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Electronic Resources: Basic & Applied Sciences

See also the A-Z list of all the Library's electronic resources.

• AGRICOLA - agricultural and life sciences information, via OvidSP
• AGRICOLA - free version from the USDA FREE
• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts - via OCLC FirstSearch
• BIOSIS Previews - biological sciences literature via ISI Web of Knowledge (1926-)
• CAB Abstracts - agricultural sciences literature via ISI Web of Knowledge (1910-)
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - searchable material safety databases including: MSDS, FTSS, CHEMINFO, HSELINE, OSHLINE with NIOSHTIC, RTECS, CHEMINDEX, INCHEM, WHMIS, & Fatality Reports
• Chemical Abstracts: SciFinder Scholar®
  
  • Web version: First-time users must register. Returning users - click here. Please note: Structure/reaction searching not yet available for Mac users.
  • Client version: Windows version available from the ITS Downloads page. For Mac OS X version, please email infodesk@med.cornell.edu with your contact information, CWID & OS version number.
• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols - cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging
• Current Protocols:
  
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cell Biology
  • Human Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Protein Science
  • Toxicology
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - over 3,000 articles, from Wiley
• Engineering Village 2 - applied science and engineering databases, including Compendex (1884-), INSPEC (1969-), and NTIS (1899-)
• Entrez - cross-database life sciences search engine FREE
• Faculty of 1000 Biology - literature awareness tool
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) - via ISI Web of Knowledge (1969-)
• Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection - audiovisual lectures by leading experts
• IEEE Xplore - full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards
• INSPEC - biomedical engineering & information technology abstracts
• Knovel Library - over 700 full text books in chemistry, life sciences, materials, and engineering
• Material Safety Data Sheets - WCMC's Office of Environmental Health and Safety
• MathSciNet: mathematical reviews on the web
• Methods in Enzymology - monograph series, 1955- present
• Methods in Molecular Biology - monograph series, 1984- present
• Methods in Molecular Medicine - monograph series, 1996- present
• Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
• OMIA - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals FREE
• OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man FREE
• Patent and Trademark Databases
  • Canadian Patent Database - Canadian Intellectual Property Office FREE
  • European Patents (esp@cenet) - Europe's network of patent databases FREE
  • MicroPatent - Full-text patents
  • U.S. Patents Search - via U.S. Patent & Trademark Office FREE
• Science Citation Index - 1900-present via ISI
• Science.gov - search across U.S. federal government science databases and websites FREE
• Science's STKE : Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - collection of cell signaling information
• SciFinder Scholar® - search Chemical Abstracts Service databases
  
  • Web version: First-time users must register. Returning users - click here. Please note: Structure/reaction searching not yet available for Mac users.
  • Client version: Windows version available from the ITS Downloads page. For Mac OS X version, please email infodesk@med.cornell.edu with your contact information, CWID & OS version number.
• Spectroscopy Now - news, features, conferences, and directories in spectroscopy FREE
• Springer Protocols (formerly: BioMed Protocols) - Methods in Molecular Biology/Medicine monograph series
• SpringerLink Books - thousands of scientific books
• TOXLINE - toxicology and chemical literature FREE
• TOXNET - toxicology and chemical resources including Hazardous Substances Data Bank FREE
• Twease - WCMC tool to search MEDLINE by relevance and other advanced methods FREE
• VIVO: Virtual Life Sciences Library - Cornell life sciences research FREE
• Web of Knowledge - search all 9 ISI databases: 3 Web of Science Citation Indexes, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Zoological Record & Web Citation Index
• Web of Science - Science (1900-), Social Sciences (1956-), Arts & Humanities (1975-) Citation Indexes via ISI Web of Knowledge
• Zoological Record - research in all major areas of zoology via ISI Web of Knowledge (1864-)