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Subject Resources: Biology & General Science

Databases
	AccessScience : McGraw-Hill Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (Access Science)
	AGRICOLA--National Agriculture Library materials relating to all aspects of agriculture
		First Search (OCLC)	1993 to the present
	Anthropology Plus Indexes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology
	Beilstein Database Organic chemistry database from Beilstein, allowing structure and substructure searches. Go to More Info for information on how to get username and password.
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	Biological Biochemical Image Database
	Biology Digest materials in the life sciences geared toward undergraduate students
		First Search (OCLC)	1989 to the present
	BIOSIS Previews Biological and biomedical research literature
			1955--present
	CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
	Faculty of 1000 Biology Highlights and reviews selected recent articles in the biosciences.
		BioMed Central
	Faculty of 1000 Medicine Designed to help clinicians keep abreast of the most important new research
		BioMed Central
	Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
		Wiley Interscience
	OvidSP at USC (Includes MEDLINE and other databases)
	PubChem
	Science Citation Index Expanded Citation database for the sciences
			1900 to present
	Springer Protocols
		Springer Protocols
	USC Experts Directory
	Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases.
			1900-present
eBooks
	AccessScience : McGraw-Hill Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (Access Science)
	Bioinformatics in Tropical Disease Research : A Practical and Case-Study Approach
		NCBI Bookshelf
	BioTech Life Science Dictionary
	Coffee Break : tutorials for NCBI tools
		NCBI Bookshelf
	CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
	Current Protocols Links to twelve regularly updated lab manuals in various disciplines
		Wiley InterScience Current Protocols
	DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine : principles and practice
		MD Consult
	Developmental Biology By Scott F. Gilbert. 6th ed. c2000.
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
		Wiley Reference Works
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
		Wiley Interscience
	Millers Anesthesia
		MD Consult
	NCBI Bookshelf National Center for Biotechnology Information: Collection of biomedical books
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Online Biology Book Dr. Farabee's Online Biology Book
	Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
	Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Zebra Finch, taeniopygia guttata
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Ultimate Guide to Choosing A Medical Specialty
		R2 Library
	Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (VNSE)
		Wiley Reference Works
Web Sites
	Animal Welfare Information Center
	BiologyWest (calendar of life sciences seminars in Los Angeles)
	Chemicool Periodic Table of Elements
	Image Challenge Test your diagnostic and visual skills.
	National Science Foundation (NSF)
	Nature Precedings For rapid informal scientific communication of emerging results and new theories.
	NIH Videocasting Videocasts of seminars, lectures and special events at the National Institutes of Health
	NIST chemistry WebBook Thermochemical data for over 6000 organic and small inorganic compounds.
	Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives
	Science Daily
	Science.gov
	ScientificWorld Integrated scholarly Web portal to services, resources, and products intended to enhance and accelerate the research efforts of science professionals
		See More Info for access information.	varies
	SciVee Use this medium to meet peers and future collaborators that share your particular research interests.
	USC Programs in Biomedical & Biological Sciences
eJournals
	Acta Radiologica. Oncology, Radiation Therapy, Physics and Biology
		Informaworld	Vol. 19, no. 1 (1980)-v. 22, no. 6 (1983)
	Acta Radiologica. Oncology, Radiation, Physics, Biology
		Informaworld	Vol. 17, no. 1 (1978)-v. 18, no. 6 (1979)
	Ageing Research Reviews Critical reviews and research findings on mechanisms of aging and age-related disease.
