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Science Databases

Top Science Databases

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text of all Association for Computing Machinery's publications (books, journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters).
Biosis Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Searches life sciences and biomedical scholarly journals, conference proceedings, patents, and book chapters with specific vocabulary including taxonomic data.
CAB Abstracts (on Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
One of the largest bibliographic databases covering international research and development literature in the fields of Agriculture, Animal health, Forestry, Human health, Human nutrition, and Management and conservation of natural resources.
Compendex (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive engineering database which includes the ability to filter results by physical, chemical, electrical properties and more.
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
ENTER YOUR UFL EMAIL and then LOG IN WITH YOUR GATORLINK. Dimensions Analytics is a comprehensive scholarly database where you can search publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. Courtesy of UF Research.
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world.
Reaxys This link opens in a new window
A retrieval tool of chemistry information and data from published literature, including journals and patents. Includes chemical compounds, reactions, properties, related bibliographic data, substance data, as well as experimental procedures.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
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The world's largest database of chemistry literature. Search by text or structure drawing. Includes chemical data and patents. Users are required to make an account with their @ufl.edu email.
SciTech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Focused on natural science and technology this database provides full-text access to scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, proceedings, government publications and more.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal indexing and citation database with coverage back to 1900.

All Science Databases A-Z

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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
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Database of business and economic publications: scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings and market reports.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text of all Association for Computing Machinery's publications (books, journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters).
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index This link opens in a new window
Coverage in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, communications, solid state devices, and space sciences.
AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
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Access via ProQuest to Agricola, the USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) database encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes journal article citation database and the NAL catalog.
AGRICOLA (free version) This link opens in a new window
USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) database encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes journal article citation database and the NAL catalog.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government documents. Includes AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and Environmental Impact Statements.
AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) This link opens in a new window
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ multilingual citation index to books and book chapters, journal articles, datasets and more.
Altmetric Explorer This link opens in a new window
Search this database to discover the attention and influence of research including mentions in news, blogs, on Twitter; article pageviews, and downloads. Gatorlink login is required.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Database of Annual Reviews of the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Articles synthesize expert knowledge of a topic.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journals in STEM fields including artificial intelligence, computer science, informatics, engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms, including marine, freshwater and brackish water organisms.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of literature on oceanic policy and technology, including oceanography, geochemistry, geology, and the legal, economic, structural, and commercial aspects
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality This link opens in a new window
Database of research and policy on pollution, contamination and public health effects of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and estuaries.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Aquaculture Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of aquaculture and planned management of aquatic organisms. Includes improving aquatic yields of marine, freshwater and brackish water species.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Marine Biotechnology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research into marine biotechnology.
arXiv This link opens in a new window
E-prints platform serves fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering, systems science and economics.
ASABE Technical Library This link opens in a new window
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' full-text collection. Includes technical papers from meetings and conferences, peer-reviewed journal articles, and more
ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
American Society of Civil Engineers Library is a full-text database of civil engineering research and practical publications. Includes journals and practice periodicals, conference proceedings, standards, manuals and reports.
Ask IFAS This link opens in a new window
Ask IFAS, formerly known as EDIS, is the Electronic Data Information Source of UF/IFAS Extension. It is a comprehensive, single-source repository of research-based, timely information about agriculture, natural resources, family & consumer sciences and youth development.
ASM Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
American Society for Metals (ASM) guide to structure, properties, processing, performance, and evaluation of metals and nonmetallic engineering materials.
ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window
Instantly access any of ASTM’s 12,000+ standards. Users must be on UF's VPN to get access remotely.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Database covers essential biology and agricultural research journals. Includes environmental science, genetics, horticulture, physiology, wildlife management and veterinary science.
Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the ProQuest Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases. Includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government documents.
BioOne Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers scholarly journal articles in biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Biosis Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Searches life sciences and biomedical scholarly journals, conference proceedings, patents, and book chapters with specific vocabulary including taxonomic data.
Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive species information on birds, including details on appearance, taxonomy, habitat, diet, breeding, behavior, and more.
