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Life Sciences: Databases

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Henry Stewart Talk

Henry Stewart Talk is a leading provider of specially prepared animated, online lectures, seminar style talks and case studies in biomedical and life sciences

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WOS - journal citation reports

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Life science: Central databases

Biosis Previews
An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, books, and patents. The database covers pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.

Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database containing abstracts, citations and full text peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health sciences.

Web of Science 
Web of Science connects publications and researchers through citations in curated database spaning every discipline. Includs citation indexes, patent data, specialized subject indexes, and an index of research data sets, all in all totaling over 33,000 journals.

​Zoological Record
The world's leading taxonomic reference. With coverage back to 1864, this database has long acted as the world's unofficial register of animal names. The broad scope of coverage ranges from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences.