Science Databases
(see also
Astronomy & Space Technology,
Biological Sciences,
Botany & Agriculture,
Chemistry,
Computer Science,
Earth Sciences,
Environment,
Health Sciences--Articles,
Health Sciences--Reference Books,
Marine Science,
Mathematics,
Nursing & Allied Health,
Technology,
Zoology, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Science
Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Knowledge) (Thomson Scientific)
- Multidisciplinary index to 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific
disciplines including astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, materials science,
mathematics, medicine, physics, zoology, and more.
Covering back ten years, this index also allows you to through the bibliographies within each article in order to get
lists of both the sources used by that article and the later articles that referred
back to your article as a source.
Journal
Citation Reports (from the previous
year) and HighlyCited.com enable you to see how often a particular journal or
author is cited by other publications to evaluate their impact on the scholarly world.
Users can create their own profiles to personalize their searching experience. Also
provides access to other resources and weblinks (Biology Browser) in science and research.
EndNote Web
enables users to save and format their lists of citations.
(User Guide)
[Note: Access is limited to six simultaneous users, so please click the "Log Out"
button when you are finished.]
- Science
Online (AAAS)
- Provides the full text of the journal, Science, published by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, from 1997 to present. Includes research
reports, news stories, and commentary articles, along with additional information, links,
multimedia, and user services, as well as a database of scientific-product information.
The online ScienceNOW news service provides brief breaking news stories daily.
- Conference
Papers Index (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides citations to papers and poster sessions
presented at major scientific meetings around the world.
Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences,
environmental sciences, and the aquatic sciences, including
biology, agriculture, chemistry, forestry and more. Older material
also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Covers 1982 to the present.
- DTIC Online
(Defense Technical Information Center)
- Formerly Public STINET: Scientific & Technical Information Network, this provides
citations to and full text of unclassified technical documents and research
reports generated for and by the
U.S. Department of Defense that broadly cover all areas
associated with defense research, such as military, security, international politics, technology, sciences,
biology, medicine, environment, pollution, psychology, social sciences, patents,
conference proceedings, and more. Includes citations from the Air University
Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical
Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and
Development Descriptive Summaries. Produced by the
Defense Technical Information Center.
- GPO
Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
- Covers all types of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents on all subject areas issued by
executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, etc.)
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- ScienceDirect
(Elsevier)
- Collection of full-text journals covering science, medicine,
technology, business, social sciences, and more.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General -
Biography & History -
Physics -
Science & Society
- General:
- Academic
Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- American
Heritage® Science Dictionary (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Science (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Illustrated
Dictionary of Science, Andromeda (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- McGraw-Hill
Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- New
Penguin Dictionary of Science (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers all the important topics and terms in chemistry, physics, molecular biology,
biochemistry, human anatomy, mathematics, astronomy, and computing.
Contains appendices ranging from lists of SI Units and fundamental constants to the
periodic table and an outline classification of living organisms.
Includes hundreds of illustrations and diagrams.
- Science
of Everyday Things (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Biography and History:
(See also: Biography and
History)
- Animals
and Science: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Examines the debates - moral, religious, social, and scientific - surrounding issues of
animal rights, consciousness, and self-awareness from the Renaissance to the present.
Covers our obligations toward animals, what science has (and has not) taught us, and our
evolving understanding of their pain and cognitive abilities.
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Scientists (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers over 1,500 key scientists from 40 countries. Fields
represented include physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy,
mathematics, medicine, meteorology, and technology. Special attention
paid to pioneering women, recent Nobel Prizewinners, and winners of the
Fields Medal for mathematics.
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Scientists (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Cambridge
Historical Dictionary of Disease (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Interdisciplinary histories and descriptions of the world's major
diseases, past and present, from AIDS to yellow fever.
- Complete
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides information on the history of science through articles on the
professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to
modern times are represented.
- Consciousness:
A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- An introduction to consciousness research and its applications to our waking and sleeping
moments. Provides a history of mind study from the ancient Greeks to the present, a
multidisciplinary review of cognitive science, and conflicting theories on the working of the
brain. Covers beliefs, dream states, optical illusions, mind/body connections, robots,
computers, and more.
- Evolution
Wars: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary
thought through the past two and a half centuries - exploring the ten greatest controversies -
with emphasis on recent times. Covers creation science, its role in public schools, the search
for human origins, and speculation about the "missing link".
- Great
Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- A historical review of the most important scientific controversies that have shaped our
knowledge of dinosaurs since the discovery of important fossils in the 1820s to the present.
