Science Databases Part II

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Science Databases Part II

• PubMed Central, ACS Web Editions, ScienceDirect,
  Ebsco Science Multidisciplinary DatabasesBIO
  102 Spring 2008 Callie Bergeris

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Ionas Library Resources

• Go toFind Articles, Journals, and E-Resources
• http//www.iona.edu/library/research/databases/

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ACS Web Editions

• Online versions of over 30 ACS print journals
• Full-text articles with all supplementary
  material delivered in two formats HTML and PDF.
• ACS Publications have the highest citation and
  impact factors among chemistry publishers as well
  as in other multi-disciplinary areas of science.

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• The ACS provides HTML and PDF formats of all
  their articles
• HTML Full-text searching, links to references in
  ACS journals, supporting information, enhanced
  graphics, and links to other databases
• PDF Screen shot image of printed journal page
  and also provides same-as-print output quality

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ACS Web features to be aware of

• http//pubs.acs.org/4librarians/features.html

• http//pubs.acs.org/4librarians/features.html

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ACS Journals relevant for Bio Majors

• ACS Chemical Biology
• Biochemistry
• Bioconjugate Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Biomacromolecules
• Journal of Proteome Research
• Journal of Natural Products
• Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry
• Molecular Pharmaceuticals
• www.iona.edu

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ScienceDirect

• The world's largest electronic collection (over
  25) of science, technology and medicine
  full-text and bibliographic information.
• Offers a rich journals collection of over 2,000
  titles.
• www.iona.edu/library

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ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorial

• http//help.sciencedirect.com/robo/projects/sdhelp
  /tutorials/sd_menu.html

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The PubMed Group

• PubMed Central (full-text articles) -- the U.S.
  National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital
  archive of biomedical and life sciences journal
  literature
• PubMed/Medline (mostly abstracts) -- a service
  of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that
  includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE
  and other life science journals for biomedical
  articles back to 1950s. Includes links to full
  text articles when available.
• Set up an account
• www.iona.edu/library

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Lets do a search

• Terms or Key Words
• bacteri surfac skin microbi
• Other databases to use
• --EbscoScience
• general multidisciplinary databases
• --Ebsco (check off scholarly journals)
  --ProQuest
  dont forget to create an account
  www.iona.edu/library

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• There is virtually no such thing as
• I cant get an article.
• -It may be in another database
• -It may be in print in the librarys periodical
  collection
• -We can get it via Document Delivery
  (ILL)www.iona.edu/library

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Document Delivery

• Fill out the online form found under Library
  Services on the Library home page -- Library
  Forms or Interlibrary Loan
• www.iona.edu/library

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Still cant find what you need?

• Ask the Reference Librarian for assistanceor
• fill out online RAP form for an hour with a
  librarian to assist you with your information
  quest.

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• Wishing you great results in your research
  efforts
• Callie633.2227Reference Desk637.7716