Sciences Databases
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)
Repository of crystallographic structures generally obtained by X-ray diffraction. There is a free consultation part accessible through the internet through The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC) and a part that can be consulted with license and that is available in some UAB computers. More information in the library.
Chemical Safety Library
Collective repository of data on dangerous reactions, which aims to alert about potentially dangerous experiments to avoid accidents and improve safety in laboratories.
ChemSpider
Database of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CSR), free of charge, with more than 50 million chemical structures, properties and associated information. Integrates data from hundreds of sources and includes additional properties, related information, and links to original data sources.
Espacenet: Europe's network of patent databases
Created by the European Patent Office (EPO), it offers a free patent search and technical development service since 1836. It contains more than 110 million documents worldwide and is updated daily. Free access.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Encyclopedia with articles on chemicals (properties, manufacture and uses). It includes information on industrial processes, and issues related to environmental and health issues. See the guide for more information.
Patentscope
Access to the international applications of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with the full text format on the day of publication and the patent documents of the national and regional patents participating offices. Free access
PubChem
Database of organic chemicals with their structure and biological activity. It allows joint or separate search in its three subbases: PubChem Substance, PubChem Coumpond and PubChem BioAssay.
SciFinder-n
Integrates various databases of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAplus, CASREACT, CHEMCATS, CHEMLIST, CIN, MARPAT and REGISTRY) and incorporates Medline. It stands out by the option to look for chemical products for the structure, substructure or reactions. Includes commercial catalogs. Search results include all kinds of documents and patents stand out.
To check it for the first time you must register from a computer connected to the UAB network and using the institutional mail of the UAB. Go to the library in case you have problems accessing.
AGRIS
World technical bibliographic information on food and agriculture. Maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Open access
CAB eBooks
CAB eBooks is an eBook platform. It is divided into six collections: 1. Agriculture 2. Animal & veterinary sciences 3. Environmental sciences 4. Human health & nutrition 5. Leisure & tourism 6. Plant sciences. Books are indexed and retrievable by chapter. It allows you to read books online, print and download pdfs.
GeoRef
Database produced by the American Geosciences Institute, with bibliographic information (journal articles, books, theses, reports, maps ...) on different aspects of earth sciences (engineering, economics, chemistry ...). With full coverage on North American geology, it has expanded internationally since 1933. GeoRef in Process includes literature not yet indexed, usually in non-English languages. There is the Thesaurus.
GreenFILE
Database containing information on the positive and negative impact of human beings on the environment and related topics: global warming, pollution, renewable energy, recycling, etc. It also links the environment to disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. It includes more than 600 articles (some full-text) from the first issue to the present and contains more than 295,000 records, more than 4,600 of which are full-text.
HERO: Health & Environmental Research Online
Studies of risk assessments to characterize the nature and magnitude of risks to human and ecosystem health from pollutants and environmental chemicals.
Medi ambient. Generalitat de Catalunya
Information and access to the corresponding entity concerning natural spaces, sustainability, forest management, water, waste and policies on climate change.
Natural Science Collection
Access to:
• Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
• Biological Science Collection
• Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection.
Information services of the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico
It contains a compilation of legislation, an information office, the integrated water information system ...
GeoRef (includes GeoRef in Process)
Database produced by the American Geosciences Institute, with bibliographic information (articles, books, theses, reports, maps ...) on different aspects of earth sciences (engineering, economics, chemistry ...). With total coverage on geology of North America that is expanded from 1933 on an international level.
GeoRef in Process includes literature not yet indexed, generally in non-English languages. There is a Thesaurus.
GeoRef Previews
Most recent literature in the earth sciences that is being indexed and that is not yet transferred to GeoRef
BIGPI: bibliografia de geologia de la Península Ibèrica
Bibliographical database on geology of the Iberian Peninsula; It includes links to the catalog of the libraries of the Universitat de Barcelona and to the full text, when it is accessible in electronic version. Practically all of the original documents can be consulted in the Geology library (UB-CSIC)
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)
Repository of crystallographic structures generally obtained by X-ray diffraction. There is a free consultation part accessible through the internet through The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC) and a part that can be consulted with license and that is available in some UAB computers. More information in the library.
