About CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences

Subject
Unique database containing over a million charts, images, illustrations, maps, and tables extracted from peer reviewed journals and fully indexed for easy retrieval. It provides scanned images of retrieved objects with bibliographic data describing the object as well as the original article. Links to full text articles are provided if available. More information.

CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is interdisciplinary, covering a wide variety of journals from all major areas such as:

  • Biology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Studies
  • Medical Sciences
  • Agriculture
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Education
  • Geography
  • Veterinary Science
  • Food and Food Industries
  • Pharmacy and Pharmacology
  • Meteorology
  • Public Health and Safety
  • Water Resources
  • Conservation
  • Forests and Forestry

    • Sources
    Over 1,000 peer reviewed journals. Serials list.

    Coverage
    1997 - Current.
    Note: The majority of objects date from literature published from 2000 forward, however there are approximately 9,000 objects from publications older than 2000.
    The number of objects is projected to increase by approximately 150,000 each month.

    Provider
    Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Published by Elsevier Science)

    Help
    Online help available after log on.
    CSA Illustrata FAQ
    CSA Illumina Help Section

    Access
    NSU faculty, students and staff:  On campus and remote access.
    Registered Broward patrons: On campus access only.
    General Public: Walk in access within the library.

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    Revised: 07/16/2009