FND111W: Nature of Oceans

Indexes and Abstracts

Library Catalog

Excellent starting point to find book and periodical resources found in the libraries. Try searching subjects like fisheries and fishes.

AGRICOLA

Over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Biological Abstracts

A comprehensive reference database covering life sciences journal literature. Covers 1926 to the present.

General Science Full Text

Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering all major scientific fields. Indexing from 1984 to present, abstracting from 1993 to present. Corresponding print title is General Science Index.

GEOBASE

More than 500,000 records covering international literature on geology, geography, and ecology. Covers 1980 to present.

Web of Science (ISI)

The Institute of Scientific Information's premier citation databases in the physical, life, and social sciences. Search for articles that cite a known author or work or by standard search queries. Covers 1965 to the present.

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Connections to full-text newspaper articles from US and international papers, news magazines, business publications, and legal resources. Coverage goes back at least 20 years for most titles.

NewsBank

Full-text access to major U.S. and international newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. Coverage varies, 5 to 20 years.

Full Text Sources

AccessScience

Full access to more than 7100 articles, 115,000 definitions, 2,000 biographies, and research advances in science and technology. Updated daily.

Annual Reviews

Search by "table of contents." Coverage from 1984 - 1995. Search abstracts only. Coverage from 1990 -1993. Search the full-text of current volumes (1996 - present).

BioOne

Searchable full text aggregation of more than 60 bioscience research journals. The titles are published by scholarly societies and have formerly been available in print. Access to individual journal titles can also be found on the Biology "by Subject" page.

JSTOR

A collection of full-text articles from over 1500 scholarly journals, many dating from the nineteenth-century to the last 4 or 5 years. Select Advanced Search to strategically search amongst 45 disciplines. Choose PDF from within JStor to properly view and print articles. For convenience, JStor can be added to Facebook.

WilsonSelect

Indexes and abstracts over 800 English-language periodicals in all subject areas, and provides the full-text of all the articles.

Government Sources

GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

An index for federal publications that provides direct links to those documents that are available online. Covers July 1976 to the present.

GPO Access

Links to current laws, bills, regulations, Supreme Court cases, and more US Government information.

USA.gov

Links to federal agency web sites.

Reference sources

Encyclopedia of Aquaculture

Sci Ref SH20.3 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 5 vols.

Sci Ref QH541.15 .B56 E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 6 vols.

Sci Ref GC9.15 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of the Biosphere, 11 vols.

Sci Ref QH343.4 .B5613 2000

Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Marine Sciences, 3 vols.

Sci Ref GC9 .I58 2002

Internet Resources

Regional Fisheries Management Councils

Mid Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
North Pacific
Western Pacific
Caribbean