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Sciences and social sciences journal articles.
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US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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SCOPUS offers coverage from 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from over 4,000 international publishers including 531 Open Access journals. in addition Scopus offers coverage of relevant scientific information on the Web, including author homepages, university sites, corporate information and other resources such as Preprint servers, CogPrints, ArXiv.org, OAI compliant resources, as well as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Intellectual Property Office.
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Try Searching in An Article Index:

An article index is like Google Search if it only searched journal articles. Below you will find several article indexes that should help you find your primary scientific research article.

Scopus
Sciences and social sciences journal articles.
CogPrints
ArXiv.org
OAI
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
European Patent Office
Japan Patent Office
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
UK Intellectual Property Office

SCOPUS offers coverage from 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from over 4,000 international publishers including 531 Open Access journals. in addition Scopus offers coverage of relevant scientific information on the Web, including author homepages, university sites, corporate information and other resources such as Preprint servers, CogPrints, ArXiv.org, OAI compliant resources, as well as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Intellectual Property Office.
PubMed
Medical research journal articles. National Library of Medicine's version of Medline. Mid 1950s to present
general science
chemistry
medicine
nursing
dentistry
veterinary medicine
health care system
preclinical sciences

PubMed is a database of citations and abstracts for millions of articles from thousands of journals in the areas of general science, chemistry, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. It includes links to full-text articles at several thousand journal web sites as well as to most of the articles in PubMed Central. PubMed does not have citations for certain types of PubMed Central material, such as book reviews.
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Annual Reviews
Biomedical, physical and social science literature reviews. Coverage: 1930-present
Academic OneFile
Full text journals and magazines across disciplines.

Try Searching in a Single Journal:

If Bates has access to a specific journal, you can search within it very easily!

From the Ladd Library home page, select the "CBBcat" button.
Select the "Journal Title" search button.
Enter the title of the journal you want to search within and click the magnifying glass.
Use the resulting search box to search within the specified journal.

A VERY Small Sample of Periodicals Accessible From Ladd Library:

Marine Ecology
The journal prioritizes contributions elucidating fundamental aspects of species interaction and adaptation to the environment through integration of information from various organizational levels (molecules to ecosystems) and different disciplines (molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, marine biology, natural history, geography, oceanography, palaeontology and modelling) as viewed from an ecological perspective. The journal also focuses on population genetic processes, evolution of life histories, morphological traits and behaviour, historical ecology and biogeography, macro-ecology and seascape ecology, palaeo-ecological reconstruction, and ecological changes due to introduction of new biota, human pressure or environmental change.

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Most applied marine science, including fisheries biology, aquaculture, natural-products chemistry, toxicology, and local pollution studies lie outside the scope of the journal.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (Article Search)
MEPS is a leading ecological journal publishing research on all aspects of marine, coastal and estuarine ecology. MEPS coverage includes the whole spectrum of species, habitats, biological organisation (cells to ecosystems) and research (fundamental and applied).
The Biological Bulletin
The [Biological] Bulletin emphasizes basic research on marine model systems ...with an overarching goal of explaining how organisms develop, function, and evolve in their natural environments. To that end, the journal publishes papers in the fields of Neurobiology and Behavior, Physiology and Biomechanics, Ecology and Evolution, Development and Reproduction, Cell Biology, Symbiosis and Systematics.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Provides a forum for experimental ecological research on marine organisms in relation to their environment. Topic areas include studies that focus on biochemistry, physiology, behavior, genetics, and ecological theory. The main emphasis of the Journal lies in hypothesis driven experimental work, both from the laboratory and the field.
Marine Biodiversity Records
Documentation of marine organisms in locations where they have not formerly been recorded, as well as of species loss from habitats. The journal publishes original research articles which document and review changes in geographical ranges of marine species, including the effects of the introduction of novel or alien species to marine ecosystems, and of taxonomic studies relevant to these changes.
Marine Biology
Marine Biology publishes original and internationally significant contributions from all fields of marine biology. Special emphasis is given to articles which promote the understanding of life in the sea, organism-environment interactions, interactions between organisms, and the functioning of the marine biosphere.

Lists of relevant physical and electronic books related to marine biology are provided below to kick start your research. To find things even more relevant to your specific interests, search the Bates library catalog.

Physical Books

Marine Community Ecology and Conservation
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3716885
Marine Community Ecology [On Reserve]
https://cbbcat.net/record=b2567421
Atlantic Shorelines : Natural History and Ecology
https://cbbcat.net/record=b1587926
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
https://cbbcat.net/record=b1339759
[Be sure to start with Volume 17: The Cumulative Index!!!]
Encyclopedia of Marine Invertebrates
https://cbbcat.net/record=b2404268
The Light and Smith Manual : Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5834893
Marine Life : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Invertebrates in the Sea
https://cbbcat.net/record=b1058072
Sea & Coastal Birds of North America: A Guide to Observation, Understanding, and Conservation
https://cbbcat.net/record=b2647116
Life In and Around the Salt Marshes : A Handbook of Plant and Animal Life In and Around the Temperate Atlantic Coastal Marshes [On Reserve]
https://cbbcat.net/record=b2627714
Ocean outbreak : confronting the rising tide of marine disease
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5593925
Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic (Volume 1 and 2)
https://cbbcat.net/record=b2614599
Project Puffin : The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock
https://cbbcat.net/record=b4356175

