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sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I'm looking for a website that features a sizable collection of scientific articles. Pretty much what I'm looking for is aquatic biology and chemistry. I use Springerlink at school, but more than half of the articles are blocked off even with the university's subscription. Does anyone know of better alternatives? Thanks. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 09-Dec-2006 00:22
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Uhhh... Have you tried PubMed? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 09-Dec-2006 00:36
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	JStor is another one, but it might also have a lot of articles blocked at your school (there are at mine, at least I can read the first page though). ><>
Posted 09-Dec-2006 23:33
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Haven't tried PubMed before, but it didn't seem to have much that interested me. JStor is decent, but like you said, plenty of articles are still blocked. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 10-Dec-2006 04:50
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Edited by mattyboombatty You can use Jstor and those types of engines to search for an article, then search your uni's database to see if your uni has the journal available in the library. You might find that the uni has more hardcopy subscriptions than electronic subscriptions. For example, I go here to start research(for this example under the broad search of biology): bio databases Then I use my library search to see if we get a subscription to the journal that the article I found is in. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 10-Dec-2006 05:49
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Big problem with many of these online databases is that they're subscription only. Or, they have some public content (amounting to around 10% of the articles contained) but the rest are pay per view. Now there's something that you can lobby your policitians to spend money on - a proper public online database of scientific articles with free access. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 10-Dec-2006 17:32
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga See if "sciencedirect" needs a subscription or can be accessed by your uni? ================== Just checked my uni's listing for Marine Science databases. You could check to see if there is any that has free access. Here is what they have; ASFA BIOSIS previews Georef Georef in process Oceanic abstracts REEF Science direct ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 11-Dec-2006 00:53
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Agricola is a pretty good abstract and article database for biological type stuff, but limited to relatively recent papers. ><>
Posted 11-Dec-2006 01:19


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