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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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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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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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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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MathSciNet
MathSciNet is a carefully
maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and
bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences
literature extending back to 1864. MathSciNet contains
over 2 million items and over 700,000 direct links to original
articles. Over 80,000 new
items
are added each year, most of them classified according to the
Mathematics Subject Classification.
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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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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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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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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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Web Sources
American Physical Society
The APS web site provides access to relevant knowledge for physics research.
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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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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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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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