucdavis.edu, 530/752-0347.
  
• Download Java Runtime (http://www.cas.org/misc/downloads/jreplugin.html)
  Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Version 6.2 or higher is required to use the structure drawing editor. Get both the Windows and Mac versions at the URL above.
  

• REAXYS (https://www.reaxys.com)
  

• Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://md1.csa.com/help/Search_Tools/alerts.html)
  
• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/microbiology-a-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

• Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://md1.csa.com/help/Search_Tools/alerts.html)
  
• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/cpi-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

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

Multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. Search for articles that cite a known author or work.

• How to create Author Citation Reports (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/h_citationrpt.html)
  
• Online tutorial to Cited Reference Searching (http://www.thomsonisi.com/tutorials/citedreference/crs1.htm)
  
• Saving Histories and Creating Alerts for current awareness. (http://thomsonscientific.com/media/scpdf/wos7_tips_hist.pdf)PDF
  

• See also supplementary database Regional Business News. (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bwh)
  
• Ebsco includes a special Business Searching Interface. (http://web.ebscohost.com/bsi/search?vid=1&hid=103&sid=eaa1c2091-ea4e-4b0b-bfa9-3a90112c30f9%40sessionmgr103)
  

Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Biology & Medicine are merged into one and now called F1000Prime. Includes over 40 Faculties (Broad subject areas such as biochemistry, ecology or plant biology), which are further subdivided into over 300 Sections. On average, 1,500 new evaluations are published each month. Faculty members are more than 5,000 experts worldwide, assisted by 5,000 associates.

F1000Prime is a "literature awareness tool that is updated continuously and comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological and medical sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of leading researchers. Through immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, F1000 [Prime] highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than that of the journal in which they appear."

• F1000 Prime tour (http://f1000.com/prime/tour)
  

• Browse Table of Contents within specific Current Protocols Titles (http://cda.currentprotocols.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-380242.html)
  

• Ten-page User Guide (http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/SpringerProtocolsUserGuide.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-517798-0)
  

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.

• Search Help (http://www.cshprotocols.org/help/search_help.dtl)
  

Includes information (some full-text) on thousands of potentially hazardous chemicals, focusing on effects of hazardous substances on humans and the environment. Among the databases available via the ChemKnowledge link are: Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS); Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Oil and Hazardous Material Technical Assistance Data (OHM/TADS); Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS); and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.

• Backup address to homepage (http://uclibs.org/PID/96484)
  
• Print copy
  PSE Reference T55.3 H3 S3
  use the index to locate substance by name, or CAS number
  

• Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) (http://uclibs.org/PID/20834)
  Includes Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Drugs (formerly Pharmasource), Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Natural Products, and Dictionary of Organic Compounds
  
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (http://uclibs.org/PID/1406)
  
• Polymers: A Property Database (http://www.polymersdatabase.com/)
  
• Properties of Organic Compounds (http://www.chemnetbase.com/scripts/pocweb.exe)
  

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

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Science of Synthesis provides an authoritative review of synthetic methods from the early 1800s to the present, for the field of organic and organometallic chemistry. Each method is evaluated and includes full experimental details. Source literature includes all published journal articles, books, and patent literature. Science of Synthesis is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. A plug-in may be required for structure searching; chemical drawing packages can be used (see "Related" section below). The database also provides links to the primary literature and to related information in the Houben-Weyl electronic archive. (All 4 editions, and the supplemental "E-series" volumes, of the Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations are included in Science of Synthesis.)

• Chemical Drawing Packages (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.html)
  
• Getting Started (Brief Guide - PDF 15 pgs) (http://www.science-of-synthesis.com/help/gsm30.pdf)PDF
  
• Plug-in for Structure Searching (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.shtml)
  
• Publication Schedule (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/sos/info/show_pdf.html?thieme-chemistry/sos/info/include/pdf/volumelist.pdf)PDF
  
• System Requirements (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.html)
  

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters with each yearly data analysis being completed in the following year. The most recent edition is always published in the summer following the year analyzed. 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 7,300 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 2,200 journals in the social sciences. NOTE: For disciplines that have longer timespans for citation, consider sorting for ranking by using the newer 5-year Impact Factor.

• Journal Citation Reports: Information for New Users (http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_info.htm#information)
  
• Impact Factors in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor)
  Definition of terms, details on how the metrics are calculated, and information on the validity, manipulation, and misuse of Impact Factors
  
• Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely (http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_using.htm)
  

• RSS feed of new titles in Safari (http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/rss)
  

• Also in print
  PSE Reference TP9 E685
  

• Also in print
  PSE Reference TP9 U57 1985
  

• Also in print
  PSE Reference QD77 E53 1995
  
• Structure and reaction searching require plug-ins, which may not be available on all library computers.
  

SEE ALSO Open-i listed below. The NCBI Images database is no longer directly searchable but can be accessed via searching in PubMed Central. Included are millions of scientific images from NCBI full text resources.

See "related" note below about the change.

Copyright Notice: These images are drawn from journal articles and other documents that are protected by copyright. The same copyright applies to the images. Some documents - a relatively small subset - are available with a Creative Commons or similar license that generally allows more liberal redistribution and reuse of the material. In the absence of a copyright or license statement to the contrary, users should assume that standard copyright protection applies. See the PMC copyright notice for more information.

• Change to NCBI Images access (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so10/so10_pm_display_ncbi_images.html#note)
  May 26, 2011: From NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region NCBI Images Database One of our Network members wondered if the NCBI Images database had disappeared because the link no longer worked. I checked the drop down menu in PubMed—the last location I had seen the Images database. It wasn’t there! Here’s the answer I received from CustServ: “The Images database was incorporated into PubMed Central (PMC). For example if you go to PMC and search for Protease-coupled PPIase assay, you will see on the right the “PMC Image Search” box. Then you can click on the images. Here’s the original announcement about the Images database for more details: Canese K. PubMed® Display Enhanced with Images from the New NCBI Images Database. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Sep-Oct;(376):e14.