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The Graduate School Reference Center

An online reference portal designed to provide information to faculty, researchers, and students in The Graduate School.

Databases and Tools

For a full list of databases, see Databases A-Z. Use JagNet ID and Password (and DUO) to access when off-campus. 

Database Scope Coverage Notes
PubMed
  • biomedicine
  • health    
  • life sciences
  • behavioral sciences
  • chemical sciences  
  • bioengineering                                            

Approx.1950-present                                           
  • Includes MEDLINE and PubMed Central contents

For help:
OVID MEDLINE
  • biomedicine
  • health    
  • life sciences
  • behavioral sciences
  • chemical sciences 
  • bioengineering      
 1946-present 

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PsycINFO
  • behavioral sciences
  • mental health
  • psychology aspects:
    • ​psychiatry
    • medicine
    • nursing
    • pharmacology
 1887-present  

Web of Science

(a collection of databases)
  • basic sciences
  • medicine
  • technology
  • social sciences
 1977 – present
  • Science Citation Index (SCI) 
    • labeled as Web of Science Core Collection
  • MEDLINE records

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The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a PubMed-indexed video journal.
  • Peer-reviewed
  • Demonstrates experiments step-by-step in video form
  • Provides procedural descriptions 
  • Scope includes:
    • Neuroscience
    • Bioengineering
    • Immunology and Infection
    • Biology
    • Medicine
    • Chemistry and Physics
Brain Research Protocols

research techniques in molecular, developmental, and cognitive brain research from 1997-2005; newer protocols are now published within Brain Research
Current Protocols in Cell Biology                                                 research tips for studying the relationships between specific molecules and genes and their location, function, and structure at the cellular level
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology                                                              includes basic methods for DNA preparation, advanced microarray analysis, chromatin assembly, and emerging areas of molecular research
Nature Protocols cross-discplinary research techniques and methods; subject areas include biochemistry, cell biology, genetic analysis, immunology, neuroscience, and structure analysis
Protocols Online, Your Lab's Reference Book free database of molecular biology protocols contributed by researchers worldwide