Website Created by Katie Newman, Biotechnology Librarian, 5-5386, florador "at" UIUC.edu, Biotechnology Information Center. This site was created to support the needs of the University of Illinois Neuroscience Program.
Neural Engineering: rat hippocampal neurons are grown in a precise hexagonal network in culture
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University of Illinois Library Gateway - the top level University of Illinois Library Homepage
University
of Illinois Online Catalog -
Find out if University of Illinois has a subscription to a journal, either in print or
electronic. Also find out if we have a book in a subject area of interest. Grad students, faculty,
and staff may submit an online request for for delivery to their office.
University of Illinois e-journals -
Find out if University of Illinois has electronic access to a journal or magazine.
UIC e-journals -
Occasionally UIC will have e-access to a journal that University of Illinois does not. You
can access them while sitting in the Health Sciences Library (Urbana). Or, if you are a UIC
affiliate, you will be able to access them remotely.
ILLINET
Online Catalog -
Find out if another academic library in Illinois has a book or journal that you need. Grad
students, faculty, and staff may submit an online request for for delivery to their office.
Dissertation Abstracts -
Identifies doctoral dissertations from U.S. & Canadian institutions, 1861-present.
Abstracts are available for 1980-present. Full text access for "Big 10" university dissertations
(including University of Illinois) is available in PDF digital format from 1997 to the present.
Note: some other institutions, e.g., MIT, have allowed the full text of their dissertations to be
brought up in this product.
IRRC - Interlibrary Loan
Service -
The Library wants you to get the research material you need. If it's not available locally,
request the book or a journal article from Interlibrary Loan. You'll need to login with your netid
and password.
WorldCat -
If you need a book, and it's not in ILLINET, then use this catalog to request delivery of
the book from another university.
Need help figuring out which database to use to find articles? Take a look at " Selected journal indexes for molecular biology & biotechnology topics ", a flyer with brief descriptions about many of our biotech journal indexes, telling how often they are updated, how many journals they index, their truncation symbols. Or, read the descriptions associated with the databases in the Library Online Research Resources, by clicking on the "I" next to the name of the resource..
PubMed -
Identifies articles in basic and clinical biomedical research as well as in psychology other
allied health fields. One of the top three or four resources used by neurobiologists. Also know as
"Medline". (1950-present)
Web of Science -
Identifies articles in over 8000 science, social science, and humanities journals (mostly
science), and the articles that cite them or are cited by them. One of the top three or four
resources used by neurobiologists. Coverage is 1970- present.
CAB Abstracts -
Identifies articles in all aspects of agriculture, entomology, veterinary medicine and more.
This is largest agricultural and veterinary medicine database and provides good coverage for animal
behavior research. Coverage is 1910 - present. Note: this database is produced in Britain, so they
use the "English" spelling of words, so search for (behaviour OR behavior)!
Biological Abstracts -
Identifies journal articles on biology and the biomedical sciences, including biochemistry,
biology, cell biology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and zoology. Coverage
is 1955 - present. It is one of the primary databases for life sciences, providing citations and
abstracts to articles in over 5,000 research journals in the life sciences. It is a subset of
BIOSIS Previews.
SCIRUS -
Search the web and thousands of journals for science information. Use boolean operators AND,
OR, or ANDNOT, as well as parentheses to nest. E.g., ((behaviour OR behavior) AND (apis mellifera
or honey bee* or honeybee*)) ANDNOT dance*
Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
Use this to search scholarly information on the web -- journal articles, research mounted on
web sites by the government or educational instituions, and more. Use boolean operator OR (must be
capitalized). To hold phrases together, enclose the words in parentheses. Use dash (-) to exclude
words.
E.g., ("apis mellifera" OR "honey bee" OR honeybee OR "honeybees") -dance
Note: When using Google Scholar from on-campus, you'll see "Discover UIUC Full Text " links, which enable you to locate easily the full-text of many articles. When using Google Scholar from off-campus, you'll need to set up your Google Scholar preferences, so that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Library Link" is your default.
