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Find Science Books and Journals at JMU?(pdf)

Background Information

Access Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

The Cochrane Database

Food/Nutrition Databases

	PubMed  PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/. A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  [tutorial]
	Scopus Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature...
	CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health...
	Agricola Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of agriculture....
	CSA Nutrition Collection Indexes and abstract journal articles about nutrition...
	American Dietetic Association The American Dietetic Association is the nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being.
	American Society for Nutrition The American Society for Nutrition (3,500 members) is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science of nutrition.
	Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to agricultural products involving both plants and animals..

Biology Specific Databases

	BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts) Indexes and abstracts journals, patents, conference reports and books in the Life Sciences.
	CSA Illumina Provides journal indexing and article abstracts for the following science fields: biology, the environment...
	PubMed  PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/. A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  [tutorial]
	Web of Science Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences...
	SciFinder Scholar [tutorial] Indexes and abstracts periodical articles in chemistry...

Science Internet Searches

JMU Resources

Leo Library Catalog - Find Books and Videos available at James Madison University Libraries.

Periodical Locator - Find specific (known) journals articles at JMU.

Citing your Sources

• RefWorks - Manage your references or work cited pages by creating your personal database of citations.  Need to export from databases into RefWorks?
• CheckCite - Check your citation style for papers and speeches.

Contact the Science Librarian, D. Yvonne Jones.