Entomology: Selected Sources

Locating Journal Article Citations:

The USF Libraries subscribe to a vast number of resources that provide journal citations and/or full-text articles.  Most databases are subject-specific. To locate relevant resources, go to the main library web site (http://www.lib.usf.edu), and under the “Electronic Resources” category, select “databases/newspapers.”  From there, choose the “by subject category” link and select “biology” from the pull-down menu. To get you started, the following databases may be useful for finding articles and information relating to the biological sciences:

BIOSIS Previews

              The electronic equivalent of Biological Abstracts, the key resource for locating journal articles in the biological sciences. Indexing is included for more than 6,000 journal titles with coverage dating back to 1969.

Entomology Abstracts

              Monitors 629 journal titles for articles relevant to the field of entomology.  Updated monthly with coverage back to 1982.

FORMIS

              Also called the Master Bibliography of Ant Literature, this database provides indexing to a large part of the scientific literature relating to the study of ants.

General Science Fulltext 

Indexes approximately 280 journals with items of general interest to science students. Includes Discover, Impact of Science on Society, Issues in Science & Technology, New Scientist, New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Science Digest, Science News, etc.

JSTOR

              This unique resource was created to provide searchable, full-text access to the older editions of a vast number of scholarly journals.  Coverage goes back to volume one of the journal but does not include the most recent few years of the title. Biology and ecology are two areas of concentration within this resource.

ScienceDirect

              A searchable collection of more than 1,000 Elsevier science journals.  Also provides access to articles that are in press but not yet published in the print version.

Scirus

              This science-specific web engine allows searching of scientific literature.  A unique feature of this resource is the ability to limit a search to scientist’s web sites.

Web of Science

              Includes Science Citation Index, one of the most comprehensive databases for locating scientific literature.  Links to full-text articles when available through USF subscriptions.  Updated weekly.

Locating the full-text journal article:

Once you have located journal citations of interest, there are several ways to locate the full-text of a particular article:

• Use the link if it is available.
• Perform a title search on the title of the journal (not the article title) in the USF online catalog. 
• Use the e-journal finder located in the “Electronic Resources” section of the USF Libraries web site.
• Click on the “full-text” link (when available) within the database.
• If you do not locate the materials at USF, consider submitting an interlibrary loan request

        for the item.

Selected electronic journals available through USF subscriptions relating to insect behavior:  

Agricultural and Forest Entomology                                  1999-to date

Applied Entomology and Zoology                                      2000-to date

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology                  1996-to date

Biological Control                                                          1993-to date

Ecological Entomology                                                   1996-to date

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata                            1996-to date

Entomological Science                                                    2003-to date

Florida Entomologist                                                      1917-to date

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology                         1995-to date

Insect Molecular Biology                                                 1997-to date

Insectes Sociaux                                                           1997-to date

International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology     1995-1999

Journal of Applied Entomology                                         1999-to date

Journal of Insect Behavior                                               1997-to date

Journal of Insect Conservation                                         1997-to date

Journal of Insect Physiology                                             1995-to date

Journal of Insect Science                                                2001-to date

Pest Management Science                                               2000-to date

Physiological Entomology                                                 1997-to date                                                                  

Remember, if you have difficulty using one of the library resources, talk to a reference librarian.  Help is available in-person, by phone (727-553-4124) or via chat (from the Ask a Librarian link on the USF Libraries web site)!

Prepared by Tina Neville  (neville@nelson.usf.edu)

September 2005