CAB Abstracts (on Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
One of the largest bibliographic databases covering international research and development literature in the fields of Agriculture, Animal health, Forestry, Human health, Human nutrition, and Management and conservation of natural resources.
CABI Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Search research on agriculture, environment, and applied life sciences. Includes citations for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports, and more.
CHEMnetBASE This link opens in a new window
Search for chemical compound data in several definitive chemistry reference texts, including the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the Combined Chemical Dictionary.
Citrus Greening This link opens in a new window
UF/IFAS curated bibliography of global research publications about Huanglongbing (HLB), citrus greening disease. Coverage: 1927-2018.
Compendex (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive engineering database which includes the ability to filter results by physical, chemical, electrical properties and more.
Computing Research Repository This link opens in a new window
The Computing Research Repository subgroup of arXiv ("archive") contains user-submitted preprints, articles, and technical reports related to computer science.
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
ENTER YOUR UFL EMAIL and then LOG IN WITH YOUR GATORLINK. Dimensions Analytics is a comprehensive scholarly database where you can search publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. Courtesy of UF Research.
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, including some full-text.
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Florida This link opens in a new window
Search doctoral dissertations and masters' theses written by UF students. You can also look for UF dissertations and theses in the UF Libraries catalog.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Database of the American Economics Association with references relating to all areas of economics.
Engineering Collection This link opens in a new window
Database of full-text engineering journal articles ranging from 1966 to the present.
Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Engineering Village is a search and discovery platform encompassing both the Inspec and Compendex databases.
Entomology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship in entomology, including studies of insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
From the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, government documents, dissertations, reports, books and more.
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) This link opens in a new window
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool that helps identify top-performing research using journals from the Web of Science Core Collection to rank authors, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 broad fields based on publication and citation performance.
F1000 Research This link opens in a new window
F1000Research is an Open Research publishing platform. All articles go through a transparent peer review process. Articles that pass peer review are indexed in other databases.
FAOSTAT Statistics Database This link opens in a new window
FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all Food & Agriculture Organization regional groupings.
Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Combination of databases on all facets of ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic biology. Includes research on aquaculture species ranging from culture and propagation to genetics, behavior, ecology and habitat.
Florida Environments Online (FEOL) (PALMM) This link opens in a new window
Florida Environments Online contains both digital full text materials and research bibliographies about the ecology and environment of Florida.
FORMIS Ant Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Contains citations for the world's ant literature many with absracts. Link to searchable database for 2000-2012. Data up though 2018 available as a download.
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) This link opens in a new window
Searchable database from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world.
Gideon This link opens in a new window
Courtesy of UF Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Science. Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) is a comprehensive database of historical and current infectious disease outbreaks.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
Specialized database dedicated to public health. Contains journal articles, reports, books, conferences proceedings, and theses.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Grow: Plant Health Exchange This link opens in a new window
Formerly Plant Management Network. A free, online resource of timely, science-based information on plant health from American Phytopathological Society.
Herbarium Collections This link opens in a new window
This site links to the various collections in the UF Herbarium, including the Herbarium Library Catalog.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Focuses on scientific discovery in society and culture, and the historiography of scientific disciplines. Includes journal articles, proceedings, books, dissertations, maps and more.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to technical literature in engineering and technology.
Index to Organism Names This link opens in a new window
Extensive database of scientific names of taxa at all ranks in the field of zoology.
INSPEC (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
An Institute of Engineering and Technology index of journals and proceedings in physics, electrical/electronic engineering, computing, control engineering, and information technology.
International Nuclear Information System (INIS) This link opens in a new window
Nuclear engineering and technology, safety, and applications both citations and full-text, including reports, conference proceedings, patents and theses.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
An annual publication by Clarivate Analytics which provides the Impact Factor and other analytical data on science, social science, and arts & humanities journals
JSTOR Global Plants This link opens in a new window
World’s largest database of high resolution digitized plant specimens.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology This link opens in a new window
Articles on chemical substances, their properties, manufacturing, and uses. Focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering.
Knovel Library This link opens in a new window
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An online library of technical books and data tables. Includes physical, electrical, chemical, and mechanical property information.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni provides full-text access to news, business, and legal sources. Includes newspapers, wire services, broadcasts, and international news. Formerly known as LexisNexis Academic.
Lyell Collection This link opens in a new window
Earth science literature database, includes journals of the Geological Society of London, with full text content.
Materials Science Database This link opens in a new window
Broad engineering database, includes full text articles on aerospace, automotive, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, materials, and nuclear engineering topics.
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database created by the American Mathematical Society. Contains the contents of the journal Mathematical Reviews since 1940.
