Guest Databases for General Sciences
Alphabetical list of databases:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I-J-K
L
M
N
O-P
Q
R-S
T
U-V
W-X-Y-Z
Databases by subject
Specific database services
Databases marked "IN LIBRARY USE ONLY"
can be searched
exclusively from the Public Access/Gov Docs computers in the Library.
| Database | Description | Full Text | Service |
| Academic Search Complete
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. | ||
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Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (via EBSCOhost)
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Contains bibliographic coverage of more than 560 core English-language, scientific and technical publications. Topics include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management. | ||
| DOE Information Bridge | Provides free, convenient, and quick access Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics | Gov | |
| E-PRINT Network | A vast, integrated network of electronic scientific and technical information created by scientists and research engineers active in their respective fields, intended for use by other scientists, engineers, and students at advanced levels. Also a gateway to over 12,000 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE. | Gov | |
| Federal R&D Project Summaries | A portal to information about Federal research projects, complete with full-text single-query searching across databases residing at different agencies (Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation) | Gov | |
| GrayLIT | A portal to the "gray literature" of U.S. Federal Agencies generated through federally funded research and development projects. It taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency. | Gov | |
| MathSciNet | Comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. MathSciNet provides Web access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database | American Mathematical Society | |
| Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) | Discover and use the scientific and technical information resources of the Department of Energy in broad disciplines such as physics, chemistry, materials, biology, engineering, energy efficiency, and other related subject areas. | Gov | |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
PNAS publishes research reports (describing the results of original research of exceptional importance), commentaries (which call attention to papers of particular note and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), perspectives (presenting a viewpoint on an important area of research and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), and colloquium papers (reports of scientific colloquia held under Academy auspices) on a broad array of scientific topics. | National Academy of Sciences | |
| ScienceDirect®
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provides access to more than 1000 scientific, medical and technical journals published by the world's leading scientific publishers, many in full text. | Science Direct® | |
| Wiley InterScience®
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provide full-text access to journal articles in the fields of business; chemistry; computer science; earth and environmental science; education; engineering; law; life sciences; mathematics and statistics; medicine and healthcare; physics and astronomy; polymers and materials science; psychology; and social sciences. | Wiley |
