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1   Link   The Cambridge Structural Database
The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is the principal product of the CCDC. It is the central focus of the CSD System, which also comprises software for database access, structure visualisation and data analysis, and structural knowledge bases derived from the CSD. 		49
2   Link   SCOPUS
THis database is accessed through HINARI. Request username and password from the librarian

Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for scholarly journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences (including arts and humanities) fields.[1] It is owned by Elsevier and is provided on the Web for subscribers. Searches in Scopus incorporate searches of scientific web pages through Scirus, another Elsevier product, as well as patent databases. 		59
3   Link   SCIRUS
It is the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 440 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information. 		70
4   Link   Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. 		79
5   Link   ISI Web of Knowledge
This database is accessed through OARE programme. Request username and password from the librarian.

ISI Web of Knowledge is an academic citation indexing and search service, which is combined with web linking and provided by Thomson Reuters. Web of Knowledge coverage encompasses the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It provides bibliographic content and the tools to access, analyze, and manage research information. It has the attribute that multiple databases can be searched simultaneousl 		46
6   Link   Cn3D macromolecular structure
Cn3D ("see in 3D") is a helper application for your web browser that allows you to view 3-dimensional structures from NCBI's Entrez Structure database. Cn3D is provided for Windows and Macintosh, and can be compiled on Unix. Cn3D simultaneously displays structure, sequence, and alignment, and now has powerful annotation and alignment editing features. 		55
7   Link   PROTA - PLant Resources of Tropical Africa
PROTA is an international, not-for-profit foundation. It intends to synthesize the dispersed information on the approximately7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa and to provide wide access to the information through Webdatabases, Books, CD-Roms and Special Products. 		50
8   Link   GenBank
Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease. 		36