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Databases for Biotechnology
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The interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology will require the use of a variety of discipline-specific databases. The following are those used most frequently, but the researcher should also consult the Databases page to determine whether there are other databases suitable for their given research topic.
Science and Technology Databases for Biotechology
- AGRICOLA
(Agricultural sciences) - Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) (Biological sciences)
- Biological Sciences Set (Biological sciences)
Among the Biological Sciences Set databases are the following:ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
Bioengineering Abstracts
Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts - Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder) (Chemical Sciences)
- Compendex (Engineering)
- MEDLINE (Medical science)
- Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
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- ABI/INFORM
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- LexisNexis Academic
In the “Industry & Market News” section, searches may be limited to biotechnology news.
Patents
- CASSIS
U.S. Patent Bibliographic data files (CASSIS), covering 1976 to present. - USPTO Web Patent Database
The Patent Full-Text Database provides access to the full-page images of each patent in the database. - esp@cenet: European patent information
esp@cenet is designed primarily for the general public. The databases provide access to European, Japanese, and worldwide patents. Full-page facsimile images of recent documents are also retrievable.
