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- Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Covering all aspects of the management of marine and freshwater environments.
- This database includes four subfiles: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ocean Technology Policy and Non-Living Resources; Aquatic Pollution & Environment Quality; and Oceanic Abstracts. It provides citations to worldwide literature on aquatic resources, limnology, ocean technology, and all aspects of the management of marine and freshwater environments.
- See also: zcas:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1981 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge Scientific
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=aquc-uga1
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- BIOSIS Previews (Thomson Reuters)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research. BIOSIS Previews also covers books and meetings.
- The BIOSIS Previews database corresponds to the print publications Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/ RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings). The mission of BIOSIS, a not-for-profit organization established in 1926, is to foster growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common good. The database covers nearly 6,000 journals, 1,500 international meetings, as well as review articles, books, book chapters and monographs in the life sciences including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environment, microbiology, pharmacology and public health.
- Coverage Dates: 1969 - present
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xbis-uga1
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- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles, books, maps, reports, and other literature on the geosciences.
- GeoRef and GeoRef In Process provide bibliographic citations to journal and conference literature in the geographical and geological sciences. GeoRef covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. GeoRef In Process contains records that are, literally, in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. The majority of the records originate from non-English language literature that was not necessarily published recently.
- Coverage Dates: 1693-current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=geoo-uga1
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- SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online database which combines the Chemical Abstracts, Medline, and the CAS Registry database. Create an account.
Note: To use SciFinder Scholar you must CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
- SciFinder Scholar combines the contents of databases produced by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and MEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine:
- The Chemical Abstracts database contains documents from journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical papers, and books going back to 1967 and covering all fields of chemistry, including physical, analytical, inorganic, applied, macromolecular, organic, and biochemistry.
- The MEDLINE database indexes biomedical literature back to 1958.
- The CAS Registry provides structure diagrams, names, molecular formulas, and more for specific substances, including organic compounds, biosequences, coordination compounds, polymers, alloys, and tabular inorganics.
- The CAS REACT database, indexing journals from 1985 and patents from 1991, provides reaction information from single- and multi-step reactions, displaying hit reactions, structures for reactants, reagents and products, all reaction participants (solvents and catalysts), and reference information.
- CHEMCATS and CHEMLIST provide chemical source and regulatory information from 1979 to the present.
Important: Available to UGA faculty, staff and students only. Commercial (research other than academic) and patentability searches are prohibited. See User Agreement / License for details.
Search TIP: For beginning and advanced tutorials, visit: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/index.html
Access: On and off campus. Five (5) concurrent users.
- The Chemical Abstracts database contains documents from journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical papers, and books going back to 1967 and covering all fields of chemistry, including physical, analytical, inorganic, applied, macromolecular, organic, and biochemistry.
- Coverage Dates: Chemical Abstracts (CA), 1967- ; Medline, 1958- ; CAS Registry, current; CASREACT, 1958- ; CHEMCATS, current; CHEMLIST, 1979-
- Updated: Ongoing
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsfs-uga1
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Related / Narrower Databases
- ACS Symposium Series (American Chemical Society)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.American Chemical Society Symposium Series titles from 2012 in full text.
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The American Chemical Society Symposium Series covers a broad range of topics including agricultural and food chemistry, cellulose and renewable materials, chemical education, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials, and many others. It contains peer-reviewed books developed from the ACS technical divisions' symposia.
Access: On campus and remote
Database provider: ACS
- Database Provider: ACS
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=acsi-uga1
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- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.An online resource that describes over 1,200 North American animals and plants that are identified as either endangered or threatened.
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America provides information on over 1,200 animals and plants that are identified as either endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Species accounts are arranged taxonomically and include information such as common and scientific names; status; the date of listing; physical description; habitat; food; reproduction; threats; and geographic range. Most entries are accompanied by one or more full-color images.
- Coverage Dates: 2005 ed.
- Updated: Ongoing
- Database Provider: Gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=beac-uga1
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- Biological Sciences (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to research on all aspects of biology.
- This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. The topically related databases are combined to eliminate duplicate records.
- See also: Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1982 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: Cambridge Scientific
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=bigc-uga1
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- BioOne (Bioscience Research Journals)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
- BioOne is the product of collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector and aggregates more than 40 full-text research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. BioOne was created in mid-1999 by five collaborating organizations: The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), The University of Kansas, The Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium, and Allen Press, Inc.
