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- lsoito@lib.ucdavis.edu — (530) 752‑2904 — Biological/Agricultural Sciences Reference Department (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/)
- Librarian Subject Specialist for: Forestry; Plant sciences (including fruit and vegetable crops, agronomy, and horticulture); Plant Biology; and Plant Pathology
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Subject Specific Databases
- CAB Abstracts [via OvidSP] (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=cabz)
VPN 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.
- Coverage: 1910-present [Archives added for 1910-1971]
- Related:
- 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
- Fact Sheet [CABI] (http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=125)
General Databases
- Agricola [via OvidSP] (http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=agra)
VPN NOTE: default UCD Search Type set to Advanced Ovid Search. Published by the National Agricultural Library, the Agricola database describes publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines including: animal science; veterinary science; entomology; plant science; forestry; aquaculture and fisheries; farming, farming systems and crops; agricultural economics; extension and education; food and human nutrition; and earth sciences and environmental sciences. The Bibliography of Agriculture is the print index to the agricultural literature going back to 1942 located on the Shields Library, Third Floor, at call number Z 5071 .U63
IMPORTANT: The largest and most comprehensive agricultural literature database is CAB Abstracts.
- Coverage: 1970-present
- Related:
- Database guide to all features of the Agricola database (http://www.ovid.com/site/products/ovidguide/agradb.htm)
- 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 Agricola, e-mail bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu or contact your BioAg librarian subject specialist - Register for a library class! (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/classes/descriptions.php#agricultural)
As of Spring 2009, OvidSP is the only interface for Agricola! Register for a library class on the new OvidSP interface. - Unrestricted access via the National Agricultural Library (http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/)
Free access for non-UCD users
- Database guide to all features of the Agricola database (http://www.ovid.com/site/products/ovidguide/agradb.htm)
- BIOSIS Previews [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS)
VPN 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.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Related:
- FAQ -- NEW July 2011 Interface! (http://wokinfo.com/wok5/faq/)
- OLD Version BIOSIS Access (http://webofknowledgev4.com/biosis)
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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)
- FAQ -- NEW July 2011 Interface! (http://wokinfo.com/wok5/faq/)
- Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos)
VPN 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.
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Related:
- 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
- How to create Author Citation Reports (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/h_citationrpt.html)
- Science Citation Index Expanded [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos)
VPN 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.
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Related:
- 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
- How to create Author Citation Reports (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/h_citationrpt.html)
Full-Text Resources
- CAB eBooks [via CAB Direct] (http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/)
VPN CABI ebooks now provides access to over 532 agricultural titles (more than 9,000 individual chapters). The archives from 2000-2007 includes 400+ titles (with over 6,000 individual chapters).
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.
PLEASE NOTE: This collection does *not* include ALL books published by CABI but selected titles. In particular, the publisher has chosen *not* to include textbooks in this package.
- Coverage: 2000-present
- Related:
- CABI's ebook coverage showing two book title lists (Current file & archive) (http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=2211)
- CABI's ebook coverage showing two book title lists (Current file & archive) (http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=2211)
- Springer eBooks Package (http://springerlink.com/books/)
VPN - This UC-wide pilot is now (2013) a three-year package for Springer eBooks and includes more than 55,000 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. NEW books are added monthly. NEW INTERFACE as of November 26, 2012.
- Coverage: 2005-2013
- Related:
- CDL webpage describing the UC Libraries Springer eBooks Pilot (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/)
- CDL webpage describing the UC Libraries Springer eBooks Pilot (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/)
- Springer Protocols (http://www.springerprotocols.com/)
VPN - Springer Protocols contains more than 31,000 (as of March 2013) 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. Also included are protocols from laboratory handbooks, such as The Biomethods Handbook, The Proteomics Handbook, and the Springer Laboratory Manuals.
- Coverage: 1980-present
- Related:
- Ten-page User Guide (http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/SpringerProtocolsUserGuide.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-517798-0)
- Ten-page User Guide (http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/SpringerProtocolsUserGuide.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-517798-0)
- Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (http://uclibs.org/PID/36787)
VPN 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.
- Coverage: 2007-2011
- Date: 2011
- Related:
- 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)
- Journal Citation Reports: Information for New Users (http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_info.htm#information)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography (complete) [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=9780684315591&version=1.0)
VPN - This classic encyclopedia covering scientists from all time periods and all fields of science has been completely revised. This "complete" online version includes all the entries from both the new (2008) edition and the original edition.




