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Use these resources to find journal articles, e-books, conference proceedings, book reviews, and more.

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Academic Search Premier
Considered the world’s largest multidiscipline full text database of scholarly knowledge, this database is a good place to browse for very basic and interdisciplinary information. Covering many areas of academic study including the sciences, this database contains indexing and abstracting for more than 8,200 magazines and journals of which more than 3,600 are full-text peer-reviewed publications. Available to registered IIT students, faculty, and staff both on-campus and through remote access. Some full-text available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstracts is a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally. This database provides users with easy access to the latest information in virtually every life science discipline and contains nearly 7.7 million archival records from as far back as 1969, with more than 370,000 citations added each year. Most of the records include informative abstracts written by the author. It is produced by Thomson Scientific. Available to registered IIT students, faculty, and staff both on-campus and through remote access. Full-text not available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

Biological Sciences
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. Available to registered IIT students, faculty, and staff both on-campus and through remote access. Full-text not available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

Blackwell Synergy
Provides electronic access to over 850 scholarly journals across a broad range of subjects including biology. Some full-text available.

MEDLINE
MEDLINE contains over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains all records published in Index Medicus and since 2002, most citations previously included in separate NLM specialty databases such as SPACELINE and HISTLINE. Subject content includes anatomy; communication disorders; microbiology; paramedical professions; pathology; physiology; psychiatry; toxicology; dentistry; parasitology; reproductive biology; epidemiology; gene therapy; surgical and pharmaceutical intervention; nursing practice; ethical and legal issues; institutional operations; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management; clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation and regulation; allied health specialties; continuing education; investigational drugs and new drug uses, and some veterinary medicine. Available to registered IIT students, faculty, and staff both on-campus and through remote access. Full-text not available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. No access restrictions. Full-text not available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

ScienceDirect
Access to over 850 electronic journals, many of which provide in-depth coverage of a wide range of scientific disciplines. Some full-text available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

Web of Science
The Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles. This gives access to ISI Web of Science which locates abstracts and citation information for articles and working papers in the broad fields of science. Additional resources of the ISI Web of Knowledge also provides access to BiologyBrowser, a free we site produced by Thomson Scientific offering resources for the life sciences information community. Also this database provides individual author or article citation records. Available to registered IIT students, faculty, & staff both on-campus and through remote access. Full-text not available – use the GetArticle links to find full-text.

Wiley InterScience
Electronic access to over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works, the acclaimed Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and even the full text of select Wiley print books online. Some full-text available.