- Coverage Dates: Varies
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xbio-uga1
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- Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ScienceDirect)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.This encyclopedia is an authoritative reference containing in-depth introductory articles, illustrations, interactive cross-referenced links, and numerous suggested readings.
- The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior covers the topics of communication, learning, sexual selection, navigation, and the history of the field, as well as the emerging topics of animal cognition, animal welfare, conservation, and applications of animal behavior. Access: On campus and remote Database provider: Elsevier
- Coverage Dates: 2010
- Database Provider: sciencedirect
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=enov-uga1
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- Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management.
- Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide covers wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, including all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management. Taxonomic and geographic identifiers include broad regions and specific localities.
- Coverage Dates: 1935-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwwo-uga1
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- Zoological Record (Thomson Reuters)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to zoological literature with particular emphasis on systematic/taxonomic information.
- Zoological Record covers all aspects of zoology including behavior, biochemistry, disease, ecology, evolution, genetics, habitat, life cycle, physiology and more. The bibliographic citations come from over 6,000 journals, and selected dissertations and conference proceedings. Produced by BIOSIS.
- Coverage Dates: 1978/1979-present
- Updated: Quarterly
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xzoo-uga1
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Annual Reviews
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium-high for this database to function properly.Critical reviews of scholarly research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.
- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
The Biomedical Science Suite is further subdivided as Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Public Health.
The Physical Science Suite is further subdivided as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy and the Environment, Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Nuclear and Particle Science, and Physical Chemistry.
The Social Science Suite is further subdivided as Anthropology, Energy and Environment, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- present; Tables of Contents only: 1984-1995; Full Text: 1996- present
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xann-uga1
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- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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- ScienceDirect
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.
- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Books
- eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.eBooks, general topics, non-fiction, reference, consumer.
eBooks at EBSCOhost, formerly known as NetLibrary, provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is currently no checkout period for eBooks (at EBSCOhost).
Users can create a My EBSCOhost account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface.
GALILEO institutions purchased together the following collections:
- Shared Collection 1
- Shared Collection 2
- Shared Collection 9
- Database Provider: EBSCO Information and Learning
- Database Tutorial: Downloading eBooks on EBSCOhost
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- National Academies Press
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected titles online. Use the Discovery Engine for words in title or text. Asterisk (*) will truncate.
- URL: http://www.nap.edu/index.html
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- WorldCat
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Huge catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
The OCLC NetFirst database has been integrated into WorldCat. NetFirst bibliographic citations describe Internet-accessible resources, including World Wide Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, electronic journals, and newsletters. NetFirst is no longer available as a separate database.
WorldCat listings include netLibrary ebook records.
- Coverage Dates: Approx. 1000 A.D. to the present
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zowc
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- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
Conference Papers/Proceedings
- COS Conference Papers Index (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.For scientific and technical proceedings.
- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coec-uga1
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- BioTech Life Science Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search for terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, ecology, limnology, and toxicology. Also provides links to web sites and databases about species of plants, fish, mammals, reptiles, and crop pests.
- URL: http://life.nthu.edu.tw/~g864204/dict-search.html
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- Definition of Fisheries Technical Terms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A listing of some commonly used fisheries words.
- URL: http://www.wh.whoi.edu/techniques/tech_terms.html
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- FishBase
Online Access: On/Off Campus- FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science.
- URL: http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
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- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Definitions in alphabetical order for terms in the areas of energy, meteorology, geology, ecology, and hydrology. Provides tables, diagrams, and drawings.
- URL: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html
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- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (Wiley)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles, tables, figures, and cross-references to science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry.
- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry contains nearly 1000 major articles, 10,000 tables, 30,000 figures, and cross-references to science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry. Chemical substances ranging from raw materials and bulk products to fine and specialty chemicals are described in detail. Information on physical and chemical properties, production, applications, economic data, toxicology and occupational health is provided for each substance. Relevant patent information is supplied whenever available.
- Coverage Dates: current
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Wiley InterScience
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ullm-uga1
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Directories
- Marine Sciences Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then subdivided by geography.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/marine_menu.html
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- Oceanography Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then subdivided by geography.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/oceanography_menu.html
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- State Agencies
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A list of all the U.S. state government environmental agencies. The agencies are divided by state.
