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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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Blackwell Synergy
Blackwell Synergy is a database of 750 electronic journals published by Blackwell Publishing.
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GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology, international
development, and their related disciplines. Covers journals, books,
monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. Includes over 600,000
records with abstracts.
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GeoRef
The GeoRef database, established by the American Geological Institute, covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. The database contains over 2.6 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
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GeoRef In Process
Contains bibliographic citations, some of which include abstracts, that
are in the process of being indexed prior to their integration into the
main GeoRef database. The bulk originate from non-English
language geoscience literature that was not necessarily published
recently. To perform the most comprehensive search, it is recommended
that you select both GeoRef and GeoRef In Process. Coverage: Varies.
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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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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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Wiley InterScience
The Wiley InterScience website presents citations for Wiley content related to scientific, technical, medical and
professional endeavors from more than 2,500 journals, books, reference
works, and laboratory manuals. Hekman Library subscribes to more than 400 E-journals from Wiley.
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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 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks - QE471.2 .E53 2003
A wide-ranging and authoritative collection of articles covering the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks.
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Geology - QE5 .G465 1999
A collection of 87 articles organized to provide information in a quickly retrievable format.
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Innovations in Earth Sciences - QE26.2 .I56 1999
Offers an overview of discoveries and developments in the field of earth sciences.
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Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series - QE28.M33 1990
Covers atmospheric sciences and meteorology, economic geology, engineering geology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, hydrology, mountain ranges, oceanography, paleontology and earth history, planetology, remote sensing, soil science, and urban geology and geologic hazards.
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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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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of the Geological Sciences - QE5 .M29 1988
Provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to the geological sciences. It puts a clear focus on the Earth, with its complex processes and interactions, and considers it in connection with the effects of the atmosphere and oceans.
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Web Sources
Encyclopedia of the Earth
A new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia
is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars,
professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each
other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and
will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well
as to the general public.
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EnergyFiles
EnergyFiles searches more than five hundred databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to science and technology of interest to the Department of Energy, with an emphasis on the physical sciences.
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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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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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