Subject Guides- Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology

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--Top Databases for articles
--More Databases
--Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
--Handbooks
--Methods & Techniques
--Life Sciences Librarian | How to get assistance

Top Databases

Use the databases below to search for articles via keyword, subject, or author. Links to the electronic version of the article are often available through the Find Text feature . If the article is only available in print, Find Text will give you the library's call number (location) for the journal. If the library doesn't own it, Find Text will link to and automatically fill-in an Interlibrary Loan form.

PubMed (UT Libraries Version)(1950+)
Peer-reviewed articles on biomedical topics, including medical research, genetics, bioinformatics, physiology, oncology, nursing and more. Use this customized UT version of PubMed to link directly to the library's holdings through Find Text. If you don't see the "Find Text" button in the Abstract display, you are not in the customized UT version.

Biological Abstracts (1969+)
Peer-reviewed articles and conference papers within biology, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, microbiology, ocean sciences, plant biology and zoology.

Web of Science (1900+)
Peer-reviewed articles from more than 5,000 top science journals. Allows searching by keyword and author. Also allows for citation searching, the ability to track what articles have cited another article since its publication.

SciFinder Scholar (1907+)
The premiere database for searching the chemical literature.

More Databases

Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue
The Database Issue is published each January and contains reviews of hundreds of open-access bioinformatic databases.

Chemistry Databases
A list of databases selected by the UT Libraries Chemistry Librarian.

Entrez
A cross-search platform of all NCBI databases.

Biology Databases
A list of databases selected by the UT Libraries Life Sciences Librarian

Abstracts and Indices Guide (for articles published prior to database start dates)

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Reading about your topic in a specialized encyclopedia, dictionary, or handbook may be one of the most effective and time saving research tips. These resources can help you define unfamiliar terms, understand the parameters of current debate in a particular area and provide you with a preliminary bibliography on the subject. Here are a few sources to get you started. For more, search the library catalog by keyword.

Chemical & Physical Property Data subject guide

Compendium of Chemical Terminology: IUPAC Recommendations

The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria
-available online via UT Libraries

Glossary of Biotech Terms

Hawley’s condensed chemical dictionary
Hodges Reference / Reference: QD5 .C5 2007

Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
Hodges Reference / Reference: QP512 .O94 2006

The dictionary of gene technology : genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics
Hodges Reference / Reference: QH506 .K333 2004

Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
Hodges Reference / Reference: QP512 .O94 2006

Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology
Hodges Reference / Reference: QR9 .S56 2006

Concise dictionary of biomedicine and molecular biology
Hodges Reference / Reference: R121 .J86 2002

Handbooks

Bioinformatics : a practical guide to the analysis of genes and proteins
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH324.2 .B547 2005

Introduction to bioinformatics
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH507 .L47 2005

The cytokine handbook
Hodges Library / Stacks: QR185.8 .C95 C9813 2003

Chemical Properties Handbook
-available online via UT Libraries

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
-available online via UT Libraries

Methods & Techniques

Current Protocols (type |current protocols| in the database search box)
Current Protocols in Cellular Biology
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
Current Protocols in Cytometry
Current Protocols in Human Genetics
Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Current Protocols in Protein Science
Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology
Current Protocols in Toxicology
Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Nature Protocols (2006+)
An online resource for protocols, including authoritative, peer-reviewed 'Nature Protocols' and an interactive 'Protocols Network'. The two create a dynamic forum for scientists to upload and comment on protocols.

Protocol-Online
Protocol Online is a database of research protocols in a variety of life science fields. It contains protocols contributed by worldwide researchers as well as links to web protocols hosted by worldwide research labs, biotech companies, personal web sites.

Biological Procedures Online
BPO is an open access-based journal of research methods in the medical and biological sciences.

Methods (1995+)
-available online via UT Libraries

Methods in Cell Science (1997+)
-available online via UT Libraries

Methods in Molecular Biology
-available online via UT Libraries

BioTechniques® Molecular Biology Techniques Forums
A science-based bulletin board for techniques, tips, and questions concerning molecular biology, cell biology, microscopy, and bioinformatics.

Methods in Enzymology
Hodges Library / Serial in stacks: QP601 .C733

Methods in cell biology
Hodges Library / Serial in stacks: QH585 .P7

Techniques for molecular biology
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH506 .P74413 2006

Life Sciences Librarian

Donna Braquet is the Life Sciences Librarian at UT. She can help you with:

- Purchase of biology books, journals, DVDs, electronic resources
- Questions or concerns about library services and policies
- Class Instruction (library services/resources to database searching)
- One-on-one, group appointments, and workshops at your request

Donna can be reached at dbraquet@utk.edu, phone 974-0016 or mail Donna Braquet, Hodges Library, Research Services & Collections.

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