Indexes and Databases


Woodward Library A-Z Databases

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AccessMedicine

Approximately 100 e-books, including a clinical library (Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and more), Lange Educational Library, and a USMLE self-assessment tool and 50+ clinical cases.

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Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy

PRIVACY NOTICE: UBC Library makes Acland's Visual Atlas available for you for your convenience. Your use of this resource is voluntary. Please be advised that the personal information you disclose when creating an account is stored on servers located outside of Canada. When you use this resource, no personal information about you is collected by or for UBC. Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide when using this resource. Please review Acland's Anatomy Privacy Policy on their website before using this resource if you have any concerns.

Series of anatomy lessons on video using unembalmed human specimens to illustrate anatomical structures.

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ACM Digital Library

Technology-related journals, magazines, newsletters and conference proceedings. Use for: Technology topics such as e-commerce, supply chain management, human computer interfaces, RFID, etc.

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ACP Journal Club

User limit: 50 maximum

Concise evaluative commentaries on original studies and reviews from key clinical journals. By the American College of Physicians (ACP).

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AgEcon Search

Free repository of working papers, conference papers and journal articles in applied economics, including agricultural, energy, environmental, resource, and consumer economics.

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Agri-Food Trade Service

Market information, trade counselling and export support activities, which will take the exporter from initial enquiry to foreign market.

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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center

Literature about agriculture-related communications in 170 countries.

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American Institute of Physics Online Conference Proceedings

Online access to American Institute of Physics conference proceedings beginning with volume 500.

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AnatomyTV

Interactive 3D anatomy tool

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ASABE Technical Library

Database of publications from the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers, including journal articles, conference proceedings, standards, monographs, lectures.

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ASCE Research Library

Provides bibliographic access to all ASCE publications and access to citations and abstracts for ASCE journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers published since 1970.

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ASFA - Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts is an internationally known bibliographic database for aquatic sciences and fisheries.

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ASM Handbooks Online

Provides online access to the complete ASM Handbook series including the multi-volume ASM Engineering Materials Handbook and ASM Metals Handbook.

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ASTIS: Arctic science and technology information system

Find articles, conference papers, government publications, reports, theses and books about all aspects of northern Canada and adjacent marine areas.

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ASTM Compass

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Includes a digital edition of nearly every ASTM International book and paper spanning 140+ industries and 100+ years including books, journals, Special Technical Publications (STPs) and standards.

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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Covers the subjects of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration.

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BCStats

Current reports and statistics from British Columbia's central statistical agency.

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BioCyc

BioCyc is a collection of 14560 Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs), plus software tools for exploring them.

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BioMed Central

BioMed Central publishes 290+ peer-reviewed open access journals. UBC Library pays for a Supporters Membership which entitles UBC authors to a 15% discount on the article-processing charge.

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Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive

Abstracts and full text of journal articles in the health sciences.

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BioOne

BioOne contains full-text articles from more than 170 peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by not-for-profit society and institutional publishers from around the world.

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Birds of the World

Comprehensive information (e.g. characteristics, distribution, migration, habitat, food habits, behaviour, sounds) for bird species around the world

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Books@OVID

Collection of full text e-books for medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Includes The ICU Book, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, and the Joanna Briggs Institute series on Synthesis Science in Healthcare.

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CABI Digital Library

Articles, ebooks, & data sheets on agriculture, animal health, crop protection, forestry, global health, human nutrition, horticulture, and natural resources management. Includes Cab Abstracts & Global Health databases.

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Canadian Encyclopedia

Canada's national encyclopedia covering all branches of knowledge. Includes more than 35,000 articles in English and French.

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CANSIM (CANadian Socioeconomic Information Management) Database (Statistics Canada)

CANSIM is a comprehensive database from Statistics Canada containing more than 52 million numeric time series covering a wide variety of social and economic indicators.

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CCOHS Web Information Service

Provides access to safety data sheets, Canadian legislation, selected CSA standards, and a range of other occupational health and safety information.

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CGIAR Virtual Library

CGIAR Virtual Library is a gateway to agricultural databases and the online libraries of all CGIAR centers.

