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ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts : Information at a Glance

Resource Type
Online index with citations, abstracts, and links to full-text.
Subject Area
Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries, Oceanography, Environmental Studies
Availability
Trent - Access available to any valid Trent user, using their Novell Password in the Library, or at home through the PROXY SERVER.
How to Access

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Description

The ASFA series is the premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature.

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Notes
This database works with to locate full-text availability.
Coverage
1971-current
Update Frequency
Monthly
Stable URL

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When you have full record for an item, look for "Document URL" at the bottom.
Check to see if the the proxy prefix is included. Copy this link for a stable url.

ASFA also uses the doi system to create a stable link.

To link to a particular article, look for the line that says:
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/####.###.

To ensure off-campus access, include the proxy prefix:
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Example: http://web2.trentu.ca:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbbm.2007.04.008

Since this database also contains links to Get it! you can use the "Save Citation" data to create a link to the article.

 

 
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Last modified: July 22, 2011
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