Access to ABI/Inform and Zoological Record discontinued

Changing research themes

WUR's demand for cost savings and effective use of library budgets has prompted the Library to look more closely at low-used databases. Over several years now, both ABI/Inform and Zoological Record continue to show decreasing and low usage statistics. This indicates that these databases no longer fit well within the changing university's research themes. By reallocating financial resources, the library can continue to offer more frequently used citation and literature databases.

Alternative resources ABI/Inform

Alternative high-quality sources in the field of Economy and Business that can be a good starting point for your research are the following:

• Econlit Provides citations for articles and dissertations in more than 620 journals, books, and working papers on economics, plus full text for more than 560 journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo.
• NBER Working Paper Full text of the National Bureau of Economic Research working papers.
• NexisUni Full-text sources including newspapers, wires, transcripts, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, also industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions and statutes.
• AG-Econ Open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics.
• SSRN Working papers and preprints in economics, business, and social sciences.

Alternative resources Zoological Records

Alternative high-quality sources in the field of animal sciences that can be a good starting point for your research are the following:

• CAB Abstracts CAB Abstracts is the most comprehensive database for bibliographic information on agriculture and applied life sciences worldwide. Over 9,000 scientific journals and other serial works in many different languages are scanned for relevant information in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, zoology, animal husbandry and management and conservation of natural resources.
• Natural Science Collection ProQuest's Natural Science Collection includes the Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Biological Science Database, and Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database. It provides full-text access to scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, professional magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
• Europe PMC Provides comprehensive access to life sciences literature from trusted sources. The database contains publications, preprints and other documents enriched with links to supporting data, reviews, protocols, and other relevant resources.
• Animal Welfare Institute Refinement Database Database on refinement of housing, husbandry, care, and use of animals in research.

The Library trusts that these alternative resources, in combination with our interlibrary loan services, will ensure comprehensive coverage of scientific literature in animal sciences, business and economics.

Request a book or article from another library

If you need a book or article that is not in the collection, you can request it from another library. For more information, see Ordering and document delivery. If you have any questions about the Library’s collections and databases, please contact the Library's Collections team.