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arXiv.org

>> Go to arXiv.org

  • Subject coverage: computing sciences, mathematics, physics and quantitative biology and statistics
  • Size/scope: over 1 million
  • Type of content: moderated repository of eprints in mathematics and physics almost all papers are archived here
  • Date range: 1991 to present
  • Level of access: full text.

BioDigital Human - Interactive 3D Anatomy Platform

>> Go to BioDigital Human

Guide and Videos

  • Subject coverage: interactive 3D software for visualizing anatomy, disease and treatment
  • Type of content: includes images, quizes and textbook type material
  • Level of access: full access when registered with a BU email. Once you have signed up with your BU email and created a password, you can access BioDigital directly.

To access this resource select BioDigital Human from the blue ribbon towards the top of the page. You will need to use your BU email address to set up your account.

CiteSeerX

>> Go to CiteSeerX

  • Subject coverage: computing and information sciences
  • Size/scope: over 6 million documents
  • Type of content: digital library and repository for scientific and academic eprints
  • Date range: 1997 to present
  • Level of access: full text.

EBSCO Host Databases

>> Go to EBSCO Host Databases

This is the hyperlink to the EBSCO database set configured to search in every database we have access to.

F1000Research

>> Go to F1000Research

  • Subject coverage: life sciences
  • Size/scope: F1000Research is an Open Research publishing platform for life scientists
  • Type of content: articles and other research outputs
  • Level of access: full text.

Scopus

>> Go to Scopus

  • Subject coverage: sciences and social sciences
  • Size/scope: citation database indexing 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers, open access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series, patent records and scientific web pages. It contains over 33 million records
  • Type of content: citation data
  • Date range: 1841-present
  • Level of access: some links to full text available.

Web of Science

>> Go to Web of Science 

Note: Select UK Federation from Institutional Sign In and search for Bournemouth University

  • Subject coverage: arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences
  • Size/scope: citation databases that allow searching for a specific article by subject, author, journal or author address. It is also possible to search for articles that cite a known author or work

               Web of Science consists of:
               Science Citation Index 1899-present
               Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present
               Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present
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               Biosis Previews Archive 1969-2008
               Medline 1950-present
               Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators

  • Type of content: academic journal article
  • Date range: 1945-
  • Level of access: some links to full text.

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