Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
An encyclopedia of the life sciences, with particular emphasis on cell and molecular biology and its relevance to medicine.
PubMed
Coverage: 1966-present.
PubMed is a free search service of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). It searches all MEDLINE citations, in addition to pre-Medline citations which do not yet have MeSH index terms, as well as citations supplied electronically by publishers. PubMed also provides access to the molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. User guide.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1984-present.
Citation databases that enable researchers to determine where and by whom a journal article or book has been cited since its original publication. More information.
Science Direct
Coverage: 1995-present.
ScienceDirect is an important source for scientific, social sciences, technical and medical information. Search the contents of 1,200 Elsevier Science journals, plus 100 journals from a host of prestigious societies and STM publishers. Includes access to the fulltext of 750+ Elsevier Science journals.
SciFinder
Coverage: 1907-present.
Desktop research tool designed especially for use by students and faculty to easily access the information in the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases. Hamilton login and password required. See using SciFinder Scholar at Hamilton.
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the button to request items through interlibrary loan.
Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The Writing Center also provides some information on departmental preferences.
The following resources can be especially helpful:
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including APA, MLA, and Chicago.
button to request items through interlibrary loan.