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 2002)-present
	American Journal of Human Biology
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1989)-v. 7. no. 6 (1995)
		Wiley Interscience Journals See More Info for access information	Vol. 8, no. 1 (1996)-12 months ago
	American Journal of Primatology
		Wiley Interscience See More Info for access information.	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1981)-present
	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
		Wiley Interscience Journals See More Info for access information	Vol. 31, no. 1 (1996)-present
		Wiley InterScience Cell and Developmental Biology Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1983)-v. 30, no. 4 (1995)
	Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science
		Nature Journals Online	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1924)-v. 64, no. 6 (Dec. 1986)
	Bioelectromagnetics
		Wiley Interscience Journals	Vol. 17, no. 1 (1996)-present
		Wiley Interscience Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1980)-v. 16, no. 6 (1995)
	BioEssays A review-and-discussion journal of contemporary biology
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jan. 1998) -- present
		Wiley InterScience Cell and Developmental Biology Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1984)-v. 19 no. 12 (Dec. 1997)
	Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Articles are aimed at non-specialist biologists as well as researchers in the field
		Cambridge University Press	Vol. 72, no. 1 (Feb. 1997)-present
	Biologicals Journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 23, no. 1 (Mar. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 18, no. 1 (Jan. 1990)-v. 22., no. 4 (Dec. 1994)
	Biologie in unserer Zeit Language: German
		Wiley InterScience Cell and Developmental Biology Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1971)-v. 29, no. 6 (Nov. 1999)
		Wiley Interscience Journals See More Info for access information	Vol. 30, no. 1 (Jan. 2000)-present
	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 43, no. 1 (1989)-present
	Biometrics Bulletin
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1945)-v. 2, no. 6 (Dec. 1946)
	Biometrika A journal on statistics with applications to a variety of disciplines.
		Oxford Journals Online	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1901)-present
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1901)-5 years ago
	Biosystems
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 34, no. 1 (1995) -- present
	BMC Systems Biology
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1 (Jan. 2007)-present
	Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research Publication of in vitro and in vivo developmental brain studies
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 44, no. 1 (Nov. 1988)-v. 160, no. 2 (Dec. 2005)
	Briefings in Bioinformatics
		Oxford Journals Online	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 2000)-present
	British Journal of Biomedical Science
		See More Info for access information.	Vol. 59, no. 1 (2002)-present
	British Journal of Experimental Biology
		Highwire	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1923)-v. 6, no. 4 (Sept. 1929)
	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
		Cambridge University Press	Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-present
	Chemistry & Biology Chemistry and Biology
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1994)-present
	Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
			Vol. 63 (1998)-present
	Computers in Biology and Medicine
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 25, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 1970)-v. 24, no. 6 (Nov. 1994)
	CytoJournal
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2004)-present
	Developmental Biology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1959)-present
	Growth Factors (Chur, Switzerland)
		Informaworld	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1988)-present
	Infection, Genetics and Evolution
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2001)-present
	International Journal of Biological Sciences
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2005)-present
	International Journal of Biomedical Science : IJBS
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 2005)-present
	International Journal of Biomedical Sciences
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2006)-present
	International Journal of Developmental Biology
		Single Journals	Vol. 33, no. 1 (Mar. 1989)-present
	Isis
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1913)-5 yrs ago
		University of Chicago	Vol. 93, no. 1 (Mar. 2002)-- present
	Journal of Bioenergetics
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1970)-v. 8, no. 2 (Apr. 1976)
	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 28, no. 1 (Feb. 1996)-v. 34, no. 6 (Dec. 2002)
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 8, no. 3 (June 1976)-present
	Journal of Biological Standardization
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1973)-v. 17, no. 4 (Oct. 1989)
	Journal of Biology (London, England) Requires individual (free) registration.
		BioMedCentral Open Access See More Info for access information.	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2002)-present
	Journal of Biomedical Science
		Karger Online	Vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1998)-v. 11, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2004)
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 1993)-present
	Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology : JBB
		Hindawi Publishing Open Access Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2001)-present
	Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 766, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)-present
	Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Applications
		ScienceDirect Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Backfile	Vol. 652, no. 1 (Jan. 1994)-v. 687, no. 2 (Dec. 1996)
	Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Sciences and Applications
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 688, no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-v. 765, no. 2 (Dec. 2001)
	Journal of Chromatography: Biomedical Applications Part of Journal of chromatography
		ScienceDirect Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Backfile	Vol. 143, no. 1 (Jan. 1977)-v. 622, no. 2 (Dec. 1993)
	Journal of Experimental Biology
		Highwire	Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1930)-present
	Journal of Experimental Zoology Research of an experimental or analytical nature in zoology
		Wiley Interscience See More Info for access information.	Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1904)-v. 294, no.4 (Dec. 2002)
	Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Comparative Experimental Biology
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 295A, no. 1 (Jan. 1, 2003) -- present
	Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B. Molecular and Developmental Evolution
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 295B, no. 1 (Feb. 2003) -- present
	Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Forum for new developments in the areas of histochemisty and cytochemistry
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1953)-present
	Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
		Informaworld	Vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 1999)-present
	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1987)-present
	Journal of Thermal Biology
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1975)-v. 19, no. 6 (Dec. 1994)
	Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE Video-based demonstration of biological research methods and studies
		Single Journals	Issue 1 (Dec. 2006)-present
	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Scholarly forum for diverse views on major issues in bioethics.