Covers the colorful theorists on the origin of dinosaurs and their posture, whether they were
warm- or cold-blooded, their evolution or retrogression, how they became extinct, whether or
not birds are their descendents, and more.
- Human
Evolution: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Draws from a wide range of sources to explore the controversies surrounding the
search for the origins of the human species - both religious and from within the field of
science itself - from the 1800s to the present. Covers the issues, discoveries, personalities,
intense debates, outright hoaxes, conflicting ideas, intellectual wrong turns, fascinating
personalities, competing interpretations, and serendipitous breakthroughs that are central
to the questions and controversies surrounding human evolution.
- Hutchinson
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Credo/xrefer)
- In-depth guide to the lives, labors, and achievements of the men and women who
have shaped the world of science, including early life, career, major discoveries, and
significant publications.
- Reader's
Guide to the History of Science (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Science
and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.01,
vol.02,
vol.03.
(See database page for description)
- Science
in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Catalogs the achievements and legacy of more than four millennia of
scientific thought in the ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East,
providing a complete overview of the physical, chemical, life, medical, and social
sciences of the classical world.
- Science
in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Introductory A-Z resource on the dynamic achievements in science from the late
1600s to 1820, including the great minds behind the developments as well as
science's new cultural role.
- Science
in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- A-Z resource on the history of science from 1900 to 1950, including all the
landmark scientific developments and personalities of the period, along
with interdisciplinary coverage of the wider social, cultural, and political
context that dominated the scientific agenda in which these milestones
were achieved.
- Science
in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Introductory A-Z resource detailing the scientific achievements
of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends,
discoveries, and personalities of the modern age.
- Women's
History as Scientists: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- A comprehensive historical review of the debates surrounding women's contributions
and roles in science, with emphasis on women's access to education, training, and professional
careers. Discusses the accomplishments and struggle for acceptance from ancient Greece to the
church treatment of women during the medieval era to the 17th century debates over women's
education to the present day, covering a broad range of disciplines.
- Physics:
- Building
Blocks of Matter: A Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers elementary particle physics, reviewing all observed and theoretical
particles known to date. Discusses the history of each particle's discovery and function,
current research, practical applications (both hypothetical and actual), and provides biographical
entries of significant scientists working in the field.
- Penguin
Dictionary of Physics (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Science and Society:
- Encyclopedia
of Bioethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science and Religion (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science, Technology, and Ethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Evolution
Wars: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary
thought through the past two and a half centuries - exploring the ten greatest controversies -
with emphasis on recent times. Covers creation science, its role in public schools, the search
for human origins, and speculation about the "missing link".
- Human
Evolution: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Draws from a wide range of sources to explore the controversies surrounding the
search for the origins of the human species - both religious and from within the field of
science itself - from the 1800s to the present. Covers the issues, discoveries, personalities,
intense debates, outright hoaxes, conflicting ideas, intellectual wrong turns, fascinating
personalities, competing interpretations, and serendipitous breakthroughs that are central
to the questions and controversies surrounding human evolution.
- Homosexuality
and Science: A Guide to the Debates (Credo/xrefer)
- Explores the role of science and scientific discovery in the nature versus pathology debate
surrounding homosexuality from the Victorian era to the present. Shows how our understanding
of homosexuality has been shaped - not only by theories of evolution, eugenics, endocrinology,
neurobiology, molecular biology, psychology, genetics, anthropology, and sexology - but also
by the social values and political currents of the times.
- Science
and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.01,
vol.02,
vol.03.
(See database page for description)
- Science
in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- A-Z resource on the history of science from 1900 to 1950, including all the
landmark scientific developments and personalities of the period, along
with interdisciplinary coverage of the wider social, cultural, and political
context that dominated the scientific agenda in which these milestones
were achieved.
- Also of Interest:
- Credo
Conversions (Credo/xrefer)
- Simple program that converts units of area, speed, power, energy, weight,
volume, distance, temperature, and fuel consumption.
- Risk
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of risk - the
combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects -
ranging from public and environmental health to social issues and
psychological aspects. Encompasses risk arising
from industrial, technological, environmental, and other
sources, with an emphasis on the identification, assessment,
alleviation, and management of risk of all kinds.
Covers 1990 to the present.
- Clase
and Periodica (FirstSearch)
- Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations to
articles, essays, book reviews,
monographs, conference proceedings, technical
reports, interviews, and brief notes published in scholarly journals
edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the
Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on
Pan-American issues published in the Spanish, Portuguese,
French and English languages. Covers the social sciences and
humanities from 1975 to the present as well as science and
technology from 1978 to the present.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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the public by the New York State Library.
It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of
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