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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 | | | Annual Reviews: Physical Sciences
Selected Full-text and Index | | | BioDigest - 1989 to present
Abstracts written in a non-technical style from over 370 life-science sources in botany, medicine, health, zoology, and environmental science. | | | Biological Abstracts - 1926 to present
Indexes articles in the life sciences and biomedical fields: biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, zoology, agriculture, etc. | | | Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering | | | Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text 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 160+ U.S. and British journals and magazines on anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more. | | | Geobase - 1980 to present
Covers 2,060+ journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports with information about geography, geology, ecology, and more. | | | GeoRef [EBSCO]
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. | | | GPO Monthly Catalog - 1976 to present
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, e.g. Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents from executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.) | | | Science Direct - Full Text
Indexes 2500 journals and 6000 books in science, technology and the social sciences from Elsevier Science. | | | Selected Water Abstracts (U.S. Geological Survey) | | | 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 with cited reference searching.
| | | Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full text for 4,500+ scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences. | | | Agricola - 1979 to present
Indexes 2,000+ journals and books, conference proceedings, research reports, government documents, theses, patents, and more on all aspects of agriculture. | | | ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Tables of contents of 12,000+ journals in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. | | | DOE (U. S.Dept. of Energy) Information Bridge
Report literature. | | | Engineering Village 2 - 1970 to present
Extensive indexing and abstracts of 5,000+ journals, conference papers, patents, and technical reports worldwide. | | | Google Scholar - Help
Links to scholarly books, articles and more. Results are incomplete and vary greatly by subject. Always use resource by subject or other library databases for a complete search of scholarly 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. | | | Ingenta - 1997 to date
Free searching and browsing of over 25 million articles, chapters, reports, etc. publications in all fields. | | | LexisNexis Environmental - Coverage varies by title. - Full Text - Help
Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information related to environmental issues. | | | PapersFirst - 1993 to present
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide on a wide variety of subjects . | | | Proceedings - 1993 to present
Lists papers from every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at the British Library. | | | SciFinder Scholar - 1907 to present - Help
Comprehensive chemical literature database. Requires registration. Must use @smith.edu to register. See Help link above for more info. | | | Scitopia
Search engine for the publications of 21 science and technology societies. | | | Popular Articles | | | ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Tables of contents of 12,000+ journals in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. | | | Scientific American Archive Online - 1993 to present - Full Text
Authoritative articles (color PDF's) and book reviews for a general audience on aeronautics & space, biology, chemistry, the environment, medicine, and more. | |
| 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
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide. | | | LIBWEB
Libweb currently lists over 2400 pages from libraries in over 70 countries. | | | Book Purchases and Reviews | | | Books in Print - 1979 to present
Information on all books (scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint, etc.) on all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. With out-of-print titles from 1979 to the present. | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Biographical Sources | | | Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Gale] - Full Text
Full text articles on scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times. | | | Encyclopedias | | | AccessScience - Full Text
Over 8500 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology; from McGraw-Hill. | | | Britannica Online - Full Text | | | Encyclopedia of Evolution [Oxford] - Full Text | | | Treatise on Geophysics - Full Text
In-depth articles on the solid Earth, covering seismology & structure; mineral physics; geodesy; earthquake seismology; geomagnetism; crust, lithosphere, mantle, & core dynamics; evolution of the Earth; planets & moons. | | | Encyclopedia of Earth - Full Text
Published by the Environmental Information Coalition, and utilizing a wiki, it contains articles contributed by experts covering all aspects of the environment of the Earth.
| | | Statistics | | | LexisNexis Statistical - Help
Summarizes statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. and links to some full text websites. | | | Style Manuals | | | Citation Guides & Style Manuals | |
| LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES | | | Your Feedback
Have you had a library class within the past week? If so, please give us your feedback. | | | Older Geology Class Guides
Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links. | |
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