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Journal abbreviations for several scientific disciplines
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Free, full text scientific and scholarly journals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals (Sciences)
Thousands of citations, full text journal articles and other publications from the ACM.
International coverage of architecture, architectural sculpture, city planning, and landscape architecture in 1,000 periodicals. Selective coverage back to the 1860s.
Comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to journals and conference papers.
Covers all aspects of the applied sciences, including engineering, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context.
Smith's subscription to the Engineering Village 2 platform includes access to Compendex (engineering) and GeoBase (earth sciences).
Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information related to environmental issues.
Abstracts of articles from 160+ U.S. and British journals and magazines on anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more.
Lists research literature on earth sciences: geology, geography, environmental science, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy, pollution, waste management & conservation. Covers journals, trade publications, book & conference proceedings.
Extensive index to articles, books, maps, papers, reports, etc. on the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and world geology from 1933 to present.
Covers scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology.
Lists over 14 million biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out Medline Tutorial.
Indexes 2500 journals and 6000 books in science, technology and the social sciences from Elsevier Science.
Comprehensive chemical literature database. Requires registration [use @smith.edu]. See SciFinder Support & Training for more info.
Indexes and abstracts science & technology journals (1899 to present), social science journals (1898 to present), and arts & humanities journals (1975 to present) published around the world; offers cited reference searching.
Tables of contents of 12,000+ journals in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Indexes and abstracts over 90,000 ASCE publications.
Indexes articles in the life sciences and biomedical fields: biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, zoology, agriculture, etc.
Detailed indexing & abstracting for environmental impact statements issued by the federal government. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive & negative consequences, plus legal mandates.
Provides over 2 million citations to energy and energy related literature.
Full text scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.
Links to scholarly books, articles and more. Results are incomplete and vary greatly by subject. Always use the libraries' research databases for a complete search of scholarly topics.
Covers the development of emerging green technologies, drawing on newspapers, magazines & refereed journals; videos, podcasts & images; and case studies. Navigate by issue, organization & country portals.
Lists journal articles, proceedings, books, reviews & dissertations related to the development and influence of science.
Free searching and browsing of over 25 million articles, chapters, reports, etc. publications in all fields.
Reviews, abstracts, and citations for the world's mathematical literature including Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide on a wide variety of subjects .
Lists papers from every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at the British Library.
Combines CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin, and the Patent Chemistry Database. Each search yields a single set of results from the three component parts; each record includes excerpts from multiple patent or journal sources.
Indexes conference proceedings on energy and related areas.
Authoritative articles (color PDF's) and book reviews for a general audience on aeronautics & space, biology, chemistry, the environment, medicine, and more. Includes Scientific American Supplement & Builders Archive.
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