MEDLINE (PubMed) This link opens in a new window
Biomedical database from U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed comprises citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books, some links to full text content.
NASA Astrophysics Data System Journals This link opens in a new window
Operated by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, abstracts and full-text in astronomy and astrophysics, and physics, including all arXiv e-prints.
NASA Technical Reports Server This link opens in a new window
Technical publications from NASA centers and institutes.
National Science Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Online educational resources for STEM teaching and learning, primarily open educational resources (OER).
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) This link opens in a new window
Searches all National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases.
--formerly branded as Entrez--
NIST Chemistry WebBook This link opens in a new window
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database for chemical compounds. Search by chemical name, formula, IUPAC identifier, or CAS number.
Oceanic Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Marine and brackish water environment resources, covering marine biology, physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, and environmental policy.
OSTI: Office of Scientific and Technical Information This link opens in a new window
Search tool for US Department of Energy research. Includes government reports, journal articles, preprints, software, conference proceedings, patents, multimedia, and more.
PALMM (Publication of Archival & Library Museum Materials) This link opens in a new window
Cooperative initiative of the public universities and colleges of Florida. Provides digital access to source materials for research and scholarship.
Patent Public Search This link opens in a new window
Database by the US Patent Office for searching U.S. patents and applications.
Plant Science This link opens in a new window
Plant Science is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
A highly specialized collection of education journals including educational reports.
PsycINFO (on EBSCOHost online platform) 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Journal coverage spans from the 1800s to the present.
PubAg This link opens in a new window
The National Agricultural Library's portal to full-text publications by USDA scientists and other agricultural research.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Biomedical database from U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed comprises citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books, some links to full text content.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Reaxys This link opens in a new window
A retrieval tool of chemistry information and data from published literature, including journals and patents. Includes chemical compounds, reactions, properties, related bibliographic data, substance data, as well as experimental procedures.
Reclaiming the Everglades (RTE) (PALMM) This link opens in a new window
Digital library of primary source materials relating to south Florida environmental history which spans the years 1884 to 1934. Topics include Everglades National Park, Native American land rights, agriculture, urban development, endangered species, invasive plants, and the role of women in the modern conservation movement.
Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
Reference Universe contains millions of index terms to specialized subject encyclopedias, compendia, and scholarly handbooks that are owned by the UF Libraries.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of Florida (PLAMM) This link opens in a new window
A collection of more than 300 bibliographic units in more than 3,000 map sheets. Shows the size, shape and construction of buildings, dwellings, and other structures such as bridges, docks and barns.
Science Direct This link opens in a new window
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The publisher Elsevier’s multidisciplinary platform for ebooks and peer-reviewed journals.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
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The world's largest database of chemistry literature. Search by text or structure drawing. Includes chemical data and patents. Users are required to make an account with their @ufl.edu email.
SciTech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Focused on natural science and technology this database provides full-text access to scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, proceedings, government publications and more.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
Sea Turtle Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Curated bibliography of sea turtle research. Coverage: 1966-2015.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines with abstracting and indexing of articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and more.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text journal articles in sports & sports medicine.
Sustainability Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarly literature on sustainable development, human population and demography topics, and conservation and management of natural resources.
TAIR : The Arabidopsis Information Resource This link opens in a new window
TAIR is a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana including the complete genome sequence.
Toxicology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship on toxicology of a wide range of substances, including agricultural, food, household products, metals, pharmaceuticals and more.
TOXLINE (on ProQuest platform) This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.
TRID (Transport Research International Documentation) This link opens in a new window
A transportation research database that combines the records from Transportation Research Information Services and OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation.
Turfgrass Information File This link opens in a new window
The TGIF database includes a wide variety of publications on topics such as transitional overseeding, cricket wicket preparation, kikuyu grass invasion, gray snow mold control, and sod production in Florida.
UFDC: University of Florida Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
UFDC hosts rare books, manuscripts, maps, children's literature, newspapers, theses and dissertations, data sets, photographs, oral histories, and more.
UF Electronic Theses & Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Informational page describing where and how to find UF theses and dissertations.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb details information on periodicals (also called serials) of all types including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
Water Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
subset of Environmental Science Index - scholarship and technical information on water-related topics, including journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal indexing and citation database with coverage back to 1900.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Indexes literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians with topics such as habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, and taxonomy.
WorldCat (WorldCat Discovery) This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library catalogs.
Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
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The world’s leading taxonomic literature database of animal biology.

