Suggested Databases
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowHuman-curated database focusing on high quality scientific journals. Offers many more sophisticated searching features. Search strategies should lead to stable (repeatable) results.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowThe National Library of Medicine database, which indexes the worldwide literature of medicine and life science from 1965 to the present.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowSearches the whole internet, presenting machine curated results. Inclusion of "scholarly" materials is based on self-reporting by publishers rather than selected by experts for quality. Advanced search features are limited. May search the full text, not just title and abstract, meaning you often get many irrelevant results. Search strategies will not usually lead to stable results.
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Bio OneA full-text, Open Access database of research journals in the biosciences, ecology, environmental science and paleontology.
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SciFinderⁿ This link opens in a new windowSearch Chemical Abstracts for journal articles; searchable by author, title, subject, chemical name or formula, and by drawing chemical substructures. NOTE: First time users must use registration link
Other Resources
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Accessible overviews of various pathogens. Somewhat USA-centric.
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WHO Global Health ObservatoryThe World Health Organization offers data on some diseases.
Suggested Guides
For topic-specific resources, use the following guides:
