Vet-Anatomy is an interactive atlas of veterinary anatomy based on medical imaging. It has been created on the same framework than the popular award-wining e-Anatomy, but dedicated to animals.
It is now available for unimelb students and staff.
Key databases
CAB Abstracts
Available via -Cab Abstracts (CABI Digital Library) OR CAB Abstracts (EBSCO)
Access to applied life sciences literature, including agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition. International coverage. Covers 1910 up to the present.
Medline
Medline covers the fields of : medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, dentistry, allied health, pre-clinical sciences and biosciences. Produced by the National Library of Medicine it contains well over 13 million citations dating back to 1950.
PubMed
PubMed includes the Medline database and in addition also provides access to additional biomedicine web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources.
Embase is a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database covering journals in: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, veterinary medicine and biomedical engineering/instrumentation.
AGRICOLA (EBSCO)
Covers the subjects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology and earth and environmental sciences. Produced by th U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Animal Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
Provides access to literature related to animal behaviour. Subjects range from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, and from genetics to applied ethology. Major areas of coverage include aggression, genetics of behaviour, dominance, communication, learning, behavioral ecology.
Animal Health and Production Compendium
Focuses on animal health and production, including diseases, nutrition, husbandry and breeding. The database offers: Full expert datasheets - livestock and poultry breeds, diseases, pathogens, foodborne contaminants and food animal products. Also includes conference papers.
FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts, produced by the International Food Information Service (IFIS), is a database of information on food science, food technology and nutrition. The database includes material from over 4,600 serial publications, covering all the major food commodities plus biotechnology, microbiology, food safety, additives, nutrition, packaging and pet foods. Coverage spans from 1969 to present.
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (Kanehisa Laboratories)
KEGG is a database resource that integrates genomic, chemical, and systemic functional information. In particular, gene catalogues in the completely sequenced genomes are linked to higher-level systemic functions of the cell, the organism, and the ecosystem. Access to data requires a password.
SciQuest is a fully indexed and searchable e-library of quality New Zealand and Australian veterinary and animal science and veterinary continuing education publications. The Library has access to selected titles: Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production ; Equine Veterinarians Australia Publications, including Proceedings of the Bain Fallon Memorial Lectures and the Australian Equine Veterinarian ; New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Special Interest Branch Proceedings.
MIMS Online is the web version of the MIMS Point of Care database. Incorporating data from MIMS abbreviated and full medicines information, product images and consumer medicines information, MIMS Online offers convenient access to essential information on over 4,500 prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Multidisciplinary databases
Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Web of Science
Web of Science Core Collection provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
Google Scholar
Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. (With University of Melbourne full text authentication)