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Subject Guide for General Science
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For more information, contact the Science Library
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Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Abstracts and Indexes are used to locate published journal articles, conference proceedings and papers, reports, scholarly research and patents.
CU Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Coverage: varies by title.
CU Applied Science and Technology Index
Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields. Coverage: 1983 - present.
CU BioOne
Full Text articles from selected scientific journals. Coverage: 2000 - present.
CU General Science Abstracts / Full Text
Index to general science literature from the U.S. and Europe. Contains some links to full-text articles. Coverage: 1984 - present.
CU Nineteenth Century Masterfile
Part of the Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers [CSP], 1800-1900, is now online as part of the Library's subscription to Paratext's 19th Century Masterfile. An important resource for both scientific and humanistic research, the files of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers now online via 19th Century Masterfile include more than 450,000 citations to all manner of scientific inquiry during the 19th Century--from Darwin to Freud. Index includes 1,555 periodicals in numerous languages and the transactions of the European academies and other learned societies. Two major installments of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers are now online for searching through 19th Century Masterfile: Installment 1: The three Subject indexes produced by the Royal Society covering Pure Mathematics (1908); Mechanics (1909); and a 2-volume set covering Physics (1914). Installment 2: Volumes 13-19 covering 1884-1900, containing more than 400,000 citations.
CU ScienceDirect
Contains full text articles from Elsevier published journals. Coverage: 1997 - present.
CU Scirus
This search engine can search 200 million webpages for scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data. Subject areas covered include agricultural and biological sciences, astronomy, biosciences, chemistry and chemical engineering, computer science, earth and planetary sciences, economics, (business and management), engineering (energy and technology), environmental sciences, languages and linguistics, law, life sciences, materials science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, pharmacology, physics, psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and sociology.
CU Web of Science
Formerly ISI Citation indexes. Coverage: 1970 - present.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Use these resources to gather background information, definitions, and explanations.
Print resources link to Chinook, the UCB online catalog.
CU Access Science - Encyclopedia for Science and Technology
http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
A to Z of Women in Science and Math
Science Ref
American Women in Technology: an encyclopedia
Engineering Ref
The Cassell Dictionary of Science
Science Ref Q123 .H267 1999
Science Ref Q123 .C68 1999
Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html
Encyclopedia Of Science and Technology
Science Ref Q121 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space
Engineering Ref
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society
Science Ref Q121 .V65 1999
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (juvenile literature)
Science Ref Q121 .G35 2001
International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists
Science Ref
The Penguin Desk Encyclopedia of Science and Mathematics
Science Ref Q121 .B86 2000
Science & Technology Encyclopedia
Science Ref Q121 .S34 2000
Internet Links
These are selected sites providing access to research and information.
Be sure to cite the information correctly when using it for assignments.
4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
About herbs, botanicals & other products
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/
http://www.scenta.co.uk/tcaep/index.htm
The Encyclopedia of Life
http://www.eol.org/
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Science
http://www.treasure-troves.com/
http://isihighlycited.com/
http://www.madsci.org/
MICROMEDEX drug index and healthcare series
http://www.micromedex.com/products/hcs/
The National Academy of Science
http://www.nationalacademies.org/
The National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/
http://www.si.edu/
