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Literature Searching and Publication Databases

• AGRICOLA
  National Agriculture Library's database of 2,000,000 bibliographic records publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition.
  
• Birds of North America (Index)
  BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA (BNA) is a series, currently in progress, that describes the life history of birds that nest in the United States and Canada. Each issue number, called a profile, usually describes one species. The series is published by Birds of North America
  
• Duckdata
  The primary objective of DUCKDATA is to provide access to the extensive literature concerning North American waterfowl, including references emphasizing wetlands but having implications for waterfowl ecology, conservation, and management.
  
• E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database, 
  a project of the Tall Timbers Research Station, is a unique resource for locating a broad range of fire-related information. Literature on control of wildfires as well as applications of prescribed burning are included. Contains over 12,000 citations, many with abstracts.
  
• Fish and Wildlife Reference Service
  The Fish and Wildlife Reference Service (FWRS) receives, indexes, stores and distributes copies of reports produced by State fish and wildlife agencies from research studies supported by Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act and Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act funding. FWRS also receives reports produced by the Anadromous Fish Conservation Program, the Endangered Species Grant Program, and the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units. Additional collections located at FWRS include the Lead Shot/Lead Poisoning Clearinghouse, Boating Access/Boating Facilities Clearinghouse, and the Clean Vessel Act Education/Information Clearinghouse
  
• FindArticles.com   
  Covers more than 300 magazines and journals since 1998.  All articles include full text.
  
• Forest Service Publications
  Publications subdivided by unit, local, operations and agency.
  
• ingenta  (formerly UNCOVER)
  UnCover is a database of current article information taken from over 17,000 multidisciplinary journals. ingenta contains brief descriptive information for over 7,000,000 articles which have appeared since Fall 1988. Requires log in and password.
  
• Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America. ITIS is also a participating member of Species 2000, an international project indexing the world's known species.
  
• MEDLINE, including TOXLINE

  Medscape, requires free registration with ID term and password of your choice. Includes a medical dictionary
  

  National Library of Medicine's PubMed server, 10 million records includes Citation Matcher for Single Articles (enter as much as you know to find the full citation)

• PLANTS 
  Database provides a single source of standardized information about plants. PLANTS provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information.
  
• Recent Ornithological Literature Online
  The Recent Ornithological Literature (ROL) list is no longer being issued as a printed supplement to The Auk, The Emu, or The Ibis. Follow this link to the online resource.
  
• Search4Science 
  This vertical search engine is offered by, BD Biosciences, a provider of products and services for researchers and laboratorians around the world.
  
• Scirus
  Elsevier Science has developed a  Internet search tool, concentrating on scientific content only and by searching both Web and membership sources. 
  
• Selected Water Resources Abstracts
  10,000 USGS abstracts on the subject of water resources since 1977.
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publications
  Provides access to EPA technical and public information
  
• U.S. Geological Survey Publications