Science electronic resources: Titles A-B

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Name	Brief Description	Format
ADS - The NASA Astrophysics Data System	A NASA funded abstracting resource covering astronomy, astrophysics, geophysics, etc. This resource is freely available on the Internet.
AGRICOLA	A bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. This resource is freely available on the Internet.
AGRIS 1975 to present	An international multi-lingual database covering all aspects of agriculture.
AMED 1985 to present	Covers journal articles on allied and alternative health. Subjects covered include: Acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis, chiropractic, osteopathy, rehabilitation, herbalism, holistic treatments, Chinese medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry.
ANALYTICAL ABSTRACTS 1980 to present	Contains references to articles dealing solely with analytical chemistry from 3000+ journals.
Aqualine 1960 to present	Water sciences and hydrology.
Biological Sciences	"Cluster" search facility, allowing combined access to the following sources: ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts; Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts; Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C); Animal Behavior Abstracts; Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B); BioEngineering Abstracts; CSA Neurosciences Abstracts; Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts; Chemoreception Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts; Genetics Abstracts; Health and Safety Science Abstracts; Human Genome Abstracts; Immunology Abstracts; Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A); Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts; Nucleic Acids Abstracts; Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Virology and AIDS Abstracts. CSA Biological Sciences Helpsheet (Word format, 1.75 MB).
Biology Browser	Provides access to resources such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology and the Zoological Record Thesaurus. Contains links to current biological science news stories, relevant web sites, forthcoming conferences and more. This resource is freely available on the Internet.
Biomedical and Life Sciences eBook collection - Springer	A collection of over 2,000 eBooks published between 2005 and date, covering a range of biomedical and life science subjects. Content includes monographs, reference works, encyclopedias and handbooks. For help with this resource: see staff at the Science Reference Enquiry desk.
BIOSIS Citation Index	Bibliographic database covering all areas of life science research. Includes journal citations and abstracts from Biological Abstracts with non-journal coverage (conference proceedings, book chapters, meeting reports etc.) from Biological Abstracts Reports, Reviews and Meetings. 1926-present.
Boston Spa Conferences	Contains details of over 325,000 published conference proceedings held by British Library Document Supply.
Boston Spa Serials	Contains records of over 475,000 serials collected by British Library Document Supply since 1960. The records consist of holdings of the following libraries: the British Library, the Science Museum Library (SML), Cambridge University Library (CUL). Where available, holding information is given.
British Nursing Index 1985 to date	Indexes the most popular English language nursing journals published primarily in the UK.
British Standards Online	Current, historic, and draft British Standards, technical handbooks, codes of practice, guidelines, specifications for products,& glossaries. Subject coverage includes science, technology & business service specifications. Updated daily. NB: This is a view-only subscription – printing is not permitted.