Bibliographic databases

The following databases provide access to abstracts and journal articles.

CAB Abstracts, VetMed Resource and PubMed can also be used to carry out literature searches and to search for work produced by a particular author or journal.

• CAB Abstracts - Bibliographic database of five million records compiled by CABI. Comprehensive coverage of veterinary medicine, animal science, agriculture and aspects of human health. This is only available onsite.

• VetMed Resource - VetMed Resouce is the world's largest bibliographic database on veterinary medicine. It provides veterinarians and others working in animal health with access to the Veterinary Science Database, review articles, news and the Animal Health & Production Compendium (AHPC). Remote access is only available to library members.

• Intute - Internet resources for animal health

• BioMed Central - The articles published by BioMed Central are available online and free of charge.

• HighWire Press - HighWire Press offers over 1,814,600 articles online free of charge.

• PubMed - PubMed is a bibliographic database allowing you to carry out subject searches. This is a free resource.

• Scirus - Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine.

• Image Data Base - Free images for non-commercial use.