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SCIENCES
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Math

Database

Subject

Coverage

Description

Source

Academic Onefile General

 1980-

Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily. (Contains material formerly found in Expanded Academic ASAP and InfoTrac OneFile.)

Gale

Academic Search Premier General

 1984-

Provides full text from 4500 serials, including over 3600 peer-reviewed titles. Contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more.

EBSCO

ASCE Publications CE Database Engineering

1970-

Contains 100,000+ bibliographic and abstracted records from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publications. Subjects include: Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology, Structural Engineering, Urban Planning and more.

WWW

Computer Database Computer Science

1983-

Find computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

Gale

EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals Animals

 

Useful for Education students, EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

 EBSCO

General Reference Center Gold General

1980-

General Reference Center GOLD is a general interest database from a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, and more.

Gale

Health and Wellness Resource Center Health & Medicine

1980-

Access carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, 700+ health videos from partner Healthology Inc., pamphlets, and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

Gale

Health & Medicine

1980-

Covers all aspects of health and medicine, including fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and many other topics.

Gale

Sciences

1995-

* Please note that not all articles in this database are free.*
Highwire Press is a database of over 300 academic science journals. Many journals available in Highwire provide free access to full text of some articles. Click here to see the list of free full-text HighWire journalsNote: If you find a citation for an article that is not free, be sure to check for the journal at CBU here: E-Journals (Find Journals) or request it via InterLibrary Loan.

WWW

Intute: Engineering Ejournals Engineering

Varies

Search over 250 freely available full-text engineering mathematics and computing ejournals, selected for relevance and quality. Academic journals, trade publications, and society journals are covered.

WWW

JSTOR General

Varies up to most recent 2-5 years

JSTOR offers complete backfiles of core journals in various subjects: economics, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science and many more. Full-text coverage begins at the first issue of each journal and usually ends within five years of the present. Current and recently published issues are not available in JSTOR.  We have access to: Arts & Sciences I (title list); Arts & Sciences II (title list), and Arts & Sciences IV (title list).

JSTOR

Knovel Science, Engineering

Reference

Content includes Knovel's Introductory Package, with 43 core science and engineering reference titles such as Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (7th Edition), and the Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology collection with 68 reference titles.

Knovel

LexisNexis Academic News, Legal, Business, Medicine

Varies

LexisNexis also includes general medical and health topics and medical abstracts. LexisNexis Academic primarily covers three areas: news, business, and legal research. Includes top news, general news topics, and foreign language news sources. Business covers company industry and market news, company financial information, accounting, auditing, and tax information. Legal Research covers law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code, and state legal research.

Lexis-
Nexis

NetLibrary General  E-Books NetLibrary offers more than 56,000 e-Book titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers.

OCLC

PubMed Health & Medicine

1950-

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

WWW

ScienceDirect Sciences

 Varies

Free access to abstracts and tables of contents of Elsevier science journals. ScienceDirect is the largest electronic collection of science technology and medicine information in the world. Note: See librarian for assistance in obtaining full-text articles through interlibrary loan or pay-per-view purchase of articles.

WWW

Science Database Sciences

 Varies

Provides a point of access to journal and magazine articles on the sciences.

Gale

Sciences

Varies

Wiley InterScience is an online journal service from John Wiley and Sons. CBU users have full-text electronic access to 219 journal titles through a partnership with TENN-SHARE. View the title list (Excel file). Wiley InterScience offers a registration option for users who want to save articles for later use.

Wiley