Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Subject Guide

Top Article Databases

  • 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, Zoological Record and Web of Science at the same time. Choose the All Databases tab.
    Covers: 1926 - present
    ISI
  • Unique literature awareness tool. Highly selective and highly subjective database of the "best" articles selected 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.
    1990's - present
  • Large multidisciplinary search engine with results ranking and previews. Google Scholar indexes scholarly literature including journal articles.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    ISI

Other Article Databases

  • Database of articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and news sources with full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.
    Coverage: 1990 - current
    Ebsco
    Academic Search Complete
  • Requires either a downloaded client or web client, to access the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, and CASREACT.
    Covers: Chemical Abstracts (1967- ); Registry (1957- ); CASREACT (1985- )
  • Large article database covering scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature.