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Academic Search Elite Full Text EBSCO
Indexes over 3,400 journals including full text for over 2,000. Some publications back to 1985. Multi-disciplinary including the social sciences, humanities, sciences, education, and more.
Dictionary of Chemistry Full Text Oxford University Press
Covers commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry.
Dictionary of Physics Full Text Oxford University Press
Coverage of physics terms and concepts, including terms relating to astronomy, astrophysics, and physical chemistry.
Directory of Open Access Journals Full Text Lund University Libraries
Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
EBSCO Animals Full Text EBSCO
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
Encyclopedia of Underwater Life Full Text Oxford University Press
Describes in detail the anatomy, behaviour, habitat, breeding, and conservation status of underwater species
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.
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.
InfoTrac Environmental Studies & Policy Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
A collection of nearly 200 journals providing coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
InfoTrac General Science Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
A custom collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
InfoTrac 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.
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.

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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.
Dictionary of Astronomy Full Text Oxford University Press
Over 4,200 up-to-date entries on all aspects of astronomy.
Dictionary of Environment and Conservation Full Text Oxford University Press
Contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of environmental science and conservation.
SAGE Premium Publications Online Full Text Sage
Search full text journals in the fields of business, humanities, social science, science, and technology.
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.
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.