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Key databases
Subjects: Molecular biology, biochemistry, and other biomedical fields.
Sources: Life science journals, MEDLINE, and online books.
Includes: Links to NCBI's integrated molecular biology databases including nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system.
Note: Use the UCB-specific URL to see a customized version of PubMed that includes UC-eLinks.
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Multidisciplinary citation databases
Subjects: Covers science, technology, medicine, arts, humanities, and the social sciences. Cited references available from 1996 forward. A Journal Analyzer tool assesses journal performance.
Sources: Over 21,000 journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and book series. Includes all of the Medline database and millions of patents.
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Subjects: Broad coverage of scientific fields, as well as the social sciences and the arts and humanities.
Sources: Journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Cited reference searches find articles that cite a given author or reference..
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Preprints are unpublished scholarly manuscripts shared by researchers with scientific community prior to peer review and publication.
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