PsycInfo -
Identifies articles, books and dissertations in psychology and related subjects, for the
years 1887 to 1966. The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in
psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, physiology, and other areas.
Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to dissertations and over 1400
journals in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Popular
literature is excluded.
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) -
Identifies important biological papers based on the recommendations of leading scientists.
2002-present. Particularly useful for biology graduate students and researchers. Set up a "My
Faculty of 1000" and keep tract of the top papers as judged by experts in your field.
Chemical Abstracts via SciFinder -
The largest bibliographic database! Covers ALL areas of chemistry including biochemistry,
pharmaceuticals, etc. (1907-)
Note: You will need to request the information for downloading the client program for this
database from the Chemistry Librarian,
Tina Chrzastowski, OR, if you are at any University of Illinois
Library,
click here to access
this resource.
Conference Papers -
Identifies papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings.
IPA [International Pharmaceutical
Abstracts] -
Identifies articles related to the field of pharmaceuticals. (1970-)
Toxicology Abstracts -
Identifies research articles about toxicology. (1981-)
Lexis Nexis / Academic Universe
-
Articles from newspapers around the nation as well as international.
Academic Search Premier -
Identifies articles in scholarly and popular interdisciplinary journals and national news
magazines. (1985-)
Academic OneFile (from
Infotrac)-
Identifies articles in scholarly and popular interdisciplinary journals and national news
magazines. (1980-)
RefWorks -
Build your own database of citations with this online resource. Then use it to put your
citations in the proper format (style) when you're writing your paper! Click on the link to learn
how to set up your own account, how to fill RefWorks with citations of interest to you, and how to
use it with Word while you're writing your papers.
Current
Protocols -
Recently we acquired electronic access to ALL of the Wiley Current Protocols series. Search
them individually or all, together! This includes:
Methods in Enzymology Vol. 1
(1955) - present -
Not just enzmology, but rather techniques and protocols in cytology, biochemistry,
microscopy, membrane biology, and more.
Encyclopedia
of Neuroscience (2008) Edited by Mark D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa, and Uwe Windhorsr.
Springer.
In print, this would be 5 volumes; 4293 pages. Over a 1000 authors worked on the
entries. From the Preface:
"This Encyclopedia has adopted a new format. The entire complex of neuroscience has been divided into 38 subject fields organized and surveyed by associated Field Editors. Entries, which are in alphabetical order for rapid localization, are of three type: (1) simple and relatively brief definitions and explanations (glossary entries), (2) structured “essays” of a few pages to provide coherent treatments of particularly important topics, and (3) synopses written by the Field Editors as larger overviews of their fields with links to the essays in their field. Extensive cross-references to definitions and essays serve to lead the reader to additional sources of information".
Dictionary of Natural Compounds
This is searchable at University of Illinois as part of
ChemNetBase.
Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics
Data on the properties of inorganic and organic compounds , practical laboratory data,
mathematical tables, and much more. A classic reference, now updated online.
Medical Dictionary (from MedlinePlus)
Encylopedia of Life Sciences
(from the publishers of Nature)
Search or browse by subject to find entries on brain and behaviour, cells of the nervous
system, intercellular signaling, multiple sclerosis, nervous system disease, nervous system
organization, techniques in neurobiology, and more.
Chemistry Databases and Reference
Tools (University of Illinois) -
Includes links to websites for spectra.
Online Encyclopedias & Reference Books
for the Life Sciences
A listing of resources available to University of Illinois life sciences students and
researchers. Includes dictionaries, handbooks, and more.
SAGE KE Science of Aging Knowledge
Environment -
Trial until 7/06
From AAAS, the publisher of Science, this is a research resource for those who study the
transmission of signals between and within cells. The STKE library provides full-text access to
relevant articles in about 50 professional journals. STKE is a weekly electronic journal with
unique features like original Reviews and Protocols. There is also a lab manual component.
