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Key databases for Biological Sciences  
BIOSIS Previews via ISI Web of Knowledge (1926 - present)
Contains citations to journal articles, international meetings, conference reports, books and patents in the biological sciences field. Updated weekly.
(previously known as Biological Abstracts)		 Terms & conditions
Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
An extensive science database with good coverage of biological sciences. Use for citation searches and analysis, and complex author, journal and subject searches. 		Terms & conditions

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Aquatic Science and Fisheries via CSA (1971 - present)
Covers all aspects of aquaculture including oceanography, biology, ecology, marine technology, and natural resources. 		Terms & Conditions
Zoological Record via ISI Web of Knowledge (1864 - present)
The oldest continuing database of animal biology. If you are looking for information on Australian native animals this is a good place to start. 		Terms & Conditions
CAB Abstracts via ISI Web of Knowledge (1973 - present)
Covers the life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine, and the environment. 		Terms & Conditions
More databases useful for Biological Sciences (A - Z)  
AHB : Australian Heritage Bibliography via Informit Online (1987 - present)
Includes articles from published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. Australian content 		Terms & Conditions
Biological Sciences via CSA (1982 - present)
Offers abstracts and citations for research in biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, and zoology. 		Terms & Conditions
BioOne via CSA
A full-text aggregation of high-impact journals which focus on biological, ecological and environmental sciences.		 Terms & Conditions
Current Contents Connect via ISI Web of Knowledge (1998 - present)
Find out the latest developments in the life sciences, agriculture, biological and environmental sciences. CCC mines leading scholarly journals to include preprints, funding information and research activities. 		Terms & Conditions

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Current Protocols via Wiley Interscience
Keep pace with the latest discoveries and developments in the following Protocols titles: Protocols in Cell Biology, Cytometry, Human Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Protein Science only. 		Terms & Conditions
Declared Plants of Australia
Contains information on over 300 species of declared plants and 600 weed species.
Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only. Australian content 		 
Flora of Australia online
Flora of Australia describes the plants of Australia, with identification keys, illustrations of genera and many species and distribution maps of all taxa. Australian content 		 
Google Scholar
The academic version of the famous search engine. Also useful for links to references which cite other academic articles. Using this link via the Library website means you can get the full-text of articles in journals to which the Library subscribes. 		 
GreenFILE via Ebsco
Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment.		 Terms & conditions
Medline via Web of Knowledge (1950 - present)
Contains citations to articles on topics such as clinical medicine, biomedicine, allied health, biological and physical sciences. 		Helpsheet (pdf)
Oceanic Abstracts via CSA (1981 - present)
Major areas of coverage include: Oceanography, Ecology, Marine geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Marine pollution, Nonliving marine resources and Marine biology 		Terms & Conditions
SciFinder Scholar
Online version of Chemical Abstracts from 1907 onwards and Medline 1966 onwards.
Information on downloading the software 		Help
Scopus
A large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. 		Terms & Conditions

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