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Agriculture

Biotechnology

Energy

Nutrition

Agriculture

	Agricola Content covers all aspects of agriculture, including conservation, pollution, entomology, plants, and soils.[more info]
	Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts [more info]
	Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (Cancelled) Due to significant overlap with BIOSIS Previews, AGRICOLA, Web of Science, and Scopus, this database will be discontinued effective December, 2006. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (WilsonWeb) will continue to cover the full text formerly found in this database. [more info]
	CSA Illumina Content covers natural and applied sciences.[more info]
	Census of Agriculture [more info]
	Scopus Comprehensive science database, including cited reference searching, patents, web resources.[more info]

 

Biotechnology

	BioTech's Life Science Dictionary An in-process website dictionary created by the BioTech Resources Web Project based at the University of Texas. Has 8300 terms dealing primarily with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. It also includes some terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine.[more info]
	BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts) The interface to this product will be changing January 3, 2008. [more info]
	Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts [more info]
	Scopus Comprehensive science database, including cited reference searching, patents, web resources.[more info]
	CSA Illumina Content covers natural and applied sciences.[more info]

 

Energy

	EnergyFiles [more info]
	Environmental Engineering Abstracts [more info]
	Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management [more info]
	STAT-USA [more info]
	Science.gov Gateway to U.S. government scientific information.[more info]
	Scopus Comprehensive science database, including cited reference searching, patents, web resources.[more info]

 

Nutrition

	PubMed
	Cochrane Library
	Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Notice: Off-campus access to Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews is currently only available through the VPN Client.  We are working to restore off-campus access via the proxy server.
	Nutrition and Food Sciences
	CSA Nutrition Collection
	Agricola
	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.

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JMU Libraries provides access to hundreds of databases on many subjects.  See the entire list at Research Databases.   If you need more help, contact Meris Mandernach, the biology librarian .

 

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