E-Books

Gale Encyclopedia of Science
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5375454
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
https://cbbcat.net/record=b4756654
Oxford Bibliographies:
- Marine Fisheries Management
  http://tinyurl.com/y257vlmy
- Aquatic Conservation
  http://tinyurl.com/yxwls2hl
Marine Ecological Field Methods: A Guide for Marine Biologists and Fisheries Scientists
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5735637
Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 2: The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3349782
The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment
https://www.un.org/regularprocess/content/first-world-ocean-assessment
Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate: A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment
https://cbbcat.net/record=b4649694
Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs : The Unique South
http://tinyurl.com/yyo8ax3b
Coral Reefs of the Red Sea
http://tinyurl.com/y2boxgr9
Mudflat Ecology
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5587677
Stressors in the Marine Environment : Physiological and Ecological Responses; Societal Implications
http://tinyurl.com/y5z98xb6
Marine Animal Forests: The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots
http://tinyurl.com/y3lfg2jd
Fishes of the World (5th edition)
https://cbbcat.net/record=b5375051
Advances in Marine Biology (Book Series)
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3626294
Aquatic animals: Biology, Habitats, and Threats
https://cbbcat.net/record=b4960454
Aquatic Ecosystems
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3361052

Try Searching Across a Website:

Remember that you can use the Google Advanced Search to search across all the webpages in a website domain!

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Potentially Useful Organizations and Web Sites Related to Marine Biology:

Potentially Useful Organizations/Websites for Taxonomy:

The Taxonomicon
The Taxonomicon is a biodiversity information system that contains information from a multitude of sources. Information from each original and authorative source remains intact and so provides a historical account. Systema Naturae 2000 is the most recent compilation of all these sources.

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he Taxonomicon combines four major components:
The Index of Life
The Tree of Life
The Web of Life
The Facts of Life
Animal Diversity Web
An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.
Animal Diversity Web has thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
Descriptions of taxa above the species level, especially phyla, classes, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare these pieces, for the most part.
AlgaeBase
a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms. At present, the data for the marine algae, particularly seaweeds, are the most complete. For convenience, the sea-grasses are also included, even though they are flowering plants.
FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on finfishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data reaching back to 250 years.

Wikimedia Commons Images
For specific information about reuse of Wikimedia images, see: Reusing content outside Wikimedia.
Flickr Creative Commons Images
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
Google Advanced Image Search
Be sure to select the "usage rights" (e.g. free to use or share, even commercially) before performing your search.
FigShare
Figshare is a web-based interface designed for academic research data management and research data dissemination. It accepts all file types (with in-browser viewing) and includes many images.

Climate Change Impact Information From the IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental scientific body established to aggregate, review and publish scientific, technical and socio-economic information regarding climate change. This information is frequently provided in the context of the local and global impact of that change. You can learn more about the IPCC here.

Below you will find links the homepage for the IPCC site as well as to selected content provided therein.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Web Site
https://www.ipcc.ch/
This link will take you to the IPCC gateway.

IPCC Reports Portal
https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/
This link will take you to the portal for all IPCC reports.
IPCC Data Portal
https://www.ipcc.ch/data/
This link will take you to the portal for all IPCC data.
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2014 (AR5): Synthesis Report
http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/
This provides a synthesis of the fifth in a continuing series of reports describing the current knowledge of climate change and its impact.
The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/the-regional-impacts-of-climate-change-an-assessment-of-vulnerability/
A link to the PDF version of the complete document.

A VERY Small Sample of Periodicals Accessible From Ladd Library:

Nature Climate Change
dedicated to publishing the most significant and cutting-edge research on the science of climate change, its impacts and wider implications for the economy, society and policy.
Access: 10/01/2010 to present
Climate Dynamics
Coverage includes original paleoclimatic, diagnostic, analytical and numerical modeling research on the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, biomass and land surface as interacting components of the dynamics of global climate. Contributions are focused on selected aspects of climate dynamics on particular scales of space or time.
Access: 1986 to present
Climate of the Past Discussions
CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time through to multidecadal studies of the last century. Studies focusing mainly on present and future climate are not within scope.
Access: 2005 to present

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The main subject areas are (1) reconstructions of past climate based on instrumental, historical and proxy data (including ice) archives, (2) improvements of the precision and accuracy of proxy data, and (3) simulation of past climate and model-based interpretation of palaeoclimate data.
Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences
The Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences publishes original research papers on main aspects of Earth and Environmental Sciences such as Atmospheric/Climate, Oceanography, Palaeoclimate, Palaeontology, Planetary Geology, Solid Earth Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Biology, Ecology Geoscience and Environmental Physics.
Access: 2009 to present
Journal of Climate
Climate research concerned with large-scale variability of the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface, including the cryosphere; past, present and projected future changes in the climate system (including those caused by human activities); climate simulation and prediction.
Access: 01/01/1988 to present.

Helpful Hint:

Want to know whether Bates subscribes to a journal? You can perform a "Journal Title Search" from the CBBcat search on the Ladd Library home page.

Electronic Climate Change Books

In edition to the large number of physical books about climate change located in the Ladd Library stacks, you also have access to many more electronic books on the subject. To see a complete list, search the Bates library catalog. Several good examples are provided here:

Understanding Earth's Deep Past : Lessons for Our Climate Future
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3608330
Monitoring Climate Change Impacts: Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3509366
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
http://cbbcat.net/record=b3349816
Climate change: inferences from paleoclimate and regional aspects
https://cbbcat.net/record=b3390794

Biology 195A - Marine Biology in a Changing Ocean: Getting Started with Research

Bio 195A Project Worksheet

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