Biology Library Blog

All,
Some of the databases you use most will have a new look in 2007. We now subscribe to BIOSIS, Zoological Record, and Medline, via the ISI Web of Knowledge, the same interface you use for Web of Science/Science Citation Index. This is a convenient new way to search the journal literature in the life sciences; it is now possible to search multiple databases using the new CrossSearch feature.

We no longer subscribe to these databases via SilverPlatter/WebSPIRS. The web addresses for Zoological Record, BIOSIS, and Medline have been changed on the Library’s Articles and Database Web Page.

Here are the new URLs:

Web of Science / Science Citation Index (1900-)
http://isiknowledge.com/wos

BIOSIS Previews / Biological Abstracts (1926-)
http://isiknowledge.com/biosis

Zoological Record (1864-)
http://isiknowledge.com/zoorec

Medline (Same data as PubMed, more advanced search features) (1950-)
http://isiknowledge.com/medline

CrossSearch (Allows you to search all of these and more simultaneously)
http://isiknowledge.com/xs

TUTORIALS If you are not familiar with the Web of Knowledge interface, browse their recorded training sessions at http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recordedtraining/

ASSOCIATED SITES
-Index to Organism Names (ION contains all the animal, plant, and virus names data found within the Thomson/ISI BIOSIS literature databases)
http://www.organismnames.com/

-Biology Browser (Web Search Engine)
http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Please contact me If you have any questions or need assistance.

Explore and Enjoy,

Steve

All,
The Web of Knowledge interface has been revamped and the old version is no longer available. Use the tutorials below to get used to the new interface as the new semester begins, all of these databases are affected by this change:

New Interface Tutorials:
General WOK: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/wok/
Web Of Science: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/wos/
BIOSIS:
http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/biosis/
Medline: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/medline/
Zoological Record: http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/zr/

Please let me know if you have any questions about this change.

Explore and Enjoy,

Steve

Humana’s BioMedProtocols.com has been absorbed by Springer Protocols. This new site features over 16,000 peer-reviewed protocols from Humana’s successful book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, as well as from a vast number of Laboratory Handbooks, such as The Biomethods Handbook, The Proteomics Handbook, and the Springer Laboratory Manuals, Springer Protocols offers researchers access easily reproducible, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in the lab. Watch this video for an overview.

The site enables users to:

• Upload their own protocols

• Add comments to protocols that can be helpful to other researchers

• Set up RSS or e-mail alerts for new protocols in a specific field

• Set up a personalized account and save searches, favorite protocols and bookmarks

The site also features video protocols from the Journal of Visualized Experiments, “an online research journal employing visualization to increase reproducibility and transparency in biological sciences”. Click the play button below to watch “Assay for Adhesion and Agar Invasion in S. cerevisiae” by Cemile G Guldal and James Broach.

Here are the new direct links to the book series you might be used to getting from the old BioMedProtocols site:

Explore and Enjoy,