| Database Title | Summary - Full Description | Coverage | Full Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Science | Online encyclopedia of science and technology. (Corresponds to the print version, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology). | Partial | |
| ACM Digital Library | The ACM DL is a vast collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. | 1970-pres | Yes |
| ACM Online Guide to Computing Literature | Index to books, journals, proceedings, and theses in computer science. | 1985 - present | No |
| AGU Digital Library | Contains all journals and several book chapters published by American Geophysical Union. Browse and search the full library. References hotlinked. | 1896- | Yes |
| American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings | A searchable database of all ASEE conference proceedings articles from 1996-present. | 1996-present | Yes |
| Applied Science & Technology Full Text & Index Retrospective:1913-1983--EBSCO portal | Includes index to basic science, technology, and engineering journals. Full-text materials are available from 1983-present. The index contains publications from 1913-present. | 1984-present | Partial |
| ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources | Coverage spans the wide-ranging fields of oceanography, as well as limnology, ocean engineering, and specific resources. | 1971 - current | No |
| BCC Market Research | BCC Research contains market research reports, industry reviews, newsletters and conferences for competitive business intelligence. | Most recent 3-5 years. | Yes |
| Beilstein / Gmelin | Beilstein/Gmelin provides chemical, physical and reaction data on over 10 million organic, inorganic and organometallic substances. | 1779 - present | No |
| Cambridge Structural Database System (WebCSD) | The CSD is a database of over 500,000 experimentally derived crystal structures for small molecules that have been published in over 700 journals. Structures can be represented in 2D or 3D format. | 1923-present | No |
| CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Serials Source Index) | CASSI stands for Chemical Abstracts Serials Source Index. | No | |
| CCOHS Occupational Health and Safety Databases | The CCOHS Academic Support Program (ASP) is a tool for environmental and occupational health and safety and contains a wealth of data and information on various chemicals. This program includes MSDS, FTSS, CHEMINFO, RTECS®, Canadiana,CISILO, HSELINE, OSHLINE® with NIOSHTIC®/NIOSHTIC-2, and as well as several free resources. | Yes | |
| CES Edupack | CES/Edupack provides materials property data in a user-friendly browsing and searching environment | Yes | |
| Chem Sources Online | Chemical products and compounds. | Partial | |
| Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder) | Chemical and related scientific information. | 1907 - present | Partial |
| Chemisches Zentralblatt | Chemisches Zentralblatt is a German language precursor to Chemical Abstracts/SciFinder and covers chemical and pharmaceutical literature from 1830-1969. Though the abstracts are in German, one can search CZB by chemical structure to find where a particular structure has been mentioned. CZB's coverage of early German chemistry is regarded as superior to SciFinder's and its abstracts are longer and more informative. There is only one user allowed access at a time, so be sure to log off when you have finished searching. | 1830-1969 | No |
| ChemLibNetBase | This is a collection of over 280 chemistry and chemistry related e-books. You can search the full text and view complete e-books and chapters in PDF format. You can also browse e-books by category. | Yes | |
| ChemNetBase | Includes access to the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics as well as a number of other resources with physical and chemical property data, including properties for natural products and drugs. | Yes | |
| ChemSpider | ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing access to over 26 million structures, properties and associated information via text or structure searching. ChemSpider integrates and links compounds from more than 400 data sources and also points to appropriate journal literature. It is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry. | varies | No |
| Child Development and Adolescent Studies | Indexes literature on the growth and development of children through the age of 21. Covers journal articles, book reviews, technical reports, book chapters, and dissertations. | 1927-present | Partial |
| Civil Engineering Abstracts | Comprehensive bibliographic database for research on civil engineering. It indexes 3000 journals and includes 250,000 citations. | 1966 - present | Partial |
| ClimateWire | "ClimateWire is designed to bring readers unmatched coverage of the debate over climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society." | Yes | |
| Compendex | Engineering and related disciplines. | 1884-present | Partial |
| Conference Papers Index | Subject emphasis since 1995 in the life sciences, environmental sciences, and aquatic sciences. Older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. | 1982 - present | Partial |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | This resource allows searching and browsing of the numerous tables and data found in the print CRC handbook. Includes interactive tables for data manipulation. | Yes | |
| Current Index to Statistics | Statistics (statistical methods and theory) and related disciplines. | 1974 - present | No |
| e-EROS--Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis | The encyclopedia offers a systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic synthesis. It contains a database of around 70,000 reactions and around 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents and is fully searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions etc. and allows sophisticated full text searches. | varies | Yes |
