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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
ASTA covers the applied and practical aspects of the sciences. It provides coverage of nearly 750 journals and contains more than 1,300,000 records.
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arXiv.org e-Print archive
arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.
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Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.4 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy.
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Blackwell Synergy
Blackwell Synergy is a database of 750 electronic journals published by Blackwell Publishing.
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E-Print Network
The E-Print Network is 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.
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Energy Citations Database
The Energy Citations Database contains bibliographic records for energy-related reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations,
and patents from the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Atomic Energy
Commission. Subjects covered include: chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology,
engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science
and related disciplines.
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General Science Abstracts
GSA indexes articles from 190+ journals and magazines published in the
U.S. and Great Britain. It covers all areas of science very generally including:
astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health,
and physics.
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High-Energy Physics Literature Database
The HEP Literature Database is an index of approximately 500,000 journal papers, preprints, e-prints, technical reports,
conference papers and theses. HEP is managed by the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center and powered by their SPIRES database platform.
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Institute of Physics Journal Database
The IoP Journal Database indexes and presents full text articles for nearly sixty electronic journals
related to physics and astronomy extending from 1874 to the current.
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, presented via the Access Science website, is the most trusted and authoritative general science encyclopedia. It contains thousands of articles, 2,000 biographies, current bibliographies, and 110,000 science related definitions.
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National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The United States Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service (NTIS) serves as the largest central resource for government-funded
scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information
available today. Included are citations more than 3 million publications in more than 350 subject areas.
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Optics InfoBase
This small but focused database provides citations dealing with the scientific application of optics.
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Physical Review Online Archives (PROLA)
PROLA is the online version of Physical Review, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics. This database goes back to 1893 and contains nearly 325,000 electronic articles.
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Science Direct
Science Direct is the search engine for journals published by Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of science, technical, and medical (STM) journals. It is an excellent search engine for locating the finest scholarly and peer-reviewed ATM journals.
The Hekman Library subscribes to only a small number of citations found in this database. Interlibrary loan must be used to retrieve articles. Many of the features and services offered in this database are functional only for subscribers of Science Direct. The Hekman Library does not subscribe, so Calvin users access the site as guests.
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Scientific Commons
The major aim of Scientific Commons is to develop the world's largest communication medium for scientific knowledge products which is freely accessible to the public. A key challenge of the project is to support the rapidly growing number of archives that admit the free distribution and access to scientific knowledge.
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Reference Materials
Access Science
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (the web site is called Access Science) is the most trusted and authoritative general science encyclopedia. It contains thousands of articles, 2,000 biographies, current bibliographies, and 110,000 definitions.
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Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics - QB14 .E534 2001
This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference on astronomy and astrophysics ever published.
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Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry - QD451 .E6 2001
This three-volume encyclopedia covers the closely related fields of chemical physics and physical chemistry.
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, presented via the Access Science website, is the most trusted and authoritative general science encyclopedia. It contains thousands of articles, 2,000 biographies, current bibliographies, and 110,000 science related definitions.
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Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Epoch 2000.0 - QB64 .R43 2004
Norton's Star Atlas is the most famous astronomical reference tool, used by professional and amateur stargazers in their search of the night skies.
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Web Sources
American Physical Society
The APS web site provides access to relevant knowledge for physics research.
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AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
AstroWeb is a portal for astronomy-related information available on the Internet. The database is maintained by the AstroWeb Consortium, involving 9 individuals at 7 institutions.
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Calvin College Observatory: Extended Astronomy Links
An extensive and well-organized list of links related to astronomy.
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INFOMINE: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math
INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the college and university level.
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Institute of Physics Online Services
Provides a list of "Information Portals" for physics research.
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Physics.Org
A major information portal for physics maintained by the Institute of Physics staff.
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Science.gov
Science.gov is a search engine for government science information and research results. Currently in its fourth generation, Science.gov provides search of more than 50 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 1,800 scientific Web sites.
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Scirus: for scientific information only
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 250 million science-specific Web pages
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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Institute of Physics EJournals
The Hekman Library currently subscribes to all Institute of Physics EJournals.
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Physical Review Online Archives (PROLA)
PROLA is the online version of Physical Review, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics. This database goes back to 1893 and contains nearly 325,000 electronic articles.
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