Electronic Research Tools: Articles & More
The following science-related databases represent only a small subset of the indexes and databases available at St. Olaf. Please consult the St. Olaf Libraries' Electronic Research Tools: Articles & More page for a complete listing.
For off-campus access to online indexes and databases, please consult our instruction guide.
| AGRICOLA | |
| Scholarly journal articles, books, government documents, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports in agriculture and related fields. Covers materials published 1970-present. | |
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| AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts | |
| Scholarly journal articles, books, and conference papers on AIDS, immunology, virology, and cancer genetics. Covers materials published 1982-present. | |
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| Annual Reviews | |
| Full-text review articles in the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Covers materials published 1932-present. | |
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| ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts | |
| Journal articles, books, reports, and conference proceedings in the aquatic sciences. Covers materials published 1971-present. | |
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| Biological Sciences | |
| Scholarly journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, and other materials in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, agriculture, and veterinary science. Covers materials published 1982-present. | |
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| BioOne | |
| Full-text research articles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. | |
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| BIOSIS Previews | |
| Journal articles, books, and other materials in the life sciences, including research in botany, zoology, microbiology, agriculture, pharmacology, ecology, biochemistry, bioengineering, and medicine. Covers materials published 1926-present. | |
| Cambridge Histories Online | |
| Includes the full-text of over 280 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. Searchable and browsable by key areas, including American History, British History, Literary Studies, and Religious Studies. | |
| CINAHL | |||
| Articles from scholarly and professional journals, books, dissertations, standards of practice, audiovisuals, and other materials in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and related disciplines. Provides some full text. Covers materials published 1937-present. | |||
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| Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents | |
| Covers 701 organic name reactions and reagents, including descriptions of the reaction, schematics, and mechanisms | |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online | |||
| A benchmark of scientific reference, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, now available online in its 91st edition, continues to be the most accessed and respected scientific reference in the world. This year’s edition adds many new tables and other major revisions. | |||
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| Current Contents Connect | |
| Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world's leading scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents. | |
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| Current Index to Statistics | |
| Scholarly journal articles and books in statistics, probability, and related fields. Covers materials published 1975-present, with some coverage extending earlier. | |
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| Derwent Innovations Index | |
| Value-added patent information from Derwent World Patent Index as well as patent citation information from Patents Citation Index. Includes patent coverage to 1963; citations to 1973; Chemical Section (1963-present); Electrical and Electronic Section (1963-present);Engineering Section (1963-present). | |
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| Dictionary of Organic Compounds | |
| Includes descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds systematic and common names of compounds literature references structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. | |
| Dissertations & Theses | |
| Doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all academic fields, from universities in the US and Canada. Provides full-text access to most dissertations since 1997 and some earlier. Covers dissertations and theses completed 1861-present. | |
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| Electronics and Communications Abstracts | |
| Articles from magazines and scholarly and professional journals, conference papers, and other materials on electronics and communications. Covers materials published 1981-present, with some coverage extending earlier. | |
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| EROS | |
| The Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis includes in-depth information on reagents and catalysts. | |
| Films on Demand | |
| Streaming video from the Film Media Group's collection. Covers a wide variety of subject areas. | |
| GeoRef | |
| Scholarly journal articles, books, maps, reports, and conference papers in the geosciences, including all publications of the US Geological Survey. Covers materials published 1669-present on the geology of North America, 1933-present on the geology of the rest of the world. | |
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| Inspec | |
| A comprehensive index to the global journal and proceedings literature in physics, electrical/electronic engineering, computing, control engineering, mechanical engineering, production and manufacturing engineering, and information technology. | |
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| IOPscience | |
| Full-text articles in diverse scientific, medical, and technical fields, from journals published by IOP (Institute of Physics) Publishing. Covers materials published 1874-present. | |
| Journal Citation Reports | |
| Current citation data on journals in the sciences, technology, and social sciences. Users can compare journals and identify the most frequently cited and highest-impact journals in a field. | |
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| JSTOR | |
| Full-text scholarly journals articles in many disciplines. Dates of coverage vary by title, typically from the journal’s first issue (sometimes in the eighteenth century or earlier) through about five years ago. | |
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| MathSciNet | |
| Scholarly journal articles and books in mathematics. Covers materials published 1940-present. | |
| MEDLINE (Thomson) | |
| Biomedical journal articles. Includes work in all areas of medicine. Covers materials published 1950-present. | |
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| Merck Index | |||
| Encyclopedia of chemicals and drugs with over 10,000 monographs on single substances or groups of related compounds. | |||
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| Oceanic Abstracts | |
| Technical literature on oceans, including work on aquaculture, ecology, fisheries, geology, marine biology, meteorology, physical oceanography, and relevant legislation. Covers materials published 1981-present. | |
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| Plant Science | |
| Scholarly journal articles, books, web sites, and other materials in plant science, including biochemistry, biotechnology, environmental biology, genetics, pathology, and symbiosis. Covers materials published 1994-present. | |
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| Proquest Research Library | |
| Articles on virtually every topic, drawn from scholarly journals, professional journals, trade magazines, news publications, and lifestyle magazines. Includes 5,000 titles - over 3,500 in full text. Covers materials published 1971-present. | |
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| PubMed | |
| Journal articles, online books, and other materials in biomedical fields, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and preclinical sciences. Links to some full text. Covers materials published 1950-present, with some coverage extending earlier. | |
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| Reaxys | |
| Reaxys is a web-based chemistry database consisting of deeply excerpted compounds and related factual properties, reaction and synthesis information as well as bibliographic data, navigated and displayed via an actionable interface. | |
| ScienceDirect College Edition | |
| Full-text journal articles in the health and life sciences, physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. Covers materials published 1995-present, with some coverage extending back to the 1850s. | |
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| Scientific & Medical ART Imagebase | |
| Download thousands of medical illustrations, videos, interactive tools, and monographs of anatomy, physiology, embryology, surgery, trauma, pathology, diseases, conditions and other topics. | |
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| SciFinder Scholar | |
| Journal articles, patents, government research reports, and other materials in all areas of pure and applied chemistry, including biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and chemical engineering. Links to some full text.
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| Scirus | |
| Scientific, scholarly, technical, and medical information, including journal articles, preprints, reports, patents, and other materials. This search engine focuses entirely on web pages containing scientific content. | |
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| TOXLINE | |
| Journal articles, books, web sites, and other materials in toxicology, including work on chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, mutagens, and teratogens. Covers materials published 2000-present. | |
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| Web of Knowledge | |
| A very powerful and varied database. Use the "citation" feature to check for new citing authors. Coverage back to 1900! | |
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| WorldCat | |
| Books and other print and multimedia materials in libraries around the world. | |
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