LibGuides: Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Articles

General Databases

These databases provide access to resources covering a variety of fields.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database. Indexes newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in all disciplines. Contains a significant amount of full-text. Content available from 1915-present.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's index of professional publications. Recommended highly as an adjunct to library resources, and for research needs after graduation, in a work environment. Especially strong in the sciences & technology. NOTE: ON CAMPUS USE will include and access to MSU copies of the articles.

Agricola This link opens in a new window
Provides resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, Materials date from 1979 to the present.
Agriculture and allied disciplines included in the database are plant & animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, farming practices, food & nutrition, agricultural trade & marketing, rural information.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Index medical, biomedical and life sciences literature.

Use AND to combine Keywords
- Agriculture AND Production
Use OR to add synonyms to your search
- Production OR Cultivation
Use NOT to exclude keywords from your search
- Strawberries NOT Shortcake
Use "quotations" to match exact phrases
- "Open heart surgery"
Use an asterisk * to truncate words
- Agri* will search Agriculture, Agribusiness, etc.