Research Guides: Oenology & Viticulture: Scholarly Articles

Article databases

There are several different databases the provide access to research, news and the trade literature. Although most databases overlap varying content it is prudent to start with interdisciplinary databases and filter search results. Searching databases that allow for searching text in full-text articles will provide unique results. Subject-specific databases provide additional content not found in other databases.

Many different overlapping databases also individually provide access to unique scholarly and peer-reviewed content. Consult figshare to find papers and separate figures, tables and charts of interest.

Search for papers, reports, etc. using intitle:keyword filetype:PDF e.g. allintitle:"wine chemistry" filetype:PDF

There are several services that translate journal name abbreviations to full names including All That JAS, Web of Science Journal Title Abbreviations, and Brock Library's A_Z List of Journals (just enter abbreviation - full name will come out if found).

Interdisciplinary databases include: SuperSearch, Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, and PLOS (Public Library of Science)
Full-text searching databases include: Scholars Portal E-journals
EBSCO databases including FSTA and Food Science Source can be searched together by clicking on the "Choose Databases" tab and selecting these databases
Subject-specific databases include: SciFinder (chemistry) and VITIS (wine, grapes, oenology, viticulture)
Agricultural databases include: AGRIS and AGRICOLA which provide links to reports, articles, bulletins and related resources.
Business / marketing databases include: ABI/INFORM Global, Business Source Complete, and other business databases
News and trade literature databases include Canadian Business and Current Affairs, CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals), Nexis Uni and other news databases.
Legal databases including Canadian cases, news, decisions and commentaries.
Search Nexis Uni and Factiva for real time, full-text, international, English language, news, trade journals, major international newspapers e.g. NY Times, news wires, and magazines - truly remarkable!

SuperSearch
SuperSearch is a powerful multidisciplinary tool. It is a database that has the same search software and filters as FSTA, Food Science Source, Academic Search Complete and includes content from the Brock library catalogue, digital repository, all of the EBSCO databases (including Academic Search Complete, Web of Science, and Scholars Portal E-Journals). Searching for peer-reviewed articles is managed best by filtering results by keywords in Titles, Limiting results to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals, Academic Journals, recent Publication Dates, language, and browsing EBSCO subjects. Watch the How to use SuperSearch video prior to searching and be very careful when denoting which articles are peer reviewed.
Google Scholar
Fast becoming a free database of choice for quickly finding articles. Best searching by keyword(s) and phrases, exclude patents, search abstracts, Sort by date, and clicking on Brock's Get it!@ Brock links. Be careful denoting and identifying peer reviewed articles.
VITIS - Viticulture and Enology Abstracts
Unique international content for books, journal, magazine, conference and proceedings.
Food Science Source
EBSCO database that can be searched independently, grouped with other databases and with SuperSearch.
FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts
EBSCO database that can be searched independently, grouped with other databases and with SuperSearch.
Academic Search Complete
- Scholarly resources across all disciplines
- Permitted Uses
Web of Science Core Collection
Access to the largest collection of full-text PDF journals. Searches the full text of most academic science, technology, and social science publishers. Limit results by searching keywords in Article Title, set date limits to obtain current articles, click on "Show only content I can access" and "Peer Reviewed" browse and select any number of Scholars Portal database subjects as appropriate. Again, you still have to recognize and denote which articles are peer reviewed.

PubMed (MEDLINE)

Embase
- Comprehensive biomedical database including more than 30 million records from more than 8,500 journals.
- Notable coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research, pharmacology and toxicology as well as robust international content.
- Coverage: 1974-current
- Permitted Uses
Scholars Portal E-Journals
Access to the largest collection of full-text PDF journals. Searches the full text of most academic publishers including Taylor and Francis Journals Online. Limit results by searching keywords in Article Title, set date limits to obtain current articles, click on "Show only content I can access" and "Peer Reviewed" browse and select any number of Scholars Portal database subjects as appropriate. Again, you still have to recognize and denote which articles are peer reviewed.
SciFinder
Chemistry literature searchable by keywords, chemicals, reactions, properties... together with PubMed or MEDLINE citations. Requires username and password.

Register for SciFinder @ Brock link
First time users must register for SciFinder to use the database in addition to moving through the Brock proxy authentication.

bioRxiv
- Online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
- Full-text articles are not peer reviewed and may be eventually published in science journals.
- Coverage: 2013-present
- Terms of Use from Publisher Site
PLOS - Public Library of Science
- Find peer reviewed journals in biological, life and health sciences with research in biotechnology, chemistry, pharmacology, genetics, mathematics/statistics, neuroscience, public health and related disciplines.
- Permitted Uses
AGRICOLA
- Find journal articles, books, book chapters, short reports, audiovisuals and reprints in all aspects of agriculture held by NAL and its Cooperators.
- Terms of Use from Publisher Site
AGRIS
- Supported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides access to a wealth of research and technical information on agriculture worldwide.
- This collaboratively complied multilingual database is a bibliographic repository, yet when available, provides full-text links to resources provided by more than 350 data providers, countries and international organizations.
- Coverage: 1975-present.
- Terms of Use from Publisher Site
Environment Index
- A bibliographic database offering extensive coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy and affiliated areas of study.
- Permitted Uses

International Wine Research Database
Covers a selected list of core journals including regional journals/magazines.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Open access journals, including full-text scientific and scholarly journals mainly published in English, international in scope and use a quality control system to guarantee their content.
- Permitted Uses
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
- Provides access to some of the world's most highly-cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
- Published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
- Limited to 50 simultaneous users.
- Permitted Uses