Good place to begin a search for information on a current issue. Coverage is from the early 1980's on. However, only relatively few scientific journals are incuded in the database so it may be necessary to search other databases as well. Good database for finding information on current issues with very good coverage of news. Search Menu is arranged by broad topic area and you may need to search a couple of these.
Many articles are full text.
Does not have wide coverage of scientific journals. Biological and Agricultural Index Indexes approximately 200 peer reviewed and highly regarded scientific journals in biology and agriculture. Also includes a few scientific magazines. No abstracts or full-text. However, you can find almost all of the magazines and journals indexed in BAI in The Valley Library.