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Science, Technology and Mathematics Database

Academic OneFile
Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 1,560 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.

AGRICOLA -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1970 to the present. This database contains materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science.

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service.

Biology
A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research.

ClasePeriodica -
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities from 1975 to the present.

CQ Researcher
Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Credo Reference Medical resources
Search six browsable reference books from a collection of the world's leading publishers in the medical field.

Credo Reference Science resources
Database of science reference books.

Credo Reference Technology resources
Search six browsable reference books from a collection of the world's leading publishers.

EBSCO Animals
Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Within some of the full text, image links are available for the Windows client. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic.

Encyclopedia Americana
Contains additional materials, including maps, flags, tables, and links to related sites on the World Wide Web.

(UXL) Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Focuses on the physical and geological aspects, structure, and features of 48 of the earth's landforms - what they are, how they look, how they were created, how they change over time, and major geological events associated with them.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Funded by Mass. Bd of Library Commissioners & Mass Regional Library Systems.
A database of periodicals covering all major academic disciplines including many articles in full text.

General OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

GEOBASE -
Contains over 2000 sources worldwide on geography, geology, and ecology.

In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives
Personal narratives- the most comprehensive archive of social memory. Covers many topics including historical events and people from World War I and II to popular culture, music to medicine, Hitler to John Wayne, gay rights to September 11th.

Issues & Controversies
Source of current, in-depth and objective information on hotly debated issues of the day.

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JSTOR
Available via JSTOR. Coverage is from the first issues to the last 3-5 years. This is a database of over 100 full text scholarly journal titles including some volumes dating back to the nineteenth century.

Knovel Library
Provides a one-stop source for finding answers to science, engineering, and math questions. Contains nine full text handbooks with formulas, tables and graphs.

mathworld
A free service provided by Wolfram Research with additional support from the National Science Foundation. This is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers.

Medline (Web of Knowledge)
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It covers 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines.More than 600,000 new items are indexed each year.

Project MUSE
Available via the John Hopkins University Press. Coverage is from 1993 to the present. This is a database of over 100 full text scholarly journals mainly within the past five years.

PubMed
Available via the National Library of Medicine. Coverage is from 1966 to the present. This is a comprehensive index to articles in the field of medicine.

Science Direct
Titles formerly available through IDEAL. (For full text, set Source to Subscribed journals)
Collection of 174 E-journals with emphasis on science.

Science Online
A complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost many science fields.

SIRSResearcher -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1988 to the present. Abstracts are available since 1994. References include social, scientific, economic and political issues worldwide from over 1200 domestic and international newspapers, periodicals and government publications.

STN - Offers current and archival information from over 200 scientific, technical, business, and patent databases covering a broad range of scientific fields, including chemistry, engineering, life sciences, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, regulatory compliance, patents, business, and more. Contact a reference librarian or chemistry faculty for access to this database. From the American Chemical Society.

Web of Knowledge (formerly Science Citation Index Expanded-Web of Science)
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It covers 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines. More than 600,000 new items are indexed each year.

World of Earth Science
A comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science.