Australian databases
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CSIRO online journalsFull text journals published by CSIRO Publishing. Australian content. Covers a wide range of scientific disciplines including agriculture, the plant and animal sciences and environmental management.
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Australian heritage bibliography - AHB (formerly HERA) 1987-, updated biannuallyAustralia's natural and cultural environment - journal articles, unpublished reports, books and conference proceedings from Australian sources.
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ENDANGER: threatened species in Australia1960-; Indexes material on threatened Australian fauna and flora. Books, chapters, periodicals, newspapers, conference proceedings, theses, and some non-book material (videos, charts, posters etc).
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EVA: Environmental Abstracts - Archive only (1987 - Oct 2011)EVA (formerly EPIC), was produced by the EPA Victoria Library, was a bibliographic database on the environment and related fields. Source documents were selected journal articles from approximately 600 journals published in Australia and overseas.
Other useful databases
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Crop Protection Compendium (CAB International)Comprises detailed datasheets on pests, diseases, weeds, host crops and natural enemies that have been sourced from experts, edited by an independent scientific organization, and enhanced with data from specialist organizations, images, maps, a bibliographic database and full text articles.
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GreenFILEOffers accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Coverage includes global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and recycling.
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AgricolaAgricola is from the US National Agricultural Library Catalog and Article Citation Database. Coverage includes entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries and environmental sciences.
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JSTORArchival converted back issues of paper journals into electronic format in core fields. Subject collections include: Biological Sciences; Ecology & Botany; General Science.
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Taylor and Francis online journalsProvides full-text access to subject coverage including; life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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Research libraryvia ProQuest
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Cambridge journals onlineBrowse by subject: Life Sciences
Searching tips
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Plan your searchFive steps to better search results
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Searching in databasesTips on how to focus your search.
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Find journal articlesExplains different types of journals and how to find journal articles.
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Peer reviewed journal articlesCheck if an article is peer reviewed.
Find articles on your topic
Looking through individual journals to find relevant material is time-consuming. Use the databases to find articles on your topic. If you are required to use specific journal titles, you can often refine your results to specific journal titles within the database filters.
Finding Quality Journals
To find a list of high impact (prestigious) journals in your field, go to Journal Citation Reports and select: Subject Category--[submit]--Entomology.