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AccessScienceThis link opens in a new windowAccess to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology from Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
Annual ReviewsThis link opens in a new windowCollection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in 40 disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.
Book CatalogCowles library's online catalog of books and ebooks.
JournalsDirect access to Cowles Library's journal collection. Search by title or browse by subject. Electronic journals are available through this link.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)This link opens in a new windowOnline peer-reviewed journal devoted to investigations of the structure, function, physiology, and pathophysiology of the brain and nervous system, and the publication of biological research in a video format.We have a subscription to JoVE Biology and JoVE Neuroscience, as well as the Chemistry Education section.
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowMore than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources
MEDLINE (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 4,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to full-text where available.
MEDLINE (PubMed)This link opens in a new windowNational Library of Medicine's free version of Medline
Web of ScienceThis link opens in a new windowWeb of Science, a database that provides quick and powerful access to the world's leading citation databases and sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities research content. (Includes: Biosis Citation Index, Currents Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE, SciELO Citation Index, Zoological Record, and the Web of Science Core Collection: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.)
Free to all Drake faculty, staff, and students. If there are books, book chapters, or articles that we don't have access to at Cowles, we can almost always get access to these items via another library. Order your items through Interlibrary Loan.
BrainWeb & Brain Information (BWBI)"The BrainWeb and Brain Information (BWBI) is a niche resource that offers excellent information for the defined areas of coverage. It is not yet a comprehensive, in-depth resource for every kind of brain research and neurological disorder, but it provides sound information in the areas addressed and legitimate Web links to more obscure disorders. BWBI was created by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, a nonprofit organization of more than 270 neuroscientists. The overall Dana Alliance Web site features broad-ranging current news and information resources about the neurosciences. BWBI features structured information on 35 disorders or areas of research: Alzheimer's disease, Anxiety, Autism, Blindness/Vision Impairment, Brain Injury, Deafness/Hearing Impairment, Depression, Headache, Imaging, Memory, Mental Illness, Pain, Sleep Disorders, Stress, Stroke, and more. Each disorder has a separate page with two kinds of links. The first section of links is to authoritative national resources. Most of the 35 items have a second section titled Dana Links that includes an extensive guide article and other quality articles posted to the site. Two technical problems need correcting. The page-loading time to internal links can be slow. Additionally, although the Dana Links sections have a printer-friendly option, the front page to each topic does not. When printing front pages, the first page is the header and the second page has the text. Any text exceeding one page does not print. Despite these glitches, the credibility and legitimacy of the expert information cited and the resources offered make this an unusually good medical resource." Choice, September 2009.
Wormatlas"A database of behavioral and structural anatomy of Caenorhabditis elegans. Also includes links, a glossary, and more."
