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Resources for specific courses are listed below on the left; a quick search of resources for this field of study can be done in the Cast-A-Net box on the right. Otherwise, select from the tabs above.

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Cast-A-Net Combined Search

simultaneously searches these databases

· Academic Search Premier
· Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
· BioMed Central
· BioOne
· Biosis Previews
· Bowdoin College Library Catalog
· Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
· Medline - PubMed
· ScienceDirect
· Web of Science
· Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
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Library Catalogs

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.

NExpress
A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley, Williams, Middlebury, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.

MaineCat
Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days

WorldCat
A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through our Interlibrary Loan service.

A quick search of resources for this field of study can be done in the Cast-A-Net box below on the right. Otherwise, select from the individual databases below on the left.

Core Databases

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstra... [about]
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Coverage Dates: Previous and Current Year Only -
Format: Online
Includes journals, dissertations, and government publications.

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BioOne [about]
BioOne
Coverage Dates: 2000 - Present
Format: Online
Includes journals relating to the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences

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Biosis Previews [about]
Biosis Previews
Coverage Dates: 1970 - Present
Format: Online
Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.

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General Science Index (1984- ) [about]
General Science Index (1984- )
Coverage Dates: 1984 - Present
Format: Online
Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Includes articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and letters to the editor.

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Medline - PubMed [about]
Medline - PubMed
Coverage Dates: 1966 - Present
Format: Online
Index to more than 4,600 journals covering all areas of clinical and experimental medicine, nursing, dentistry and health administration. Includes some full text.

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ScienceDirect [about]
ScienceDirect
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Format: Online
Full text access to scholarly journals in the sciences, technical, and medical fields.

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Web of Science [about]
Web of Science
Coverage Dates: 1990 - Present
Format: Online
Scholarly articles in the social sciences and sciences. Also used to do cited reference searching.

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Related Databases

Cast-A-Net Combined Search

simultaneously searches these databases

· Academic Search Premier
· Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
· BioMed Central
· BioOne
· Biosis Previews
· Bowdoin College Library Catalog
· Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
· Medline - PubMed
· ScienceDirect
· Web of Science
· Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
« Hide List