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Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Subject Guide

Top Article Databases
  • BIOSIS Citation Index (BCI)
    This is the BIOSIS Previews database with article citation counts added. Citations and abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences. Very interdisciplinary within biology, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, microbiology, ocean sciences, plant biology, and zoology. You can search BIOSIS, BIOSIS Citation Index, and Web of Science at the same time. Choose the All Databases tab.  
    Covers: 1926-present. Citation analysis from articles 2006-present.
  • Faculty of 1000
    Unique literature awareness tool. Highly selective and highly subjective database of the "best" articles in biology and medicine selected and reviewed by top researchers. You can search for specific articles or topics, or browse various Top 10 lists. Register for alerts to have articles of interest emailed to you. 
    Covers: 1990's - present
  • Google Scholar
    Large multidisciplinary search engine with results ranking and previews. Google Scholar indexes scholarly literature including journal articles. *Note:  free public access available at http://scholar.google.com/
  • PubMed
    For medical articles - this is the place to go. For the most up-to-date access to peer-reviewed articles on an incredible variety of biomedical topics, including medical research, genetics, bioinformatics, physiology, oncology, nursing and more. If you don't see the UC E-Links button in the Abstract display, you are not in the customized UC version!
    Covers articles written in mid-1960's - present.
  • Web of Science / Web of Knowledge
    Multidisciplinary index to scholarly and authoritative articles. Provides access to all three parts of the Citation Index: Arts and Humanities, Social Science and Science. Search by subject, author, journal title. Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article that you specify.
    Covers: 1900 - present.
Other Article Databases
  • SciFinder Scholar
    Database of articles and patents in chemistry and chemistry-related fields such as biochemical genetics. Also includes chemical information such as molecular formulas, structure diagrams, reactions, and experimental and predicted property data. UCSC students and researchers need to register for a password to use this database at the link above.
    Covers: 1907 to present; some from 1840 to present.

Library Contact

Scholarly Communications Officer
Librarian for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomolecular Engineering, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, and Physics

Phone: 831-502-7505
email: kfortney@ucsc.edu