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CHEMnetBASE

Searchable collection of chemistry handbooks including the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the Dictionary of Organic Compounds, and Polymers: A Property Database.

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Child Welfare Information Gateway

The Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Chromosomal Variation in Man (Online Database)

Collection of important citations of common and rare chromosomal alterations and abnormalities in humans from 1974 to the present.

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CINAHL (via EBSCOhost) - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

Key database for nursing and allied health. From 1982 and covering journal articles, book chapters, theses, instrumentation this database has excellent coverage for rehabilitation sciences and psychosocial medicine.

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Alumni Access? No
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Clarivate (Web of Science databases)

Access to these databases: Web of Science Core Collection, Journal Citation Reports, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Zoological Record, and KCI-Korean Journal Database.

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ClinicalKey

Additional features, including a presentation maker, the ability to download PDF versions of ebook chapters, customize patient handouts or save content in a personal profile, are available to users who create a free account.  Click 'Register' at the top right of the ClinicalKey landing page to create a free account.  

ClinicalKey provides access to FirstConsult, top journals, best-selling medical and surgical books, thousands of medical videos, millions of images, and much more content across 12 distinct content types.

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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)

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Citations to controlled trials identified by the contributors of the Cochrane Collaboration.

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)

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Full-text access to regularly updated systematic reviews by the Cochrane Collaboration. Includes completed systematic reviews and review protocols in development.

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Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR)

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Database of studies relevant to the methodology of systematic reviews in healthcare and social interventions.

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Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences

Colloquium provides access to short (50-120 pp) electronic books (referred to as "lectures") that synthesize an essential scientific topic in the biomedical/life sciences.

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Compendex Engineering Village

Compendex covers the core literature of engineering providing peer reviewed and indexed publications with over 35 million records from 87 countries. Every record is indexed using the Engineering Index Thesaurus.

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CPS (formerly RxTx)

Comprehensive drug information resource produced by the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Includes CPS Drug Information, Therapeutic Choices, Minor Ailments, and the Lexi-Interact drug interactions module.

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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

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Search by substance name, molecular formula or CAS registry number for data on inorganic and organic compounds.

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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)

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The collection of reviews of reviews provides critical assessments of systematic reviews. It was produced by the UK National Health Services' Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) between 1994 and March 2015.

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DynaMed

DynaMed is the next-generation clinical reference tool for fast, easy access to point-of-care decision support. A point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.

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EBM Reviews (Ovid)

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One-stop searching of 7 evidence-based medicine databases in the Cochrane Library.

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Elsevier ScienceDirect

Full text electronic journals covering the physical sciences, applied sciences, life sciences, social sciences, business & economics. Also includes reference works, book series, and handbooks.

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Embase (Ovid)

International (and European-focused) biomedical database with strengths in drug-related and rehabilitation sciences subjects.

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Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences

The Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences summarizes recent advances in forest science techniques and covers the basic information vital to understanding the important elements of forestry.

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Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering

Articles about optical engineering, including the areas of target detection, image restoration, fiber optic sources, holography, lens design, classification and coding, optical biopsy, and radiometry.

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Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science

Covers classic and modern studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications, and innovations in crop science.

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Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science provides over 360 up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in this multidisciplinary field of research.

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Energy Technology Data Exchange

ETDE's Energy Database is the largest collection of energy research and technology literature in the world.

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ERIC (EBSCO interface)

Most comprehensive education index, covering nearly 1000 journals, primarily American. Also indexes ERIC documents, including conferences, curricula, reports etc. ERIC (EBSCO) includes many links to full text.

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FAO : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

International portal to publications and statistics on food, agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada Library

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Library provides information, tools and services that support the management of Canada’s fisheries and the safety of our waterways.

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Food Science and Technology Abstracts - FSTA

Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) provides coverage of all aspects of food science, nutrition, food products, food processing, food safety, food spoilage, biotechnology, and pet foods.

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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine

Basic information & journal articles on consumer health, allied health, medicine, nursing.

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Geobase

Research literature with abstracts on human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics and development studies.

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GeoRef

Comprehensive database of international research literature on geology and the geosciences.

