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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
ATLA Religion Database
Journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews on
such topics as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and
religious perspectives on social issues.
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BasicBIOSIS
A subset of the BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts). This database is designed specifically for use by college students.
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Biological and Agricultural Index
Biological & Agricultural Index provides comprehensive indexing of over 290 key international English-language periodicals in the biological and agricultural sciences.
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Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine
Entrez is a cross-database search engine for approximately 24 life science databases maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology
Information. Some of the subjects covered include: gene sequences, molecular
structure, proteins, and nucleotides.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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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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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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WorldCat (Public)
WorldCat (Public) is a global network of library content. This WorldCat site provides some services and functionality not offered on the other WorldCat site, but the content is identical. WorldCat is ideal for locating research sources not owned by Calvin so that the sources can be acquired through InterLibrary Loan.
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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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Creation/evolution Controversy: an annotated bibliography - Z5322 .E39 1998
A large annotated list of books, journal articles, and other material covering this controversy. A bit dated, but very comprehensive up to 1997.
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Encyclopedia of Evolution - QH360.2 .O83 2002
"No other recent encyclopedias provide comparable authoritative in-depth coverage of biological evolution." --Booklist. 2 volumes.
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Encyclopedia of Life Science - QH302.5 E54 2002
Over 5,000 leading experts contribute 4,000 articles across the complete field of the life sciences.
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Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Development - QH491 .K49 2003
Experts in the field provide explanations of over fifty terms and concepts demonstrating how embryonic development relates to life-history evolution, and adaptation to the environment.
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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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Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome - QH447 .E53 2003
Written by 1400 experts, this unique encyclopedia has over 1000 peer-reviewed articles covering a wide range of topics, from structural and functional genomics to ethical and social issues.
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Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth: an annotated bibliography - Z5322 .E9 H65 1992
An extensive annotated list of books, journal articles, and other material covering all aspects of evolution. A bit dated, but very comprehensive up to 1991.
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Web Sources
BiologyBrowser
A portal designed "to connect life sciences researchers with free, useful resources and other like-minded scientists from all around the world."
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INFOMINE: Biological, Agricultural, and Medical Sciences
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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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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