Molecular & Cellular Biology

Finding Journal Articles

Recommended Databases

Top Three MCB Databases to Start With:

MEDLINE - topics covered include clinical and experimental medicine; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine (virtually identical to PubMed).

Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS - topics focus on biology, including biochemistry, endocrinology, genetics, microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology.

Web of Science - topics include all science disciplines, includes cited reference searching

Other Databases to Try:

SciFinder Scholar - covers all aspects of chemistry, requires installation of search software.

ArticleFirst - topics covered include science, technology, medicine, social science, business, humanities and popular culture.

ingenta - covers almost all topics, includes an automated alerting service that delivers the tables-of-contents of journals via e-mail.

Dissertation Abstracts - includes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions.

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Online Resources (not including databases paid for by OSU)

Using an online bookmarking tool, del.icio.us, the Biosciences Librarian continually adds and updates biosciences links for staff and faculty at OSU. Simply visit her del.icio.us site and sort through the different subjects by using the tags in the left hand column. Or, use the truncated list below:

MCB Librarian

Librarian: Hannah Rempel
Email: hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu
Phone: 541-737-9902
AIM: VLibHannah
Office Location: Valley Library, 4th floor
Office Hours: by appointment

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Books:

OSU catalog find books, journals (not journal articles), videos, maps at OSU
Summit catalog find books at academic libraries throughout Oregon and Washington - usually arrive at OSU within 3-5 days

WorldCat find books at libraries throughout the country