Earth, atmospheric & aquatic science data base
Database on earth sciences and geology, includes the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Oceanic Abstracts, and the Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). Provides full-text titles from around the world, including academic journals, trade and industry journals, technical reports, congressional records and government publications.
GeoScienceWorld
Resource for research in earth sciences and geology. Access platform integrated into 46 academic journals, more than 2,000 e-books and 4 million records of GeoRef. Specialized search based on maps. You can also search for images.
Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya -- Databases & catalogs
o Base de Dades d'Allaus de Catalunya (BDAC)
o Base de dades d'esllavissades (LLISCAT)
o Base de dades d'holotips
o Base de dades macrosísmica de Catalunya
o Catàleg de sòls
o Llibre verd de l'Estat de la zona costanera a Catalunya, 2010
o Catàleg de la Biblioteca ICGC
International tables for crystallography
It includes articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences related to the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is placed on the symmetry, the diffraction methods and the techniques of determination of the crystalline structure and the physical and chemical properties of the crystals. It also contains discussions about theory, practical explanations and examples, which are useful for teaching.
ArXiv
Access to physical work (astrophysics, high energy physics, quantum physics...), mathematics, computing, as well as biology, finance, statistics, electrical engineering and economics. Open access
eLibM
Electronic Mathematics Library, contains open access magazines and work volumes in all fields of mathematics.
MathSciNet
Created by the American Mathematical Society, it is the essential research tool that indexes and reviews the literature of the mathematical sciences, as pure as applied and also its history from the nineteenth century to the present.
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Biographies of mathematicians, history of mathematics.
NumDam
French digital library, offers access to metadata and articles of magazines and seminars in the field of mathematics. Terms of use http://www.numdam.org/conditions/
swMATH
Portal with mathematical software information.
Wolfram MathWorld
Mathematical Encyclopedia, created and maintained by Eric Weisstein. Open access
ArXiv
Access to physical work (astrophysics, high energy physics, quantum physics...), mathematics, computing, as well as biology, finance, statistics, electrical engineering and economics. Open access
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Bibliographical information system for scientific literature on astronomy and astrophysics, from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and funded by NASA.
inSPIRE
Information system for high-energy physics literature, built by CERN and other collaborators. Open access
International
PubMed
Search engine for biomedical literature, including life sciences, chemical science and bioengineering, among others, known as Medline when distributed by providers. PubMed is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
SciFinder-n
Platform that integrates various databases of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAplus, CASREACT, CHEMCATS, CHEMLIST, CIN, MARPAT and REGISTRY) and incorporates Medline. Highlights for the option to look for chemicals by structure, substructure or reactions. Includes commercial catalogs. Search results include all types of documents, and patents stand out. To consult it for the first time, it is necessary to register from a computer connected to the UAB network and using the institutional mail from the UAB. Contact the library if you have problems accessing.
Scopus
Important both for content and for the services added: bibliometry, identification of authors and affiliations. It is the largest database of abstracts and citations reviewed by peers in the world. It is updated daily. It contains information in 40 languages, plus non-Anglo-Saxon coverage (6900 European journals, more than 50% of the titles are European, South American and Asia-Pacific).
Web of Science (WoS)
Website portal of the Clarivate Analytics company that allows the access to a set of bibliographic and bibliometric databases of a multidisciplinary nature. Searcheable by subject and by mentioned work and / or author, consult bibliometric indicators (number of citations, index H, impact factor of the magazines, etc.)
Regional
ÍnDICEs CSIC
Portal in the databases of the CSIC, this is a multidisciplinary bibliographical resource that compiles and disseminates mainly research articles published in Spanish scientific journals and replaces "CSIC Databases: ICYT, IME, ISOC".
OpenGrey: system for information on grey literature in Europe
Prepared by the Institut de la information scientifique et technique, it contains bibliographic citations of gray literature generated in Europe. It collects documents of science, technology, biomedicine, economics, social sciences and humanities. Includes technical or research reports, doctoral theses, conference proceedings, official publications and other types of gray literature. Free access
History of science
History of Science, Technology & Medicine
Access to four bibliographies: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza i Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
Servei d'arxius de ciència
Web service that allows the localization, conservation and dissemination of the documentary heritage of science, technology and medicine in Catalonia. It channels the scientific-technical documentary funds to the archive network and acts as a collection and distribution point of information. Free access.