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Greg Notess

Indexes
Internet
Catalog

Selected Indexes & Abstracts
for Finding Research Articles

Index	Dates	Content	Abstracts
Biological & Agricultural Index	1983-present	Popular and professional biological & agricultural journals; English-language; US and elsewhere	No
General Science Abstracts	1984-present	Index to popular and professional science journals; English-language; US and Great Britain	Yes
Medline (also on the Internet)	1966-present	Professional heProfessional health science and veterinary journals; international	Yes
Agricola	1970-present	National Agricultural Library holdings, including journals, chapters, books; international	Yes
Biosis (Biological Abstracts) 1991-present Ref CD-ROM Computer; 1927-1990 Ref QH301.B37	1927 -present	Life science journals in the fields of agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, & public health; international	Yes
Chemical Abstracts Ref QD1.A51	1907-1997	Chemistry & chemical engineering literature, including journals, proceedings, reports, dissertations, & patents; international	Yes
Crossfire: Beilstein/Gmelin	varies	Beilstein includes property information, reactions, and citations for organic chemicals. Gmelin includes similar information for inorganics.	A few
Science Citation Index Ref Index Table Ref Z7401.S365	1961-present	Citations in scientific journals and series chapters; international	No

All these indexes use subject headings (descriptors) with a controlled vocabulary. These can be single words or phrases. In a controlled vocabulary, the same word or term is always used for the same concept. For example, for "vitamin C," most indexes use the term "ascorbic acid" while for others might use "50-81-7" or "cevitamin acid." Each index uses a specific controlled vocabulary, so the terms may change from index to index. Within one index, all citations on a specific subject should be found under the one heading.

Last Updated on Feb. 17, 1998