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GEOSCAN Geological Survey of Canada

The GEOSCAN database contains over 45,000 records of publications released by CCRS or Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) authors.

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GeoScienceWorld Journal and Ebook Collection including GeoRef

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) provides fulltext articles from more than 30 journals as well as the GeoScienceWorld Ebook Collection for 2021 and 2022 titles.

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GFIS : Global Forestry Information Service

Gateway to forest information resources from around the world. Locate maps, datasets, web resources, journal articles, books and other resources relevant to forest information needs.

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Global Environmental Justice Collection

Documentaries related to Asian, Indigenous and environmental studies, geography, film making, journalism, anthropology, conservation biology, forestry, soil sciences, religion, gender studies and the humanities.

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Global Plants

Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.

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Google Scholar

For a seamless experience, on the Library Homepage Login to OpenAthens.

On the Google Scholar page, Sign In if you have a GMail account.

After you sign in:

  1. Click on "Settings" and then "Library Links"
  2. Search for   UBC   then select and Save the UBC eLInk results

If you do not have a GMail account, just go to the Google Scholar menu, select "Settings" and follow through as above.

In your search results, click on UBC eLink to access licensed resources.

A simple way to search scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities.

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Government of Canada Publications

Canadian federal government publications collected and permanently archived by Publishing and Depository Services.

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GreenFILE

Approximately 300,000 articles on green issues, including green building, global warming, etc.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (OvidSP)

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Database of records providing comprehensive, accurate information about measurement tools and instruments used in health, sociology and psychology and produced by the Behavioral Measurement Database Services.

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Health Technology Assessment (OvidSP)

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Database of health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions).

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ICE Virtual Library

UBC Library subscribes to selected journals & eBooks from the Institution of Civil Engineers. Please ask your librarian about ways to access other content in the ICE Virtual Library which is not in UBC's subscription.

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IEEE Xplore Digital Library

IEEE Xplore provides fulltext access to more than 140 technical journals, over 1000 standards, and approximately 900 annual conference proceedings published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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IngentaConnect

A website that hosts scholarly books and journals from a range of different publishers

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IOP electronic journals & Journal archive

IOPscience is an online service for journal content published by IOP Publishing. IOPscience embraces innovative technologies to make it easier for researchers to access scientific, technical and medical content.

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iPortal : Indigenous Studies Portal

Note: Not all articles are Open Access. If you are asked to "Select your library or institution that may subscribe to an online version" select University of British Columbia from the dropdown menu. Only UBC Students, Staff & Faculty can access those articles (if we subscribe) from off campus.

The Indigenous Studies Portal (iPortal) has over 25,000 records describing electronic resources: books, articles, theses, documents, photos, archival resources, and maps relevant to Indigenous studies and communities.

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JAMA Network: American Medical Association

JAMA Network includes JAMA, other American Medical Association journals and archives.

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JAMAevidence

JAMAevidence provides guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care.

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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

To use JCR in conjunction with Web of Science, open WoS in a new tab as well now.

Determine impact factor and other metrics for more than 12,000 scholarly journals in all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. 1997-present; some older issues available in print or microfiche.

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Journals@OVID - LWW

E-journal collection covering medicine, nursing, rehabilitation sciences and dentistry.

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JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Research

UBC Library has access to JoVE Research:

  • JoVE Journal with 13 sections: Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, Neuroscience
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JoVE Research: Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing laboratory protocols in a video format. UBC has access to all 13 journal sections, and JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments.

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JSTOR Collection

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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Knovel Basic Academic

Knovel currently requiring users to log in/create an Elsevier account before access. eResources is investigating getting this removed.

Knovel contains dozens of handbooks in engineering and the physical sciences. Special features include data search, interactive tables, and case studies.

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) publishes new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching - quickly, informally, and at a high level.

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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

The main article index for Linguistics. Indexes journals, books, technical reports, papers, dissertations, and book reviews in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.

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LWW Health Library

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Selected collections include Pharmacy, Exercise Science, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Hearing, Medical Education, and Internal Medicine. See under More to find links to a specific specialty.

