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Best Bet Databases
These science-specific databases offer online collections of book chapters, news, scholarly articles, statistics and more!
- Biological Science Collection This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment.
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary scholarly, government and general interest titles focused on human impact of the environment. Provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for open access articles.
- Ocean Bulk Shipments (USDA) This link opens in a new windowReports from the US Dept of Agriculture, Agricultual Marketing Service.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary scholarly, government and general interest titles focused on human impact of the environment. Provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for open access articles.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowContains journal articles and book chapters in the areas of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences.
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography This link opens in a new windowCollection of digitized books is intended to be used by academics, researchers, students, and others interested in the subject of Oceanography and the history of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowCombines Compendex (comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research) and GEOBASE® (multidisciplinary database of literature on the earth sciences, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation).
Some Scientific Journals in Marine Biology and Oceanography
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Some Scientific Journals in Marine Biology and Oceanography |
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Continental Shelf Research (1995-present) |
Limnology and Oceanography (1956-2017) |
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Estuaries and Coasts (1997-present) |
Marine Biology (1967-present) |
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Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science (1993-present) |
Marine Pollution Bulletin (1995-present) |
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Deep Sea Research (1995-present) |
Oceanography (1988 - present) |
| Earth-Science Reviews (1966 - present) | Oceans - Eos |
| Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (1995-present) | Nature (1997-2015) |
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Hydrobiologia (1948-present) |
Science (1880-present) |
| Journal of Plankton Research (1996-present) | Oceanography Journals by Title - all journals we have access to at Cal Maritime Library |
Chemical Oceanography Journals
Advances in Oceanography and Limnology - 2010 to present
Journal of Oceanography & Limnology - 1997 to present
Limnology - 2000 to present
Limnology and Oceanography (1956-2017)
Invasive Species
- California Non-native Estuarine and Marine Organisms (Cal-NEMO) DatabaseCal-NEMO provides information on introduced marine and estuarine invertebrates and algae with established populations in California. The database contains brief overviews of species and taxonomic groups to detailed records on the history of spread.
Marine Science Repositories
- AquaDocsPublications in Marine Science in digital form, including preprints, published articles, technical reports, working papers and more. AquaDocs is an open access repository covering the natural marine, estuarine/brackish and freshwater environments. It includes all aspects of the science, technology, management and conservation of these environments, their organisms and resources, and the economic, sociological and legal aspects.
Data Sources
- CenCOOS Data PortalScientific information including real-time sensor feeds, operational oceanographic and atmospheric models, satellite observations and GIS data sets that describe the biological, chemical and physical characteristics of central California and its surrounding waters
- Sage Data [formerly Data Planet] This link opens in a new windowContains more than 35 billion data points from 4.9 billion datasets sourced from more than 70 source organizations. There are billions of charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables available for use.