| Ed/ITLib | Ed/ITLib Digital Library contains full-text peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on education technology and e-learning. It is sponsored by AACE. | 2000-present (varies with title) | Yes |
| Education Full Text | Contemporary education issues. | 1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present | Partial |
| Educational Administration Abstracts | Provides bibliographic records and many full-text articles covering areas related to educational administration. | 1881-current | Partial |
| EI Engineering Village 2 | Engineering and related disciplines. | 1970- | Partial |
| Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | This encyclopedia examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1-100 nanometers. | Yes | |
| Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics | Comprehensive reference for geophysicist, geologist, explorationist, engineer, energy adviser, economist, and student involved in the field. | 4th ed, 2001 | Yes |
| ERIC (EBSCO Software) | The major database indexing books and articles in the field of education and providing some full text since 1992. | 1966-present | Partial |
| ETDEWEB | ETDE World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) contains a growing collection of over 4,106,000 bibliographic records and more than 237,000 full text documents! Access to additional full text documents is provided by DOI links. | 1946-present | Partial |
| Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis | Online version of the entire 23 volume set, including an A to Z listing of many reagents cited in the synthetic literature with concise descriptions and illustrations of chemical reactions. | varies | Yes |
| General Science Full Text | General science topics. | 1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present | Partial |
| GeoRef | Earth Sciences, Geology, Geoscience. | 1785 - present | Partial |
| GeoScience World | Aggregate journal in the geosciences field. Includes peer-reviewed articles and other materials with linked reference lists from more than 30 high-impact journals in a broad range of geoscience areas. | 19??- | Yes |
| GreenFile | Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment | 1913 - | Partial |
| GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) | Physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. | Yes | |
| IEEE Xplore | Full-text of IEEE journals, conferences and standards. | 1988-present | Partial |
| ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety | The Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety is an authoritative source of on-line information on all aspects of the multidisciplinary field of occupational safety and health. This latest edition consists of over 1,000 articles, complemented by over 1,000 illustrations and easy-to-read tables. Thousands of references are cited. Sources are listed at the end of each chapter, along with other relevant readings. | Yes | |
| Inorganic Crystal Structure Database | The ICSD contains information on inorganic crystal structures including pure elements, minerals, metals, and intermetallic compounds, including their atomic coordinates, which have been published since 1913. It is updated twice a year, each time adding approximately 3000 new records. As of June 2006, the database contains 89,064 entries. | 1913- | No |
| INSPEC | Communications, Computers & Computing, Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Technology, Physics. | 1898 - present | Partial |
| International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) | Pharmacy and pharmaceutical information | 1970 - present | No |
| International Tables for Crystallography | The series comprises of articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. | Yes | |
| Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition | Presents quantifiable statistical data that helps determine the relative importance of journals in the area of science. | 1998 - present | No |
| Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology | Chemical technology and related disciplines. | Partial | |
| Knovel (Sci-Tech handbooks and reference in full text) | Knovel provides numerical and tabular data from leading engineering and science resources. | Yes | |
| LexisNexis Academic | General news; business, medical, and legal news and information; reference information. | Varies | Partial |
| LexisNexis Statistical | Statistical information produced by the U.S. Government and other reliable sources. | 1972 - present | Partial |
| Lynda.com Online Training Library | Contains a collection of video tutorials on a multitude of technology and software applications. | last 3 years to current | Partial |
| MathSciNet | Reviews of the research literature of mathematics and mathematical statistics. | 1940 - present | Partial |
| Merck Index | Descriptive information on 10,000+ chemicals, drugs (human and veterinary), and biologicals. Each entry lists synonyms for drug names (trade, chemical, generic, and research codes), CAS Registry Numbers, physical data, patent information, uses, toxicity, and bibliographic citations on synthesis, pharmacology, and toxicology. Can search by name, structure, CAS # and more. | No | |
| Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts | Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography, and environmental sciences. | 1974 - present | Partial |
| Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database (MPMD) | Contains data and information on the thermal, mechanical, electrical, and physical properties of materials used in the construction of electronic components and assemblies. The MPMD contains properties of over 825 materials with approximately 16,803 data curves. It uses pull-down menus to browse by material and property. To start searching, click on Login. Choose the application: MPMD. | current | Yes |
| Mineralogical Abstracts | Abstracts of papers published in journals, book notices. Research tool for those working in mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy and related topics. | 1982- | No |