Agricultural Science Databases

AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
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Access via ProQuest to Agricola, the USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) database encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes journal article citation database and the NAL catalog.
AGRICOLA (free version) This link opens in a new window
USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) database encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes journal article citation database and the NAL catalog.
AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) This link opens in a new window
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ multilingual citation index to books and book chapters, journal articles, datasets and more.
Ask IFAS This link opens in a new window
Ask IFAS, formerly known as EDIS, is the Electronic Data Information Source of UF/IFAS Extension. It is a comprehensive, single-source repository of research-based, timely information about agriculture, natural resources, family & consumer sciences and youth development.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Database covers essential biology and agricultural research journals. Includes environmental science, genetics, horticulture, physiology, wildlife management and veterinary science.
CAB Abstracts (on Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
One of the largest bibliographic databases covering international research and development literature in the fields of Agriculture, Animal health, Forestry, Human health, Human nutrition, and Management and conservation of natural resources.
Citrus Greening This link opens in a new window
UF/IFAS curated bibliography of global research publications about Huanglongbing (HLB), citrus greening disease. Coverage: 1927-2018.
FAOSTAT Statistics Database This link opens in a new window
FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all Food & Agriculture Organization regional groupings.
Grow: Plant Health Exchange This link opens in a new window
Formerly Plant Management Network. A free, online resource of timely, science-based information on plant health from American Phytopathological Society.
Plant Science This link opens in a new window
Plant Science is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science.
PubAg This link opens in a new window
The National Agricultural Library's portal to full-text publications by USDA scientists and other agricultural research.
Turfgrass Information File This link opens in a new window
The TGIF database includes a wide variety of publications on topics such as transitional overseeding, cricket wicket preparation, kikuyu grass invasion, gray snow mold control, and sod production in Florida.

Biological Science Databases

Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms, including marine, freshwater and brackish water organisms.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Aquaculture Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of aquaculture and planned management of aquatic organisms. Includes improving aquatic yields of marine, freshwater and brackish water species.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Marine Biotechnology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research into marine biotechnology.
Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the ProQuest Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases. Includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government documents.
BioOne Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers scholarly journal articles in biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Biosis Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Searches life sciences and biomedical scholarly journals, conference proceedings, patents, and book chapters with specific vocabulary including taxonomic data.
Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive species information on birds, including details on appearance, taxonomy, habitat, diet, breeding, behavior, and more.
CAB Abstracts (on Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
One of the largest bibliographic databases covering international research and development literature in the fields of Agriculture, Animal health, Forestry, Human health, Human nutrition, and Management and conservation of natural resources.
CABI Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Search research on agriculture, environment, and applied life sciences. Includes citations for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports, and more.
Entomology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship in entomology, including studies of insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods.
Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Combination of databases on all facets of ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic biology. Includes research on aquaculture species ranging from culture and propagation to genetics, behavior, ecology and habitat.
Florida Environments Online (FEOL) (PALMM) This link opens in a new window
Florida Environments Online contains both digital full text materials and research bibliographies about the ecology and environment of Florida.
FORMIS Ant Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Contains citations for the world's ant literature many with absracts. Link to searchable database for 2000-2012. Data up though 2018 available as a download.
Herbarium Collections This link opens in a new window
This site links to the various collections in the UF Herbarium, including the Herbarium Library Catalog.
Index to Organism Names This link opens in a new window
Extensive database of scientific names of taxa at all ranks in the field of zoology.
JSTOR Global Plants This link opens in a new window
World’s largest database of high resolution digitized plant specimens.
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) This link opens in a new window
Searches all National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases.
--formerly branded as Entrez--
Oceanic Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Marine and brackish water environment resources, covering marine biology, physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, and environmental policy.
Sea Turtle Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Curated bibliography of sea turtle research. Coverage: 1966-2015.
TAIR : The Arabidopsis Information Resource This link opens in a new window
TAIR is a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana including the complete genome sequence.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Indexes literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians with topics such as habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, and taxonomy.
Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
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The world’s leading taxonomic literature database of animal biology.

Chemical Science Databases

CHEMnetBASE This link opens in a new window
Search for chemical compound data in several definitive chemistry reference texts, including the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the Combined Chemical Dictionary.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology This link opens in a new window
Articles on chemical substances, their properties, manufacturing, and uses. Focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering.
NIST Chemistry WebBook This link opens in a new window
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database for chemical compounds. Search by chemical name, formula, IUPAC identifier, or CAS number.
Pubchem This link opens in a new window
Managed by the National Library of Medicine, PubChem is an open access database of chemical data. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers.
Reaxys This link opens in a new window
A retrieval tool of chemistry information and data from published literature, including journals and patents. Includes chemical compounds, reactions, properties, related bibliographic data, substance data, as well as experimental procedures.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
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The world's largest database of chemistry literature. Search by text or structure drawing. Includes chemical data and patents. Users are required to make an account with their @ufl.edu email.