- URL: http://www.caprep.com/stagency.htm
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- State, Local, and Tribal Environmental (SLATE) Networks
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A listing of U.S. state, local, federal, and tribal environmental agencies. Links to legislation and other environmental information, too. This is a huge web site.
- URL: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/slate.htm
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Government Publications
- Digital Collection (National Wetlands Research Center Library)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The USGS Biological Resources Division digital collection of Species Profiles, Habitat Suitability Index Models, and Technical Reports (published by US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Biological Service, or USGS Biological Resources Division).
- URL: http://www.nwrc.gov/diglib.htm
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- FedStats A to Z
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A listing of federal government agencies' web pages. See the subject categories environment and natural resources.
- URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
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- Major Environmental Laws
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A list of the major U.S. environmental laws including oil pollution, occupational health, and endangered species. Laws available in full-text.
- URL: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm
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- National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The NODC holds physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data collected by U.S. Federal agencies, including the U.S. Navy; State, and local government agencies; universities and research institutions; and private industry. Includes information about ocean currents, plankton, salinity, sea level, temperature, and algal blooms.
- URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
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- NOAA Photo Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Photos of sea life including mammals, invertebrates and vertebrates.
- URL: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
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- Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Biogeographic accounts of nonindigenous aquatic species in the U.S. Provided are scientific reports, online/realtime queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information.
- URL: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
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- Online Water-Resources Reports (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Searchable database of selected online publications from USGS including: Bulletin, Circulars, Open-File Reports, Professional Papers, Water-Supply Papers, etc. If your choice is not online, please use GIL@UGA to get call number (J84:??) and location of print copy at the UGA Libraries.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/
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- Threatened and Endangered Wildlife and Plants
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Lists and information about all of the plants and animals (invertebrates and vertebrates)that are listed in the U.S. as either endangered or threatened. Can search by common name, species name, or by types of specie (lichen, clam, bird, or conifer).
- URL: http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#Species
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- Water Resources of the United States (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This U.S. Geologic Survey web site provides maps, tables, reports, fact sheets, and other information about water quality, water use, stream flow, ground water, hydrology, and watersheds.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/
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Guides/Handbooks
- eNatureGuides to North America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Field guides from the National Audubon Society include fishes, seashells, and seashore creatures. Photos and information about the species are provided.
- URL: http://www.eNature.com/
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories (designed to determine the relative risk of extinction). The main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction. The IUCN Red List also includes information on taxa that are categorized as Extinct or Extinct in the Wild; or taxa that cannot be evaluated because of insufficient information; and on Lower Risk taxa which are either close to meeting the threatened thresholds or that would be threatened were it not for an ongoing taxon-specific conservation programme.
- URL: http://www.redlist.org/
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- Journal Citation Reports (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Ranks journals by how often they have been cited. Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports.
- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
To help users best compare journals and discover which are the most significant to them, JCR Web provides these data fields:
- Impact factor: Provides a way to evaluate or compare a journal's relative importance to others in the same field.
- Immediacy index: Measures how quickly the average article in a journal is cited, or how often articles published in a journal are cited within the same year.
- Article counts: The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year.
- Cited half-life: Benchmarks the age of cited articles.
- Source data: Provides information on which journals published reviews versus original research articles and how many references each of these published.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by data element
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
- Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports. 3 simultaneous users allowed.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjcr-uga1
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
- Mammal Species of the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) is a database of mammalian taxonomy. Species recognized in this database are limited to existing or recently extinct species (possibly alive during the preceding 500 years); in instances where the persistence of a species is doubtful, the comment field so indicates. Scientific names applied to domesticated mammals, and to the natural ancestors of domesticated forms, are the earliest valid names as called for by the Code of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1985).
- URL: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
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- Occupational Outlook Handbook
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A nationally recognized source of career information, including training and education needed, job prospects, and average salaries.
- URL: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
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- Patty's Industrial Hygiene (Wiley)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Industrial chemistry and toxicology.
- Patty's Industrial Hygiene presents the most up to date information on the recognition and evaluation of chemical agents, physical agents and bio-hazards in the workplace as well as engineering control of exposure and personal protection. This is a companion volume to Patty's Toxicology.
