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BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window Contains citations to items in journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports, in all areas of the life sciences and biology. Encompasses over 5,300 journal titles and 22 million records with coverage back to 1926.
SciELO Citation Index This link opens in a new window SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa.

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BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window Contains citations to items in journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports, in all areas of the life sciences and biology. Encompasses over 5,300 journal titles and 22 million records with coverage back to 1926. BIOSIS Citation Index combines the Biological Abstracts journal material as well as additional book, patent, and meeting content that is critical to life sciences research. BIOSIS Citation Index also allows for the added Web of Science specialized indexing, which helps the researcher discover what items their content cited and what items cited their content.
MEDLINE (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Indexes over 4,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to full-text where available.

Very Short Introductions (Oxford's) - Science and Mathematics Original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given topic

Web of Science This link opens in a new window Web of Science, a database that provides quick and powerful access to the world's leading citation databases and sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities research content. (Includes: Grants Index [1953-present], BIOSIS Citation Index [1926-present], KCI-Korean Journal Database [1980-present], Medline [1950-present], Preprints Citation Index [1991-present], ProQuest Dissertations and Abstracts [1637-present], SciELO Citation Index [2002-present], Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded [1900-present]).

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Book Catalog Cowles library's online catalog of books and ebooks.
Journals Direct access to Cowles Library's journal collection. Search by title or browse by subject. Electronic journals are available through this link.

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Web of Science Diagram

The Web of Science (previously known as the Web of Knowledge) provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. Coverage includes the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, available to 1900.

The Web of Science Includes: Biosis Citation Index, Currents Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE, SciELO Citation Index, Zoological Record, and the Web of Science Core Collection: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.)

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