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Primary Article Databases for Biotechnology

• Web of Knowledge 
  Search Medline (PubMed), Web of Science, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, and more, simultaneously! 
• PubMed - Use our link - it's been customized for us![ mobile]
• PubGet - PubMed on steroids! Read PDFs immediately [ mobile]
• Web of Science - formerly Science Citation Index; compare to Scopus
• Scopus - compare to Web of Science
• BIOSIS Citation Index - great for medicine & biology
• CAB Abstracts & Global Health - best choice for vetmed & agriculture
• Faculty of 1000 - articles suggested by experts
• PubChem
• SciFinder -- Web version of Chemical Abstracts 
• Google Scholar  | tips

Menu of BioTech related library databases Links to additional databases... ABI/Inform [business] (1905-) Academic OneFile [popular / basic] Academic Search [popular / basic] Agricola (1970-) AGRIS (1975-) ASFA [aquatic](1971- ) BIOSIS Citation Index (1969-) Biological Abstracts (1926-) Business Source (1965-) CAB Abstracts [Ag, Bio, Vet] (1910-) Chemical Abstracts (1907-) CINAHL [nursing] (1982-) Compendex [engineering] (1884-) Dissertation Abstracts (1861-) EconLit (1969-) Engineering Village [Engineering, Physics, Computing, Geology] Entrez: combined NCBI dbs Environmental Sciences (1982-) ERIC [education] (1966-) Faculty of 1000 FSTA [food sci] (1969-) Google Scholar International Pharmaceutical Abst (1970-) PsycInfo (1806-) PubMed for Illinois (1947-) PubGet for Illinois (1950s-) Science Citation Index (1955-) SciFinder [Chem Abstr] (1907-) Scopus (1966-) ToxLine (1972-) Web of Knowledge [searches multiple major biology dbs] Web of Science (1898-) WorldCat (1000 BC -) Zoological Record (1864-) Go to the selected database

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