Research Guides: Biochemistry &amp; Biophysics: Databases / Finding Articles

Databases / Finding Articles

Below are a few selected databases for biochemistry and biophysics. Additional databases can be found under the Databases button on the library homepage.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database with 90 million records from articles in 22,000 journals and 300,000 conferences.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature.
BIOSIS Citation Index, 1926-present This link opens in a new window
BIOSIS is a multidisciplinary database covering the life science literature. Coverage is 1926-present
SciFinderⁿ This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database for chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, and related subjects. It includes information on substances, reactions, and provides structure and substructure searching. Indexes journals, patents, conference proceedings, and some technical reports. Coverage 1800s-present.
Reaxys This link opens in a new window
Contains the Beilstein (organic) and Gmelin (inorganic) handbooks, which provides an extensive amount of physical property data and synthesis information. Also includes chemical patents. Can be searched by CAS, formula, structure, reaction, as well as by various other parameters.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
The NCBI website includes gene, nucleotide, and protein databases.

CABI Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Offers a combination of scholarly articles, book chapters, and proceedings in a wide variety of agriculture disciplines. Incorporates CAB Abstracts and Global Health. Includes research from international and U.S. sources.
AGRICOLA (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the collections of the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Includes citations to journal articles, books, technical reports, and other formats in the field of agriculture. Has a U.S. focus.
CAB Abstracts (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
A major resource for agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, animal health, and natural resources.

Google Scholar
This search engine is good for supplementing PubMed, Web of Science, SciFinder, etc., but should not replace those databases. The traditional databases have attributes and features that Google Scholar does not.