Computer Science Databases

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text of all Association for Computing Machinery's publications (books, journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters).
Computing Research Repository This link opens in a new window
The Computing Research Repository subgroup of arXiv ("archive") contains user-submitted preprints, articles, and technical reports related to computer science.

Engineering Databases

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index This link opens in a new window
Coverage in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, communications, solid state devices, and space sciences.
ASABE Technical Library This link opens in a new window
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' full-text collection. Includes technical papers from meetings and conferences, peer-reviewed journal articles, and more
ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
American Society of Civil Engineers Library is a full-text database of civil engineering research and practical publications. Includes journals and practice periodicals, conference proceedings, standards, manuals and reports.
ASM Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
American Society for Metals (ASM) guide to structure, properties, processing, performance, and evaluation of metals and nonmetallic engineering materials.
ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window
Instantly access any of ASTM’s 12,000+ standards. Users must be on UF's VPN to get access remotely.
Compendex (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive engineering database which includes the ability to filter results by physical, chemical, electrical properties and more.
Engineering Collection This link opens in a new window
Database of full-text engineering journal articles ranging from 1966 to the present.
Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Engineering Village is a search and discovery platform encompassing both the Inspec and Compendex databases.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to technical literature in engineering and technology.
INSPEC (in Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
An Institute of Engineering and Technology index of journals and proceedings in physics, electrical/electronic engineering, computing, control engineering, and information technology.
International Nuclear Information System (INIS) This link opens in a new window
Nuclear engineering and technology, safety, and applications both citations and full-text, including reports, conference proceedings, patents and theses.
Materials Science Database This link opens in a new window
Broad engineering database, includes full text articles on aerospace, automotive, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, materials, and nuclear engineering topics.
Patent Public Search This link opens in a new window
Database by the US Patent Office for searching U.S. patents and applications.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of Florida (PLAMM) This link opens in a new window
A collection of more than 300 bibliographic units in more than 3,000 map sheets. Shows the size, shape and construction of buildings, dwellings, and other structures such as bridges, docks and barns.
TRID (Transport Research International Documentation) This link opens in a new window
A transportation research database that combines the records from Transportation Research Information Services and OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation.

Environmental Science Databases

AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
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Access via ProQuest to Agricola, the USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) database encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes journal article citation database and the NAL catalog.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government documents. Includes AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and Environmental Impact Statements.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms, including marine, freshwater and brackish water organisms.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of literature on oceanic policy and technology, including oceanography, geochemistry, geology, and the legal, economic, structural, and commercial aspects
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality This link opens in a new window
Database of research and policy on pollution, contamination and public health effects of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and estuaries.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Aquaculture Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of aquaculture and planned management of aquatic organisms. Includes improving aquatic yields of marine, freshwater and brackish water species.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Marine Biotechnology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Database of basic and applied research into marine biotechnology.
Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the ProQuest Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases. Includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government documents.
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world.
Lyell Collection This link opens in a new window
Earth science literature database, includes journals of the Geological Society of London, with full text content.
Oceanic Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Marine and brackish water environment resources, covering marine biology, physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, and environmental policy.
Water Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
subset of Environmental Science Index - scholarship and technical information on water-related topics, including journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports.

General Science Databases

History of Science, Technology and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Focuses on scientific discovery in society and culture, and the historiography of scientific disciplines. Includes journal articles, proceedings, books, dissertations, maps and more.
National Science Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Online educational resources for STEM teaching and learning, primarily open educational resources (OER).
OSTI: Office of Scientific and Technical Information This link opens in a new window
Search tool for US Department of Energy research. Includes government reports, journal articles, preprints, software, conference proceedings, patents, multimedia, and more.
Reclaiming the Everglades (RTE) (PALMM) This link opens in a new window
Digital library of primary source materials relating to south Florida environmental history which spans the years 1884 to 1934. Topics include Everglades National Park, Native American land rights, agriculture, urban development, endangered species, invasive plants, and the role of women in the modern conservation movement.
SciTech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Focused on natural science and technology this database provides full-text access to scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, proceedings, government publications and more.
Sustainability Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarly literature on sustainable development, human population and demography topics, and conservation and management of natural resources.
Toxicology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship on toxicology of a wide range of substances, including agricultural, food, household products, metals, pharmaceuticals and more.
TOXLINE (on ProQuest platform) This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarship in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.
Water Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
subset of Environmental Science Index - scholarship and technical information on water-related topics, including journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports.