| NetLibrary>>Now EBSCO eBook Collection | A collection of 3,400 publicly-accessible eBook titles. | Yes | |
| NIST/TRC Web Thermo Tables | Provides online access to the"TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Hydrocarbons" and "TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Non-Hydrocarbons". Almost 900,000 data points for over 7,700 compounds are provided, including thermodynamic data such as critical properties, heat capacities, vapor pressures and more. | No | |
| NTIS (National Technical Information Service) | U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. | 1964 - present | Partial |
| Oceanic Abstracts | Focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment | Yes | |
| PAIS International | Political, social, and public policy issues. | 1972 - present | No |
| Phase Online (American Ceramic Society) | Contains over 21,000 phase diagrams online with full commentary. The latest feature includes new figures as .pdf files, which are identical in quality to the diagrams in the 21 printed volumes on Phase Equilibria Diagrams published by the American Ceramic Society and National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST). | Current | Yes |
| Professional Development Collection | Highly specialized information for professional educators. | 1984 - present | Partial |
| ProQuest Congressional | Indexing and full text coverage of congressional and executive branch publications from 1789-2000 | 1789-1997 | Yes |
| ProQuest Statistical Insight | Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. | 50+ years | Yes |
| PsycINFO | Covers literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. | 1806-present | Partial |
| Reaxys (Beilstein/Gmelin) | Combines the Beilstein (organic chem), Gmelin (organometallic and inorganic chem), and Chemical Patents databases into one search interface. Used primarily for structure, reaction and chemical property searching. | 1771-present | No |
| Safari Tech Books Online | Safari is an electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. | Yes | |
| Science Citation Index Expanded | Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited and related references from science and technical journals. | 1945 - present | No |
| Science of Synthesis (Houben-Weyl) | Science of Synthesis is a highly organized and authoritative collection of reviews on organic and organometallic synthetic methods. Reviews contain full experimental procedures and background information. It contains information on over 275,000 reactions and 30,000 experimental procedures for 2,700 different types of compounds. The content is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. | 1909-present | Yes |
| Science Online | Full-text access to Science, ScienceExpress (the preprint version of Science), three virtual knowledge environments, Science Now, and other web sites. | Yes | |
| SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) | Chemical and related scientific information. | 1907 - present | Partial |
| SEG Technical Standards | SEG standards are provide in an online, downloadable form as a convenience to the geophysical industry. Many of the earlier standards have been converted to Microsoft Word 7.0 format from the originally published form. | 1967- | Yes |
| Sociological Abstracts | Activism & action research, community organization, demographics, family studies, feminist studies, gerontology, media, political science, social security programs, sociology are covered. | 1974 - present | Partial |
| SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) | SPIE Digital Library is an extensive resource on optics and photonics, providing more than 230,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals (dates vary) and Conference Proceedings (1990 - present). | 1990 - present | Yes |
| SPRESIweb | Choose "IP Login" to begin searching. With an emphasis on organic molecules, SPRESIweb Allows structure, chemical reaction, property, and text searching from over 1350 journals and numerous conferences and patents. SPRESIweb provides access to 7 million molecules and 3.9 million reactions from 645,000 references. SPRESIweb also has a useful Synthesis Tree Search (STS) feature that allows you to build a synthesis pathway. | 1974-2009 | No |
| Springer E-Books | Contains full-text of books, book chapters and conference papers published by Springer. This site also includes journal articles. | 2005 - present | Yes |
| Statisical Theory and Method Abstracts/STMA online | An index to the literature of statistics. | 1975-pres | No |
| Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science | Short review articles/tutorials synthesizing important research or development topics especially in electrical and computer engineering. | 2005- | Yes |
| Technology Research Database | A comprehensive database which provides a single file for searching all fields of Engineering and Technology. | 1962-present | Partial |
| Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD) | The Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD), contains thermophysical properties of over 5,000 materials with approximately 50,000 data curves. | Yes | |
| Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry | Details the science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry. | Partial | |
| USENIX Conference Proceedings | All conference proceedings from USENIX. | 1991-present in full text. Pre-1991 abstracts only. | Yes |
| Web of Knowledge | ISI Web of Knowledge provides access to Web of Science, ISI Proceedings, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, Web Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports. | 1900 - | No |
| Web of Science | Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references and related references covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities. | 1977 - present | Partial |
| Zentralblatt MATH | European index to the literature of pure and applied mathematics. | 1931 - present | Partial |
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