		Project Muse	Vol. 6, no. 1 (1996)--present
	Life Sciences
		ScienceDirect Immunology & Microbiology Backfile	Vol. 1 (Jan. 1962)-v.8 (Dec. 15, 1969)
	Life Sciences (1973)
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 13, no. 1 (July 1, 1973)-present
	Life Sciences. Pt. 1: Physiology and Pharmacology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 9 (Jan. 1, 1970)-v. 12, no. 12 (June 15, 1973)
	Life Sciences. Pt. 2: Biochemistry, General and Molecular Biology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 9 (Jan. 8, 1970)-v. 12 (June 22, 1973)
	Matrix Biology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 14, no. 1 (Jan. 1994)-present
	Nature Chemical Biology
			Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 2005)-present
	Nuclear Medicine and Biology : NMB
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jan. 1993)-v. 21, no. 8 (Nov. 1994)
	OMICS : A Journal of Integrative Biology OMICS (Larchmt. N.Y.)
		Mary Ann Liebert Online	Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)-present
	Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Articles on a wide range of biomdical topics
		Project Muse	Vol. 43, no. 2 (Winter 2000)-present
	Physics in Medicine & Biology
		IOP	v. 1, no. 1 (1956)-present
	Phytochemistry
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1961) -- present
	Plant Science (Shannon, Ireland)
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 38, no. 1 (Feb. 1985)-v. 104, no. 1 (1994)
	Plant Science Letters
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1973)-v. 37, no. 3 (Jan. 1985)
	PLoS Computational Biology
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 2005)-Present
	PLoS ONE
		PLOS: Public Library of Science	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2006)-present
		PubMed Central	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2006)-present
	Proceedings: Biological Sciences Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
		JSTOR	Vol. 241, no. 1300 (July 1990)-5 years ago
		Highwire Press	Vol. 241, no. 1300 (July 1990)-present
	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : PNAS Multidisciplinary scientific serial publishing research, commntaries, perspectives, reviews, and more
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1915)-present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 103 (1915 - 2006)
	Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
		JSTOR	Vols. 116 - 240 (1934 - 1990)
	Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
		JSTOR	Vol. 76, no. 507 (Apr. 1905)-v. 115, no. 795 (Aug. 1934)
	Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
		Highwire Press	Vol. 222, no. 1 (Oct. 1999)-v. 225, no. 3 (Dec. 2000)
	QSAR & Combinatorial Science
		Wiley Interscience Journals	Vol. 22, no. 1 (Apr. 2003) - present
	Quarterly Review of Biology
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1926)-v. 76, no. 4 (Dec. 2001)
		University of Chicago	Vol 77, no. 1 (Mar. 2002)-present
	Science (Washington, D.C.)
		JSTOR	Vol. 1 (Feb. 1883)-v. 23, no 581 (Mar. 1894) & new ser., Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 4, 1895)-v. 298, no. 5602 (Dec. 2002)
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 259, no 5091 (Jan. 1, 1993)-v. 306, no. 5698 (Nov. 5, 2004)
		Highwire Press	Vol. 274, no. 5285 (Oct. 11, 1996)-present
	Science (1880)
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 3, 1880)-v. 3, no. 82, (Mar. 4, 1882)
	Seminars in Developmental Biology
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 4, no. 1 (Feb. 1993)-v. 6, no. 6 (Dec. 1995)
	Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 2004)-present
	University of Southern California Electronic Journals This title cannot be accessed from the Norris Medical Library InfoStations. Please see a library staff member for assistance. The title is available at other library computers.
		USCL licensed
	World Conservation IUCN bulletin: News & articles on conservation, ecology, biology
		See More Info for access information.	Vol. 33, no. 1 (2002)-present
	Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine : YJBM
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 76, no. 1 (Jan. 2003)-v. 78, no. 5 (Oct. 2005)
		PubMed Central	Vol. 79, no. 1 (Mar 2006)-v. 80, no. 2 (June 2007)
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 76, no. 1-6 (Jan.-Dec. 2003)-v. 78, no. 1-6 (2005)