Books
- BIOSIS Serial Sources byCall Number: 570.5 BIOA21BPublication Date: 1995-2005Has always been the go-to resource for biology journal titles and abbreviations, but it is no longer produced in print and the online version lacks abbreviations. Online version available.
- Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index: 1907-2004 CumulativeCall Number: 016.54 Ac2Publication Date: 2005This serial list for the Chemical Abstracts database has about 155,000 entries covering over 80,000 scientific journals and non-serial publications. CASSI, as it is universally known, is particularly useful since it covers a vast number of journals in all fields of science and technology back to 1907 and is thus valuable for its coverage of obscure foreign journals or journals that have ceased publication. CASSI is also available for free online and can be searched by journal title, abbreviation, and ISSN.
- International Catalogue of Scientific Literature byCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 1901-1914Outgrowth of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers. Covers the years 1901-14. Author and subject catalogue. Divided into sections, for example, section M is devoted to botany, section L to general biology. Journal lists with abbreviated titles are provided.
- Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900 [print copy] byCall Number: 016.5 R81SPublication Date: 1867-1902An essential retrospective source. Entries are arranged by author's name. Abbreviations used are explained and are particularly helpful in locating titles of ceased periodicals. Also available as e-book.
- Catalogue of Scientific Serials of all Countries Including the Transactions of Learned Societies in the Natural Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1633-1876 [print copy] byCall Number: 016.5 SCU2C1965Publication Date: 1965A classic catalog listing over 4,000 serials from around the world. It is a valuable resource for tracking down the titles of rare, obscure society publications. The bulk of the book is in order by country and city, but there are also title and minor subject indexes. Also available as an e-book.
- Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada byCall Number: 016.05 UN331965Publication Date: 1965This classic union list is valuable for verifying the titles and dates of old serials. Also available as an e-book.
- World List of Scientific Periodicals Published in the Years 1900-1960 byCall Number: 016.505 W8931963Publication Date: 1963-1965An alphabetical list of serials published in the early years of the Twentieth Century. It includes a list of standard abbreviations. Useful for verifying the titles of periodicals.
- Zoological Record Serial Sources byCall Number: 016.59105 Z76Publication Date: 1988-2004This journal list is similar to the BIOSIS Serial Sources, above, and is equally useful for verifying journals. It covers 4,500 current titles and 5,500 archival titles. The list of current titles is also available online.The online version does not include abbreviations.
Online Databases
Typing the full journal name followed by the word abbreviation into a Google search will bring up the abbreviation with a strict ISO4 notation. Caveat, they come up with a full stop (period) on each abbreviated word, which is not what every journal uses.
- example Google search : Journal of Wildlife Diseases abbreviation = J. Wildl. Dis.
- the journal itself uses J Wildl Dis
Journals in NCBI Databases.
Information in this free database includes publisher, frequency, abbreviation, ISSN, and whether indexed in MEDLINE. Since the NCBI databases cover more than just medicine, this source is useful beyond the health sciences. However, it includes only currently active titles.
JournalSeek.
A database containing information on nearly 100,000 journal titles, including description (aims and scope), abbreviation, homepage, and ISSN.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog.
This catalog gives you full information on all their indexed journals, including the abbreviation.
PubMed displays the correct journal abbreviation in the article information.
Subject Guide
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