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MathSciNet

From results in MathSciNet, use "UBC eLink" rather than "Article" to get to the article.

MathSciNet is a searchable Web database providing access to over 55 years of of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to the present.

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MEDLINE (Ovid)

Premier biomedical database with over 36 million life sciences journal articles from ~6000 journals since1946. Content matches PubMed and operating system supports editable structured searching with links to full text.

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MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost)

Premier international index to biomedical research covering nearly 6000 journals and indexing over 26 million citations from 1946 to present.

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MedlinePlus (Consumer Health)

Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.

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Mental Measurements Yearbook (now includes Tests in Print)

Information and critical reviews (but not full text) of new and revised versions of more than 3,000 English-language standardized tests in education, personality, aptitude, neuropsychology, achievement and intelligence.

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Merck Index Online

Online version of The Merck Index: searchable database of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals.

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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

The online edition of the professional version of this medical textbook. Covers internal medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology, gynecology, rehabilitation and numerous other specialties.

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NASA Astrophysics Data System

NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service provides a powerful search engine for each of its four bibliographic databases: Astronomy and Astrophysics Instrumentation Physics and Geophysics ArXiv Preprints

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National Academies Press (NAP)

4000+ free ebooks on science, engineering, and health.

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Native Health Database

Indexes journal articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.

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NatMed Pro

Evidence-based, peer-reviewed syntheses of data on complementary and alternative therapies. Includes information on supplements, diets, exercise techniques, and more.

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NHS Economic Evaluation Database

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Identifies and describes economic evaluations, appraising quality and highlighting strengths and weaknesses. Produced by UK National Health Services' Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) 1995 - March 2015.

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O'Reilly for Higher Education

Individual O'Reilly books and videos cannot be found by searching our Library Catalogue (Voyager) and can only be found by searching our Discovery Layer (Summon).

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O’Reilly for Higher Education includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers, along with videos, case studies, learning paths and self-assessments.

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OAIster Institutional Repository Search Engine

A collection of previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.

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OMMBID: The Online Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease

Compendium of information on the molecular and metabolic underpinnings of a growing list of inherited diseases, as well as their pathophysiology and treatment.

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OnePetro

A multi-society library that provides a simple way to search for and access a broad range of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

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OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories

OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here.

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Organic Eprints

Organic Eprints is an international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.

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Oxford Reference Online

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Over 300 key Oxford University Press dictionaries and other reference works. Multi-disciplinary.

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PAIS Index

PAIS is an index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.

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PEN (Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition)

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Evidence-based information on nutrition and dietetics produced by the Dietitians of Canada.

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Perseus 4.0

Perseus has a particular focus upon the Greco-Roman world and upon classical Greek and Latin.

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PMN : Plant Management Network

PMN is a collection of electronic applied agricultural science resources, including peer-reviewed journals, a plant science database, field trials, test results & an image collection.

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Polling the Nations

Searchable full text of survey questions and responses covering a broad range of issues, from polling groups such as Gallup, Harris, Roper, and more than 700 other organizations

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Prokaryotes

The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria, 3rd edition. 7 volumes.

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.

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PsycArticles (Articles are included in PsycInfo)

From the American Psychological Association. Full text of more than 110 journals in general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. Coverage varies.

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PsychiatryOnline

Psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, featuring DSM-5 and The American Journal of Psychiatry.

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PsycInfo (Includes full text from PsycArticles) (via EBSCO)

From the American Psychological Association. Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines: journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, plus citations to dissertations.

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PubAg

PubAg is a portal to USDA-authored and other highly relevant agricultural research. It delivers over 40,000 full-text journal articles by USDA staff and citations to an additional 340,000 articles. Updated daily.

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Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Access to PLOS Open Access journals: PLOS One, PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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PubMed (1946 - present)

Note: Direct link to full text or UBC's Citation Linker using the "Download PDF" icon on PubMed. Alumni and non-UBC users will have limited access to full-text articles from off-campus.

My NCBI update - Sept 2021: My NCBI is in the process of transitioning from NCBI-managed credentials to federated/3rd party credentials, which can be linked to an existing My NCBI account (FAQ). UBC researchers are encouraged to use ORCID credentials to log in to My NCBI. ORCID enables transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. Other federated sign-in options include Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.

