There are a number of sources available from the Library, which can be searched for Biochemical topics.

The most important sources are:

SciFinder Scholar: Access to the complete Chemical Abstracts database from 1907-, covering over 9,600 chemical and biochemical journals, plus patents, dissertations and books. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for early Sunday morning. SciFinder Scholar is already set up in the Chemistry research labs on campus as well as being available on any Library PC via installed software. It is also available from your home PC via a PPP (modem) account only. SciFinder Scholar does not work with our Proxyserver. Download instructions for the necessary SFS software here.

For all other library databases, access is available from home as well as on campus.  When off-campus, go to "Off-Campus Users Start Here" on the Library home page, and enter your UML full Email address as username, and your Email password as the password.  All the databases listed below will work.

• ScienceDirect This service offers FULL CONTENT of over 900 Elsevier Press journals, from 1995 to present.
• American Chemical Society Journals. FULL CONTENT of all volumes for 28 titles from the ACS, including Biochemistry and Biomacromolecules.
• Compendex: Engineering database with much good material on biotechnology related topics.
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts now has a complete Biological Sciences database for searching. You may search the entire database or just the subset that suits your needs.
• Infotrac This general service has a few good full-text journals which are unavailable elsewhere. Check especially the:
• Health Reference Center
• Academic Search Premier (in EbscoHost) This service is also general, but has some full-text health journals, especially those related to cancer and AIDS.  It also offers access to Medline.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe  this service supplies full text to a small but important number of medical journals.  Worth checking when doing research!
• Annual Reviews FULL CONTENT to all of these titles, 1996- which contain excellent review articles.
• Medline:  Available via SciFinder Scholar, PubMed, MEDLINEplus, and EbscoHost, as well as many free commercial sites.

LinkSource is a service installed to make it easier for you to check all our electronic resources to see if we have the full text of the citation you have found. In any database, click on the LinkSource link or its icon and the LinkSource window will open and display a link to the article if it is available in one of our services.  It will display a link to our PAC if we have the journal on the shelf, and a link to the E-journal list if the title has a listing.

The UML E-journal list should be checked when trying to find the full text of an article. It offers links to all journals available in full text. We currently have over 26,000 e-journals.

The Library Catalog should be checked for books on your subject. If we don't own a book you need, check our Virtual Catalogs.  You may order any book you find in either Virtual Catalog and it will be shipped to Lydon for you. Most items arrive within a few days.  The loan period is 30 days but no renewals are allowed.  UML's Dissertations Database will give you a list of all theses and dissertations in biochemistry up to 1997.  The Proquest Dissertation Database is a gateway to obtaining a copy of any UML thesis or dissertation from 1997-

Some good reference books on biochemical subjects include:

Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry. 4v. Elsevier, 1999. REF QD 415 .C63 1999.

Concise Encyclopedia: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 1997. REF QD 415 .A25.B713 1997.

Dictionary of Gene Technology. VCH Publishers, 1995. REF QH 506 .K333 1995.

Dictionary of Natural Products. Chapman and Hall, 1994. REF QD 415 .A25 D53 1994.

Encyclopedia of Hormones. 3v. Academic Press. 2003. REF QP 571.E5 2003.

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. 4v. VCH Publishers, 1996. REF QH 506.E534 1996.

Handbook of Enzyme Inhibitors. 4v. Wiley. REF QP 601.5 .J34 1999.

Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Oxford, 1997. REF QP 512 .O94 1997.

Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. CRC Press, 1990. REF QP 514.2.P73 1989.

Springer Handbook of Enzymes. 4v. Springer. REF QP 601 .E5158 2001

13C-NMR of Natural Products. 2v. Plenum, 1992. REF QD 415 .R214.

For good biochemical sites, both UML databases and WEB sites, use the Biochemistry page or check the library web page under Electronic Resources for the Biochemistry Link.

For general information on library services for all graduate students, check here.

Page maintained by Marion Muskiewicz, Science Librarian, UMASS Lowell
Last updated 9/26/06