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| ARTICLES | | |  Help Finding Articles | | |  Journal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals. | | | All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
Includes sites that provide journal abbreviations for several scientific disciplines. | | | Scholarly Articles | | | American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications - Full Text
Indexes all of the American Chemical Society's journals and provides links to the full-text of most of them. | | | Annual Reviews: Physical Sciences
Selected Full-text and Index | |  | Beilstein - Full Text - Smith Libraries Only
Available only in Young Library, and only to Smith users; ask at the reference desk for username and password | | | BioDigest - 1989 to present
Abstracts written in a non-technical style from over 370 life-science sources covering: botany, medicine, health, zoology, and environmental science. | | | Biological Abstracts - 1926 to present
Indexes articles in the life sciences and biomedical fields, including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, zoology, agriculture, etc. | | | Engineering Village 2 - 1970 to present
Provides extensive access to the world's engineering literature. Indexes and abstracts over 5,000 journals, conference papers, patents, and technical reports. Links to quality Web sites. | | | Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines. | | | General Science Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles from over 160 journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Covers general science topics including: anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more. | | | PubMed (Medline) - From 1950s to present - Help
Provides access to over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out Medline Tutorial. | | | Science Direct - Full Text
Indexes 1,200 science and technology journals published by Elsevier Science and contains the full-text of about 600 of these titles. Provides links to scientific, technical and medical information on the Web. | | | SciFinder Scholar - 1907 to present (Available only in the Libraries) - Smith Libraries Only - Help
The most comprehensive chemical literature database in the world. Indexes journal articles, conference papers, books, technical reports, dissertations, patents and over 28 million chemical substances. | | | Web of Science - 1900 to present
Indexes and abstracts science & technical journals (1900 to present) and social science journals (2003 to present) published around the world. Provides unique cited reference searching, in addition to keyword and other search options.
| | | ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Lists articles from the table of contents of over 12,000 journals covering: business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. | | | Chemical Physics Preprint Database
Brown University | | | Google Scholar - Help
Links to scholarly books, articles and more. Results are incomplete and vary greatly by subject. Always use other library databases for a complete search of scholarly topics.
| | | Health Reference Center [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and related topics. | | | History of Science, Technology and Medicine - 1975 to present
Lists journal articles, proceedings, books, reviews & dissertations related to the development and influence of science. Combines Isis Current Bibliography, citations from the Wellcome Library, and two other major history of science bibliographies. | | | Ingenta - 1997 to date
Free searching and browsing of more than 25,000 publications in the arts and sciences | | | Institute of Physics (IOP) Electronic Journals - Full Text
Contains the full-text of most IOP journals. | | | PapersFirst - 1993 to present
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide including a wide variety of subjects discussed at the covered meetings. | | | Proceedings - 1993 to present
Provides citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at the British Library. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. | | | Popular Articles | | | ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Lists articles from the table of contents of over 12,000 journals covering: business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. | | | LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases. | | | Scientific American Archive Online - 1993 to present - Full Text
Authoritative articles (color PDF's) and book reviews for a general audience covering topics such as aeronautics and space, biology, chemistry, environmental science, consumer health, medicine, physics, and scientific subjects currently in the news. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | | Help Finding Books | | | Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more. | | | Library Catalogs | | | Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst. | | | WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records. | | | LIBWEB
Libweb currently lists over 2400 pages from libraries in over 70 countries. | | | Book Purchases and Reviews | | | Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present. | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Biographical Sources | | | Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Gale] - Full Text
Full-text biographical articles on scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times. | | | Dissertations and Theses | | | RefWorks Workshops - Fall 2008 - Help
Register now for a Fall 2008 workshop: Wed. 10/1 (3-4:30), Thurs. 10/2 (3-4:30), Tues. 10/21 (3-4:30), or Wed. 10/22 (7-8:30pm). Location: Neilson Library Classroom | | | Encyclopedias | | | AccessScience - Full Text
Over 7100 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. | | | Britannica Online - Full Text
Full content including over 80,000 in-depth articles, detailed maps, multimedia, and research tools. | | | Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Full Text | | | Patents and Standards | | | [STANDARDS] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | | | Style Manuals | | | Citation Guides & Style Manuals | |
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