Sciences Databases

Connect to Applied Science Index on the Web Indexes science and technology periodicals in chemistry, computer technology, energy-related disciplines, engineering, mathematics and physics. March 1993-present. Updated monthly.
Connect to General Science Full Text on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching General Science Full Text is available Indexes and abstracts articles at least one column in length from over 200 popular, professional, and scholarly English language periodicals in the sciences, including physical anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental sciences, and more. Fulltext of articles are available from about 75 of these periodicals. Indexing goes back to 1984. Abstracts began in March 1993. Fulltext availability varies title to title, but may go back to 1995. Updated daily.
Connect to GeoBase on the Web
GeoBase    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Indexes and abstracts the worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. 1980-present. Updated monthly.
Connect to ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) on the Web
On-campus access only.
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Covers a wide range of disciplines and areas of study, including political science, sociology, economics, population studies, criminal justice, public health, aging, education, psychology, history, and substance abuse.
Connect to IngentaConnect on the Web Contains 11 million citations from 20,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Searching may be done by keyword or by browsing the table of contents of a journal.
Connect to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web JCR is a resource tool for journal evaluation in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. JCR can show you the: highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, hottest journals and largest journals. To access JCR, you go first through the ISI WEB of Knowledge database. Just click on Additional Resources and select Journal Citation Reports.
Connect to MedLINE on the Web A mini-guide on searching MedLINE is available
Also known as PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database. It includes such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environment health. 1966-present.
Connect to MSDS on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Sigma-Aldrich-Flukamat Material Safety Data Sheets. Searchable database of approximately 325,000 MSDS files.
Connect to PapersFirst on the Web
PapersFirst    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
An index of papers presented at conferences. 1993-present.
Connect to Proceedings First on the Web
Proceedings First    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Citations and table of contents for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received at The British Library. 1993-present.
Connect to Science Citation Index Expanded on the Web A mini-guide on searching Science Citation Index Expanded is available Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. 1993-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to ScienceDirect - SCELC Comprehensive Core on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. From publisher Elsevier, the ScienceDirect-SCELC online journal collection contains 400+ journals in science, technology, medicine, and business, including high impact-factor journals such as the Trends and Current Opinion series. Most are full-text. Dates covered: 1995-present. SCU is among the 90+ private institutions that make up SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium).
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