Nature's Neuroscience Gateway -
A free, searchable resource for the latest research, news and events in neuroscience and
genomics research developed collaboratively by the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Nature
Publishing Group. The Allen Brain Atlas (ABA)is a freely available scientific resource developed by
the Allen Institute, which provides maps of the expression of approximately 20,000 genes in the
mouse brain and allows users access an extensive database of ISH images, the ABA reference atlas,
and gene expression masks. Future releases will allow users to search by gene expression pattern or
level, and will contain an expanded gene data set. Together, the Neuroscience Gateway and the Allen
Brain Atlas are new tools to help researchers navigate neuroscience and genomics research.
Neuroscience Database Gateway (NDG) -
The
Neuroscience Database Gateway (NDG) is a searchable, curated
database of neuroinformatics resources on the internet. It is a product of the
Society for Neurosicence. The NDG is designed to be a one-stop
resource for neuroscientists interested in using online databases and tools in their research. It
cataloges databases of experimental data and knowledge bases specific to neuroscience as well as
general bioinformatics resources, lists of links, and providers of research materials. All
resources proposed for addition to the NDG are evaluated by Neuroinformatics Committee according to
their sustainability, relevance, scientific objectivity, and free accessibility.
Journal Citation Reports -
Use this to find out if a journal has been "highly cited" or has a high ISI Impact Factor
rating. Journals with high Impact Factors are usually considered more prestigious places to
publish! We've listed the
JCR Impact factors for some of the Neuroscience journals, below. The higher
the number, the more cited (and perhaps more highly regarded) the journal.
Google -
Everybody's favorite. But are you a "power user"? Some simple tricks to enrich your
searching:
Vivisimo -
Many like this better than Google since it "clusters" results! Try it, you'll like it! Use
the same search tips as given above for Google.
Dogpile -
Search Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, Teoma, Overture and FindWhat
simultaneously. Results are "clustered" somewhat.
Scirus -
This is billed as a science-specific search engine. In addition to searching the web
(including PubMed), this Elsevier-sponsored website also searches within the full-text of Elsevier
(ScienceDirect) journals.
Science.gov -
Search, in one place, 30 government websites, resources, reports, etc. including: Agricola,
Pubmed, ClinicalTrials, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, EPA, DOE, MedlinePlus, ERIC, NIST,
US Patent Office, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, the Technology Transfer Automated
Retrieval System, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, NSF, and more!
Note: The number after the title is the ISI Journal Citation Reports 2004, 2005 & 2006 Impact Factors for this journal, which is an index for how frequently papers in this journal are cited by other papers. It is often claimed that the higher the ISI Impact Factor, the more highly regarded (and prestigious) the journal.
Many of the most important neuroscience findings are reported in journals that cover a range of research topics, not just neuroscience. These are a type of "primary journals" in that research is reported here for the first time. To keep up-to-date with the literature, it is crucial that the neuroscience researcher browse these journals regularly.
Cell 28.389; 29.431; 29.194
Developmental Cell 15.434;
14.609; 15.523
EMBO Journal 10.492; 10.053;
10.086
Journal of Biological Chemistry
6.355; 5.854; 5.808
Molecular Cell 16.811; 14.971;
14.033
Nature 32.182; 29.273; 26.681
Nature Cell Biology 20.649;
19.717; 18.485
Nature Genetics 24.695; 25.797;
24.176
Nature Medicine 31.223; 28.878;
25.588
PLOS Biology 13.868; 14.672;
14.101
Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences of the United States of America [PNAS] 10.452; 10.231; 9.643
Science 31.853; 30.927;
30.028
Look in review journals for articles that will provide a broad overview of the literature of a particular topic. These usually synthesis past research rather than report new findings.
