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Zoology - key resources

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	Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) The Biological Science Database provides wide coverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience. The resource also includes access to MEDLINE, and the ability to cross-search over 30 abstract and citation databases. Content includes: scholarly and trade journals, conference papers and proceedings, books, magazines & newspapers, government & official publications, reports, tables, working papers, video & audio.
	BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science) A citation database covering all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology.
	Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest) This collection contains earth, atmospheric and aquatic science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles. The aquatic science coverage includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). The coverage for atmospheric science includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA).
	Scopus (Elsevier) A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. The database includes more than 5,000 international publishers including Elsevier (ScienceDirect), Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage.
	Web of Science All Databases Search across all subscribed Web of Science databases: Web of Science Core Collection; BIOSIS Citation Index; Current Contents Connect; Inspec; KCI-Korean Journal Database; MEDLINE; SciELO Citation Index; and, Zoological Record.
	Web of Science Core Collection Provides access to the world's leading citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Emerging Sources Citation Index; Current Chemical Reactions; Index Chemicus; Book Citation Index; and, Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers the highest impact journals, including Open Access journals and conference proceedings.
	Zoological Record (Web of Science) An index of zoological literature from international journals, review annuals, monographs, meeting proceedings, books, and reports. All major areas of zoology are represented: behaviour, ecology, evolution, habitat, nutrition, parasitology, reproduction, taxonomy, and zoogeography. The thesaurus provides a means of viewing subject, geographical, palaeontological, and taxonomical hierarchical vocabularies.

Zoology - additional resources

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	ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (Proquest) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects. The overall objective of ASFA is to disseminate information on aquatic sciences and fisheries to the world community, bearing in mind the special interests of developing countries in this field.
	BioOne Complete BioOne Complete provides access to more than 200 titles including open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
	Current Contents Connect (Web of Science) A multidisciplinary, current awareness database that provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, and abstracts from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals, as well as from relevant, evaluated websites.
	Invasive Species Compendium (CABI) Contains datasheets, maps, images, abstracts and full-text on invasive species of the world.
	Medline (Ovid) An indexing database that covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.
	NZ Science (Knowledge Basket) Indexed records of New Zealand science papers and reports from a variety of organisations including DSIR, Department of Conservation, NIWA, HortResearch and Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS).
	Science (Gale OneFile) Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines.
	SPRILIB: A Polar and Glaciological Bibliographic Database This database covers the literature of all subjects relating to the Arctic and Antarctic published in a wide range of languages. It also offers comprehensive coverage for all aspects of snow and ice throughout the world.