LibGuides @ URI: Paleontology: Internet Sources

Databases

Note: The below databases are for general paleontology, for oceanic paleontology, it is suggested you use databases such as SciTech Premium, National Sea Grant Library Database, as well as many others.

AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library) This link opens in a new window
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Coverage of worldwide literature on agriculture and related subjects, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, etc. Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, technical reports, and other materials. 1970- (books) and 1981- (articles). Updated daily.
Bibliography & Index of Micropaleontology This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-feature, one-query searches of world micropaleontological literature. 1970-. Updated monthly.
BIOSIS Previews [Biological Abstracts] (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Indexing and abstracts of journals in the life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. 1926-. Updated weekly.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Indexing of approximately 300 core periodicals in the core literature of biology and agriculture. 1983-. Updated daily.
GeoRef (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world, with citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations. Covers North America from 1669 to the present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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JSTOR is a platform for searching and retrieving full text of back runs of core scholarly journals in many disciplines, scholarly e-books, and primary source archival materials.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
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ScienceDirect is a collection of journals from the publisher Elsevier and its affiliates. Journals may be browsed or searched by keyword. Access to the full content of articles from selected journals is available to URI users from 1995 to the present. Availability is indicated by a green icon. Other articles may be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Indexing, abstracts, and full text of scholarly research and technical literature in disciplines related to natural sciences and technology. Content covered includes scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. 1946-present.

Comprises the sub-databases: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database; Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index; AGRICOLA; Agricultural Science Database; Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Science Database; Biological Science Index; Computer Science Database; Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database; Engineering Database, Engineering Index; Environmental Science Database; Environmental Science Index; Materials Science Database; Materials Science Index; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; Science Database.
Scopus (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize article and literature use. Includes journal articles, books, book series, conference papers, and more. Alternative to Web of Science. Indexes close to 35,000 titles.

Websites

The Paleontological Society
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Provides access to society activities and information, funding/awards, education grants and resources, and more.
The Paleontology Portal
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Provides access to paleontology exploration searchable by geographic location and time, fossil images searchable by taxon and time, fossil localities and assemblages, links to jobs and degree/certificate programs, courses, field guides, map, publications, museum collections, and more.