Science Databases
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- Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- General OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 9,200 titles including full text for over 5,156. Some titles back to 1980. Multidisciplinary and updated daily.
- MasterFILE Premier Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 2,660 titles including full text for over 1,830. Multidisciplinary.
- Expanded Academic ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 3,880 publications on a wide range of topics including full text for over 3,500, some from 1980.
- Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- Directory of Open Access Journals Full Text Lund University Libraries
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- Environment Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Offers coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.
- GreenFILE Full Text EBSCO
- Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.
- PLoS Biology Full Text Public Library of Science
- Open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS). New articles are published online weekly; issues are published monthly.
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- Science Reference Center Full Text EBSCO
- Contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
- Dictionary of Astronomy Full Text Oxford University Press
- Over 4,200 up-to-date entries on all aspects of astronomy.
- Dictionary of Chemistry Full Text Oxford University Press
- Covers commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry.
- Dictionary of Environment and Conservation Full Text Oxford University Press
- Contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of environmental science and conservation.
- Dictionary of Physics Full Text Oxford University Press
- Coverage of physics terms and concepts, including terms relating to astronomy, astrophysics, and physical chemistry.
- Dissertations and Theses - Full text Full Text ProQuest
- Includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
- Encyclopedia of Underwater Life Full Text Oxford University Press
- Describes in detail the anatomy, behaviour, habitat, breeding, and conservation status of underwater species
- Highwire Press Full Text Highwire Press
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- JSTOR Full Text JSTOR
- For older articles. Contains back runs of core scholarly journals, some as far back as 1890. Does not include more recent issues.
- New Encyclopedia of Birds Full Text Oxford University Press
- Systematic account of every bird family, covering their form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology.
- Oxford Reference Online: Biological Sciences Full Text Oxford University Press
- Homepage containing Oxford's dictionaries on the biological sciences.
- Oxford Reference Online: Earth & Environmental Sciences Full Text Oxford University Press
- Homepage containing Oxford's dictionaries on the environmental sciences.
- SAGE Premium Publications Online Full Text Sage
- Search full text journals in the fields of business, humanities, social science, science, and technology.