Annals of Neurology
8.097; 7.571; 8.051
Annual Review of
Neuroscience 23.143; 24.184; 28.533
Brain Research Reviews
4.617; 6.402; 5.595
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
7.937; 8.527; 9.286
Current Opinion in Neurology
4.017; 4.873; 5.229
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
9.500; 10.409; 11.526
Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell
Biology 33.170; 29.852; 31.354
Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
21.225; 20.951; 23.054
Neuropsychology Review 2.125;
3.652; 2.591
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral
Reviews 6.346; 7.443; 8.293
Progress in Neurobiology 11.933;
11.789; 11.304
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
7.992; 9.155; 9.374
Trends in Neuroscience 14.794;
14.325; 13.494
Primary journals are where researchers first report their findings. These articles tend to be quite detailed about the research, providing enough detail so those in the field could repeat the research.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
7.125; 9.885; 14.964
Behavioral Neuroscience 2.819;
3.071; 2.907
Behavioural Brain Research
2.992; 2.865; 2.591
Biological Psychiatry 6.159;
6.779; 7.154
BMC Neuroscience (not rated by
ISI in 2004); 2.733; 2.775
Brain and Language 1.614; 2.129;
2.317
Brain 8.201; 7.535; 7.617
Brain Research Bulletin 2.429;
2.481; 1.684
Brain Research 2.389; 2.296;
2.341
Brain Research Protocols 1.224;
1.816; 1.578
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
1.954; 1.986; 2.195
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2.937; 3.520; 3.757
Cell Calcium 5.186; 4.939; 4.118
Cellular and Molecular
Neurobiology 1.970; 2.022; 2.219
Cerebral Cortex 5.322; 6.187;
6.368
Chemical Senses 2.594; 2.506;
1.608
Cognitive Brain Research 2.394;
2.471; 2.568
Developmental Brain Research
1.854; 1.508; 1.598
European Journal of
Neuroscience 3.820; 3.949; 3.709
Experimental Brain Research
2.304; 2.118; 1.959
Genes, Brain, and Behavior
3.846; 4.091; 4.385
Glia 4.781; 4.276; 5.013
Human Brain Mapping 4.815;
4.317; 4.888
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and
Metabolism 5.673; 4.786; 4.843
Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience 5.275; 4.533; 5.197
Journal of Comparative Neurology
3.400; 3.855; 3.831
Journal of Comparative Physiology.
A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 2.016; 1.838; 1.751
Journal of Computational
Neuroscience 2.200; 2.539; 1.667
Journal of Neurobiology 3.923;
4.170; 4.209
Journal of Neurochemistry
4.824; 4.604; 4.260
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
2.920; 2.974; 2.774
Journal of Neuroimmunology
2.704; 2.824; 2.880
Journal of Neuropathology and
Experimental Neurology 5.037; 4.471; 4.371
Journal of Neurophysiology
3.592; 3.853; 3.652
Journal of Neuroscience 7.907;
7.506; 7.453
Journal of Neuroscience methods
1.894; 1.784; 2.243
Journal of Neuroscience research
3.727; 3.239; 3.476
Journal of the Neurological
Sciences 2.366; 2.035; 2.412
Learning & Memory 4.694;
4.142; 5.099
Learning and Behavior
1.030;1.408; 1.926
Molecular and Cellular
Neurosciences 3.789; 4.641; 4.607
Molecular Brain Research
1.711;1.585; 1.670
Molecular Psychiatry 6.943;
9.335; 11.804
Nature Neuroscience 16.980;
15.456; 14.805
Neurobiology of Aging 5.516;
5.312; 5.599
Neurobiology of Learning and
Memory 4.443; 4.091; 3.593
Neuroimage 4.869; 5.288; 5.559
Neuron 14.439; 14.304;
13.894
Neuropeptides 2.494; 2.155;
2.789
Neuropsychobiology 1.667;
1.788; 2.367
Neuropsychopharmacology 4.941;
5.369; 5.889
Neuroreport 2.351; 1.995; 2.137
Neuroscience 3.456; 3.410; 3.427
Neuroscience Letters 2.019;
1.898; 2.092
Neuroscience Research 2.155;
2.184; 1.953
Neuro-Signals 3.585; 2.293;
2.228
Synapse 2.827; 3.220; 2.870
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