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Microbiology: Finding Articles / Databases

Quick access to full text articles

1)  Follow the full-text link from databases, OR
2) Search A-Z list of e-journals by journal title, OR
3)  Search article titles on Google Scholar  
4) Enhance your search strategies with Google Scholar

Science Magazines

Access to PressReader

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Key databases for Microbiology

Scopus 
  Scopus from Elsevier is a comprehensive database of peer-reviewed literature with links to full text. Features tools to track, analyse
  and visualize research and provides bibliometrics for researchers' output.
  
Training material

Web of Science
  Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports. Also features bibliometrics tools to analyse
  results
  Training material

ScienceDirect 
  Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database
 Training material

PubMed (also included in Scopus)
  PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from   MEDLINE, life science journals and online books

SciFinder
  The choice for chemistry research, but also an excellent resource for biological sciences.
  Training tutorials
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Online access to Current Protocols


Most widely used protocols published for the last 2 years in Bio-protocol on cell imaging, neuroscience and cancer research


Aopen access repository for science methods

An open repository of community-contributed protocols sponsored by Nature Research


To search ALL Wiley protocols click HERE (Tip: select the Advanced Search if you want to refine your results after the first search)
Please note that we have full text access to the following Wiley protocols:

Current Protocols in Bioinformatics 2003+

Current Protocols in Cell Biology Online 1998-2017

Current Protocols in Immunology 1991-2015

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology 1987+

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry 1999-2016

Current Protocols in Pharmacology 1998-2016

Current Protocols in Protein Science 1995+

Current Protocols in Toxicology 1999-2016