Biology Digest and GEOBASE Discontinued

On June 30, our access to the article databases Biology Digest and GEOBASE will end. Since neither Biology Digest nor GEOBASE index article citations nor do they include full-text articles, we will not loose access to any journal content.

Currently, the library accesses both databases via FirstSearch, a service provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.). But since March 2010, OCLC has been phasing out article database services in order to focus on WorldCat, its global library catalog, and other Web-scale library services.

Although Biology Digest and GEOBASE soon will no longer be available, WMU faculty, staff, and students will continue to have other options when searching for biology- and geosciences-related topics. See our biological sciences and geosciences article database guides for database coverage in these subject areas.

LexisNexis Environmental Now in Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management

Looking for the article database LexisNexis Environmental? It has been absorbed by ProQuest-CSA and is now part of the Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management database within ProQuest-CSA.

You can access this database from the Libraries' Environmental Studies Article Databases page -- just as you did Lexis Nexis Environmental. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management is the first database in the list.


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Subject Guides for Your Department

Did you know that there are biological sciences, chemistry, environmental studies, and geosciences subject guides on the Libraries web site? And, that the subject guides list and *link* to the Libraries article databases especially relevant to your field of study?

Here's how you can access these subject guides...

1. Go to the Libraries web page
2. Hover your mouse over the "Research" link (on the left side of the tan navigation bar at the top of the screen)
3. Move your mouse down to "Subject Guides" and click
4. From the alphabetical list, click which ever guide you want to use

The library has over eighty subject guides. In addition to linking to relevant article databases, these guides also link to handbooks, dictionaries, patents, government information as well as other useful information.

Knowing where these resources are centrally located can save you time and effort.

Take a look at the subject guide relevant to you. Tell your students about it. If you have any questions or suggestions of other resources that should be included in the guides, feel free to let me know.

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