Health Science Databases

Gideon This link opens in a new window
Courtesy of UF Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Science. Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) is a comprehensive database of historical and current infectious disease outbreaks.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
Specialized database dedicated to public health. Contains journal articles, reports, books, conferences proceedings, and theses.
MEDLINE (PubMed) This link opens in a new window
Biomedical database from U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed comprises citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books, some links to full text content.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text journal articles in sports & sports medicine.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government documents. Includes AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and Environmental Impact Statements.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Database of Annual Reviews of the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Articles synthesize expert knowledge of a topic.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journals in STEM fields including artificial intelligence, computer science, informatics, engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources This link opens in a new window
Database of literature on oceanic policy and technology, including oceanography, geochemistry, geology, and the legal, economic, structural, and commercial aspects
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality This link opens in a new window
Database of research and policy on pollution, contamination and public health effects of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and estuaries.
arXiv This link opens in a new window
E-prints platform serves fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering, systems science and economics.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Database covers essential biology and agricultural research journals. Includes environmental science, genetics, horticulture, physiology, wildlife management and veterinary science.
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
ENTER YOUR UFL EMAIL and then LOG IN WITH YOUR GATORLINK. Dimensions Analytics is a comprehensive scholarly database where you can search publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. Courtesy of UF Research.
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Florida This link opens in a new window
Search doctoral dissertations and masters' theses written by UF students. You can also look for UF dissertations and theses in the UF Libraries catalog.
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, including some full-text.
Dissertations and Theses (WorldCat Discovery) This link opens in a new window
Worldwide search for doctoral dissertations and masters' theses.
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) This link opens in a new window
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool that helps identify top-performing research using journals from the Web of Science Core Collection to rank authors, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 broad fields based on publication and citation performance.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
An annual publication by Clarivate Analytics which provides the Impact Factor and other analytical data on science, social science, and arts & humanities journals
Knovel Library This link opens in a new window
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An online library of technical books and data tables. Includes physical, electrical, chemical, and mechanical property information.
PALMM (Publication of Archival & Library Museum Materials) This link opens in a new window
Cooperative initiative of the public universities and colleges of Florida. Provides digital access to source materials for research and scholarship.
Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
Reference Universe contains millions of index terms to specialized subject encyclopedias, compendia, and scholarly handbooks that are owned by the UF Libraries.
Science Direct This link opens in a new window
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The publisher Elsevier’s multidisciplinary platform for ebooks and peer-reviewed journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
UF Electronic Theses & Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Informational page describing where and how to find UF theses and dissertations.
UFDC: University of Florida Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
UFDC hosts rare books, manuscripts, maps, children's literature, newspapers, theses and dissertations, data sets, photographs, oral histories, and more.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb details information on periodicals (also called serials) of all types including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary journal indexing and citation database with coverage back to 1900.
WorldCat (WorldCat Discovery) This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library catalogs.

Physical Science and Math Databases

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) This link opens in a new window
Searchable database from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world.
Lyell Collection This link opens in a new window
Earth science literature database, includes journals of the Geological Society of London, with full text content.
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database created by the American Mathematical Society. Contains the contents of the journal Mathematical Reviews since 1940.
NASA Astrophysics Data System Journals This link opens in a new window
Operated by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, abstracts and full-text in astronomy and astrophysics, and physics, including all arXiv e-prints.
NASA Technical Reports Server This link opens in a new window
Technical publications from NASA centers and institutes.

Social Science Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
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Database of business and economic publications: scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings and market reports.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Database of the American Economics Association with references relating to all areas of economics.
ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
From the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, government documents, dissertations, reports, books and more.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni provides full-text access to news, business, and legal sources. Includes newspapers, wire services, broadcasts, and international news. Formerly known as LexisNexis Academic.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
A highly specialized collection of education journals including educational reports.
PsycINFO (on EBSCOHost online platform) 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Journal coverage spans from the 1800s to the present.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines with abstracting and indexing of articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and more.