- Coverage Dates: current
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Wiley InterScience
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=patt-uga1
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- Patty's Toxicology (Wiley)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Toxicological data for industrial compounds.
- Patty's Toxicology presents comprehensive toxicological data for industrial compounds from metals to synthetic polymers. Information for each compound includes CAS numbers, RTECS numbers, physical and chemical properties, threshold limit values (TLV's), permissible exposure limits (PEL's), maximum workplace concentrations (MAK), and biological tolerance values for occupational exposures (BAT). This is a companion volume to Patty's Industrial Hygiene.
- Coverage Dates: current
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Wiley InterScience
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=paty-uga1
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- Scientific Writing
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides several web pages about reading, understanding, and producing scientific papers. A good basic introduction to writing lab reports.
- URL: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/jcabbott/courses/bio208web/writing/index.html
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- U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network
Online Access: On/Off Campus- LTER supports research at 24 sites representing different ecosystems and research. Links to the web pages of each LTER site. Two sites are affiliated with the University of Georgia.
- URL: http://lternet.edu/
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- Women Oceanographers: Women Exploring the Oceans
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This site features the careers of women in oceanography. Each woman featured on the web site has followed a different path to her career and has gathered unique insights about her profession.
- URL: http://www.womenoceanographers.org
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- Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Formatting guidelines for lab reports, presentations, and other assignments. Also, links to style manuals.
- URL: http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/
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Images/Photographs
- Centre for Bioscience ImageBank
Online Access: On/Off Campus
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Freely available images contributed by researchers and academics with rights cleared for educational purposes.
- Users are able to search for images based on keywords or brose within a wide range of bioscience subject areas. Images are then downloadable along with informative descriptive text provided by the contributor. All images undergo a validation process by Centre for Bioscience staff with good subject knowledge. ImageBank also offers reviews of, and links to existing bioscience image databases.
- URL: http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/
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Organizations/Associations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- One of the world's largest general science organizations and the publisher of the journal Science.
- URL: http://www.aaas.org/
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- American Fisheries Society
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
- URL: http://www.fisheries.org/
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- American Geophysical Union
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Lists meetings, publications, member services and discussions of geological issues that impact society at large.
- URL: http://www.agu.org/
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- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Focuses on the scientific study of fishes, amphibians and reptiles, and publisher of the journal COPEIA.
- URL: http://www.asih.org
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- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Publisher of the journal Limnology & Oceanography. Links to careers and educational sites are good.
- URL: http://aslo.org/
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- American Society of Mammalogists
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The American Society of Mammalogists was established in 1919 for the purpose of promoting the study of mammals.
- URL: http://www.mammalsociety.org/
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- North American Benthological Society (NABS)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An international scientific organization whose purpose is to promote better understanding of the biotic communities of lake and stream bottoms and their role in aquatic ecosystems. NABS publishes the Journal of the North American Benthological Society.
- URL: http://www.benthos.org/
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Statistics
- Databases & Statistics (FAO Fisheries)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Statistics and information about fisheries and aquaculture production worldwide. Reports include socioeconomic and environmental issues too.
- URL: http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FISHERY/statist/statist.asp
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- ProQuest Statistical Insight ((formerly LexisNexis Statistical Insight))
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies.
- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
Search Tables Base Edition:
selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.Search Abstracts:
American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and intergovernmental sourcesCoverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
- Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2013- (Proquest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Compilation of social, political, and economic statistics of the United States.
- The Statistical Abstract of the United States Online compiles statistical tables from a wide array of federal, state, and local agencies; nonprofit and industry associations; and research organizations. Although the database began in 2013, some tables include historical statistics back as far as 1790. The source of the data is attached to each table, making the Statistical Abstract an excellent starting place for identifying more in-depth statistics. Many of the full statistical reports summarized in the Statistical Abstract are available in the ProQuest Statistical Insight database. The Statistical Abstract of the United States was published by the federal government between 1878-2012. These earlier editions are available on the Census Bureau website and in print in the Map & Government Information Library located within the Main Library.
- Coverage Dates: 2013-
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=prol-uga1
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- Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2012
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Database Provider: US Census Bureau
- URL: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
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Web Subject Guides
- Key Databases for Oceanography and Earth Sciences
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Useful for resources in oceanography, climatology and geosciences.
- URL: http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/guide/library.html
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides listing of resources in marine sciences.
- URL: http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/
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