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Search Engines & Services

Search Engines:

Search Services:

Tables of Contents, Alerts

Disclaimer: This site is maintained by the SDZWA Library for the use of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff and volunteers. Although we make every attempt to provide accurate information, some of the resources and links may become outdated. If you have suggestions for updates or additional resources, we welcome your feedback.

Search Engines — Find Articles

Search Everything!
Comprehensive literature search portal: find books and articles in the SDZWA Library collections and beyond; download PDFs or request full text. SDZWA team members may contact us for offsite access to download articles.
CiteULike
Free scholarly article management service (search engine, table of contents alerts, build and share a reference library); no direct access to full-text
DeepDyve
Commercial database of scholarly journals in all research fields; search or browse journals; some free full-text but most articles for purchase/rent; full-text previews with paid subscription
Google Scholar
Search a comprehensive, up-to-date bibliographic database of scholarly articles; multidisciplinary; view citations; some free full-text
HighWire
Portal to 3000+ scholarly journals and other publications partnered with HighWire Press (Stanford University); click "For Researchers" tab to search for articles; some free full-text
Ingenta Connect
Search engine and bibliographic database of 13,500+ scholarly and professional publications; range of topics; some access to free full-text
NCBI (Entrez) biomedical databases
Databases maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information: literature (some free full-text), health, genome, gene, protein, chemical
PubAg
Portal to USDA-authored and other highly relevant agricultural research; 40,000+ free full-text articles, bibliographic entries for 340,000+ articles; no subscription required
PubMed
Bibliographic database of biomedical and veterinary literature; 29+ million citations. Citations may include links to free full-text content from PubMed Central, PubMed Bookshelf (eBooks), or publisher. Free full-text access to SDZWA team members via SDZWA linkout (download PDF or submit request).
Q-Sensei Scholar
Bibliographic database of scholarly books and articles in the Library of Congress, National Library of Medicine, arXiv, IngentaConnect, and Research Papers in Economics (RePEC); multidisciplinary; 40+ million citations; alerts and other tools
Science.gov
Database of U.S. government scientific publications; free full-text

Search Engines — Find Dissertations

DART-Europe
E-theses portal-- database of 580,000+ dissertations and research theses from 575+ European universities; download free full-text
OATD — Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Portal to open access graduate theses and dissertations; 2.5+ million publications from 1,000+ colleges, universities, and research institutions around the world; free full-text
PQDT Open — ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Open access content from the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database; free full-text

Search Engines — Find Journals

Search by Journal
Search or browse A-Z list of journals with full-text access; search within a selected journal. Available onsite — staff may contact us for offsite access.
Genamics JournalSeek
Directory of 100,000+ online journals (biological and environmental sciences, medicine, other); search by journal title or category, follow link to journal website; no direct article access
HighWire
Portal to 3000+ scholarly journals and other publications partnered with HighWire Press (Stanford University); click "For Researchers" tab to search for articles; some free full-text

Search Services — Tables of Contents, Alerts

JournalTOCS
Database of scholarly journals; view tables of contents, subscribe to updates

Good Places to Start

Comprehensive literature search portal, available on SDZWA networked computers and by VPN. Find books and articles in the SDZWA Library collections and beyond. Download or request full text PDFs.
Search Google Scholar for scholarly article citations; many free PDFs
JournalTOCs is a gateway to tables of contents for thousands of journals; search by journal title or set up automatic updates for your favorites

SDZWA Research Guides

Animals
Guide to finding animal information online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Animal Welfare
Guide to finding animal welfare, training, and enrichment information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library.
Conservation
Guide to finding conservation information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Plants
Guide to finding plant, plant conservation, and botanical garden information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Veterinary Medicine
Guide to finding veterinary and biomedical information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Zoos & Aquariums
Guide to zoo & aquarium information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance; natural history museum links

SDZWA Library Links

Library Home
Home page, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Catalog
SDZWA Library's online public-access catalog - SDZWA team members may request books for delivery via interoffice mail
Journals A-Z
Journals available to team members through the SDZWA Library - search contents, view library holdings, access full text
Databases
Article databases available through the SDZWA Library; journal information
Fact Sheets
Portal to the SDZWA Library's detailed, fully referenced animal fact sheets
Priority Species Information
Custom literature searches and fact sheets for current priority species — for SDZWA team members, onsite access only
SDZWA Research Publications
Peer reviewed and scientific works by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff.
Research Guides
Portal to the SDZWA Library's research guides: Animals, Animal Welfare, Conservation, Plants, Reference, Veterinary Medicine, Zoos & Aquariums
Contact Us
Email the SDZWA Library at library@sdzwa.org.