Entrez Bioinformatics Databases and Tools : Articles
This library guide is designed by Lyra Eugenio-Thomson to assist in the use of bioinformatics databases and tools from Entrez, a retrieval system of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Article Databases
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Biological Abstracts1969-present (updated every 2 months); indexes 4,000 journals each year.
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CAB AbstractsLeading scholarly database covering agriculture, nutrition, and natural resources worldwide. QuickGuide
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PubMed1950-present (updated daily); indexes nearly 4,500 journals in medicine, life sciences, vet med, pharmacy; links to NCBI databases; use MESH for comprehensive searching. QuickGuide
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SciFinder Scholar (chemistry literature)1907-present (updated weekly)
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Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)1970-present (updated weekly); citation search feature allows you to find more recent articles that cite a particular article of interest.
Get Full Text
Click the 
button or Find It at UW Madison link in most databases to:
- access online full text (when available)
- see if the journal is available in print (Library Catalog)
- request a free pdf of the article if full text is not available online (Request a Copy/Library Express)
If you already have a citation, use this Citation Finder tool to search for your article.
Article & Book Delivery
Interlibrary Loan- free inter-library loan and document delivery service
- Request an article, book chapter, book, etc.
- Check request status, FAQ...
- Login to Interlibrary Loan