Last revised: August 2009
Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
Scope: This is a selective guide to finding key research material in the areas of
Neuroscience & Cognitive Science. Neuroscience is the study of how the nervous system, composed of the brain and the spinal cord, develops and functions. Information sources included in this guide emphasize research areas of interest to
faculty and students in the Neuroscience & Cognitive Science (NACS) graduate program. Sources listed in this guide are compiled from Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide.3rd. Edition. by Diane Schmidt, Elisabeth B. Davis, and Pamela F. Jacobs., 2002.
Email the subject area specialist at tharrod@umd.edu for more information.
Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Maryland College Park
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Finding Books
To find books about cell and developmental biology in our catalog try searching for the following subject terms: Neurosciences, Brain, Neurobiology, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Science, Biological Systems, Cellular Signal Transduction, etc.
Atlases, Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias
- Anatomy of the Human Body
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Online Resource
- Hirsch, M.C. Dictionary of Human Neuroanatomy
Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2000.
Location: UMCP McKeldin Stacks
Call Number: QM451 .H57 2000 - Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
http://www.els.net
General encyclopedia of all biological sciences topics. - Encyclopedia of Neuroscience - Adelman, G. & Smith, B.H. (eds.)
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999.
Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
Call Number: RC334 .E53 1997 - Agur, A.M.R. & Dalley, A.F. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009.
Location: UMCP McKeldin Reference Stacks
Call Number: QM25 .A38 2005 - Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy (Series)
Multiple Volumes:-
Immediate Early Genes and Inducible Transcription Factors in Mapping of the Central Nervous System Function and Dysfunction - Kaczmarek, L. & Robertson, H.A. (eds.)
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2002.
Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
Call Number: QM451 .H24 1983 v. 19 -
Glutamate - Ottersen, O.P. & Storm-Mathisen, J. (eds.)
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000.
Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
Call Number: QM451 .H24 1983 vol. 18 -
Peptide Receptors - Quirion, R. Bjorklund, A., & Hokfelt, T. (eds.)
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000-
Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
Call Number: QM451 .H24 1983 vol. 16
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- Schlossberg, L. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Folio
Call Number: QM23.2 .J63 1997 - Neurosciences on the Internet
http://www.neuroguide.com/
Online Resource
Journals
(These are ranked by impact factor, also please note that our print coverage of these journals is often not current)- Annual Review of Neuroscience
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000734305
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
Call Number: QP351 .A5 - Nature Reviews: Neuroscience
(Available Online Only) - CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets (Available Online Only - 12 Month Delay)
- Neuron
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001590136
Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP356.2 .N48 - Nature Neuroscience
(Available Online Only) - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000794354
Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP360 .B425 - Trends in Neurosciences
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000790364
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: RC321 .T72 - Molecular Psychiatry
(Available Online: Most Recent Year Not Available) - Trends in Cognitive Sciences (Available Online Only)
- Brain
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000473061
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: RC321 .B79 - Progress in Neurobiology
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000515207
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP356 .P73 - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000442398
Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP187.A1 F76 - Biological Psychiatry
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000317786
Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
Call Number: RC321 .B55 - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001897821
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP351 .C885 - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (Available Online Only)
- Journal of Neuroscience
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000955842
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP351 .J65 - Neuropsychopharmacology
(Available Online Only: Most Recent Year Not Available) - Brain Research Reviews
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001709151
Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
Call Number: QP376.A1 B73 - Sleep Medicine Reviews
(Available Online Only) - Pain
http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000675491
Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
Call Number: RB127 .P33
Databases (Finding Articles on a Topic)
To find articles in research journals, search any of the following databases using keywords that describe your topic. Below is a list of databases covering the core study of neuroscience.- Animal Behavior Abstracts
Indexes journal articles, book chapters, conference papers on all aspects of animal behavior. - BIOSIS Previews
BIOSIS Previews provides the most comprehensive coverage to the literature of the life sciences. Coverage includes primary research articles in the basic areas of biology: botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as related fields such biomedicine, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. - CogNet
Searchable collection of full text books, journals, conference papers, and reference sources in cognitive and brain sciences. - CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
Covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience, including motor, visual, auditory, vestibular systems, neural networks, and computation. - PubMed
National Library of Medicine's database covering abstracts to articles from U.S. and international biomedical journals. Indexing is from the mid-1960s to present. - Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) is an important tool for locating research articles. SCI coverage is multidisciplinary and allows you to see the cited references (bibliography) of a particular article, number of times an article has been cited and related records.
Web Resources
- Cognitive Science Web Sites (University of Waterloo)
http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/courses/resources.html
This website features a collection of cognitive sciences websites broken into various categories such as: logic, consciousness, societies, etc. - Google Directory (Cognitive Science)
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Cognitive_Science/
Features links to many Cognitive Sciences resources available on the open web - Neuroguide.com
http://www.neuroguide.com/
This guide contains links to some of the premier neurosciences resources available on the web - Neuroscience Resources (University of Wisconsin)
http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/neurosci.html
Contains links to journals, databases, and much more - The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Neuroscience
http://neuro.med.cornell.edu/
Features links to many web-based neurosciences resources - Yahoo Directory (Cognitive Science)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/cognitive_science/
Features links to many Cognitive Sciences resources available on the open web - Yahoo Directory (Neuroscience)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Neuroscience/
Features links to many Neurosciences resources available on the open web
Professional Associations
- American Physiological Society
http://www.th-aps.org/ - American Society for Neurochemistry
http://www.ASNeurochem.org - Endocrine Society
http://www.endo-society.org - International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN)
http://www.developmental-neuroscience.org/ - Society for Neuroscience
http://www.sfn.org