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Premier biomedical database with over 30 million journal article references. Freely available and includes MEDLINE.

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Reaching Teens - 2nd Edition

Produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), this multimedia resource explores and demonstrates communication strategies for diverse health care and educational settings.

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Read

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‘Read by QxMD’ provides a single place to discover new research, read outstanding topic reviews and search PubMed.

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Red Book Online

From the American Academy of Pediatrics, provides up-to-date, reliable, clinically useful findings on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of over 200 childhood infectious diseases.

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Sabin Americana, 1500-1926

Access is available to all residents within British Columbia via the "Points to the Past" Portal HERE.

A collection of pamphlets, tracts, memoirs, congressional legislation, correspondence, broadsides, biographies, histories, fiction and poetry, eulogies, sermons and other published material relating to the Americas.

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SAE Mobilus

Covers research about air, land, sea and space mobility as well as injury biomechanics, accident reconstruction and occupant protection and safety.

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SAGE Research Methods Online

A web-based research methods tool created to support researchers and students as they explore relevant content across the social and behavioral sciences, covering quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods

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SciFinder-n

First time user? Current UBC Students, Staff and Faculty must register here with their UBC email address in order to access.

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Access to Chemical Abstracts 1907-present. Use For: chemistry and chemical engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology, electrochemistry, metallurgy and materials science and pharmacology.

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Scopus

Comprehensive abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines including science, technology, medicine, social science, arts and humanities.

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SEARCH

USDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool to search AGRICOLA, PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC), together from a single place.

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SIAM

SIAM is devoted to fostering interactions between mathematics and other scientific and technological communities through membership activities, publication of journals and books, and conferences.

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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)

Multidisciplinary index. Can be used to determine where and how many times an article has been cited.

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Social Sciences in Forestry

Social Sciences in Forestry from the University of Minnesota Natural Resources Library indexes publications in the areas of legislation, policy and planning, management, economic development, investment and finance.

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SPIE Digital Library

Provides access to research on all topics of optics and photonics research published in SPIE journals and conference proceedings.

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SPIN Physics Database

SPIN indexes and abstracts major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals.

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SportDiscus

International database that covers all aspects of sport and fitness

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Springer Nature Experiments

Springer Nature Experiments brings together more than 50,000 protocols and methods from SpringerProtocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols and Protocol Exchange.

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Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science

Short lectures on such topics as Biomedical Engineering, Computer Architecture, Digital Circuits and Systems, Engineers, Technology and Society, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Solid State Materials and Devices and more.

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TAIR - The Arabidopsis Information Resource

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) is a database of genetic, genomic, and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

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Termium Plus

Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic database. French, English, Spanish dictionary.

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The Globe and Mail (archive)

Electronic full-page newspaper archive from June 1844 to 2017.

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thegreensearch.ca

thegreenpages.ca network has created a specialised search engine that searches recommended Canadian environment-related web sites.

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TRAIL - Technical Reports Archive and Image Library

TRAIL-Technical Report Archive and Image Library is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

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TreeSearch (US Forest Service)

Treesearch indexes publications from all Research Stations of the US Forest Service as well as papers written by the scientists but published in journals, conference proceedings, or books.

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TRID

The TRID Database contains almost half a million records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation.

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ULI Case Studies

Showcases innovative approaches and best practices in real estate and urban development. Includes photos, site plans, floor plans, project data, a report on the development process and more.

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VITIS-VEA Viticulture and Enology Abstracts

VITIS-VEA is an international English-language literature database in the field of viticulture and enology.

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Water and Agriculture Information Center

Provides access to information on water quality and agriculture.

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Web of Science Core Collection

To use Journals Citation Reports at the same time as WoS, open JCR in a new tab as well now.

Multidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.

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Wiley Online Library

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Wiley is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business with strengths in every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many of the world's leading societies.

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Zoological Record

Core database of articles and supplementary materials containing the world's zoological and animal science literature. Searchable on the Web of Science platform.

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