These databases provide keyword access to abstracts and/or full-text of journal articles covering the biological and physical sciences. These databases are IP specific and are available to NOAA/NOS/CCEHBR Oxford Laboratory research staff.

AGRICOLA: This is the online database created by the National Agricultural Library covering all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Coverage: Articles: 1979--

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Databases: Indexes journals, reports, and conference proceedings on the science and technology of marine, freshwater, and estuarine organisms and environments. Updated monthly. Coverage: 1971--

BioMed Central: Over 100 open access journals covering all areas of biology and medicine. Updated as published. Coverage: Varies

BioOne: BioOne is a collection of 83 Internet-based electronic Biology and Science research journals. All BioOne articles are full text, complete with illustrations and links from the original print source. BioOne is a collaboration between scientific societies, including scholarly societies, museums, universities, organizations, and the private sector. Updated as published. Coverage: Varies

Conference Papers Index: Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Updated bimonthly. Coverage: 1982-

Directory of Open Access Journals: This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. As of 2007 there are 2,727 journals included in the directory. Updated as published. Coverage: Varies.

EBSCOhost EJS: EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) is your gateway to thousands of e-journals containing millions of articles from hundreds of different publishers, all at one web site

Environmental Science & Pollution Management: A multidisciplinary database providing unparalleled and comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Updated monthly. Coverage: 1981-

HighWire Press: HighWire Press at Stanford University develops and maintains the Web versions of important journals in biomedicine and other disciplines.  As of June 27, 2007 Highwire offers 1,695,130 free full-text articles.  Updated as published, Coverage: Varies.

IngentaConnect:  IngentaConnect is a free service offering access to the research content of over 30,000publications via subscription, pay-per-view or document delivery.  It provides tables of contents for journal issues and keyword access to article titles.  Updated daily.  Coverage: varies.

ISI Web of Science-Science Citation Index Expanded: is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 5,900 major journals and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles. Coverage: 1984--

Medline: See PubMed/Medline and Medical Databases

Oceanic Abstracts: Indexes journals covering marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. Updated monthly. Coverage: 1981-

PubMed/Medline and Medical Databases: National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the pre clinical sciences.  Updated daily.  Coverage: 1966--

Scirus: Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier Science, the leading international publisher of scientific information