Databases

Please check subject areas for additional resources..  This list is for databases and academic search engines only.
  • AGRIS :: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology: compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, this database is mostly composed of citations which lead to links to other resources.  Fee may be required.
  • arXiv:  open access to 824,013 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics (From Cornell University Library).
  • ChemXSeer:  registration required.  Resources in the field of chemistry.
  • Circumpolar Health6400 records describing publications about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region. The database is a project of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Circumpolar Health Research.
  • CiteSeerX:  a  database for scientific and academic papers.
  • Citeulikea free service for managing and discovering scholarly references.
  • CogPrints an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Anthropology, as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
  • The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies: a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. The bibliographies are updated weekly from their original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions here.
  • Columbia University Academic Commons:  is Columbia University's digital repository where faculty, students, and staff of Columbia and its affiliate institutions can deposit the results of their scholarly work and research. Content in Academic Commons is freely available to the public.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ):  searchable collection of Open Access Journals.  Covers multiple disciplines in multiple languages. 
  • EBSCOHost Connection: Login via public library (in other words, you need a login from that particular library) that subscribes to this service. 
  • Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): limited availablility of full text documents related to the field of education.
  • GoogleScholar:  search the internet for scholarly articles (some may link to articles that require a fee; many results are to free articles).  As with any piece of information, remember to evaluate the information you find.
  • GoPubMed:  search engine for bio-medical texts.
  • JSTOR: register first.  Some full access to (mostly older) scholarly articles.  Many newer articles require fee, but first page preview is free).
  • MedLinePlus: consumer health information for patients, families, and health care providers.
  • Microsoft Academic Search:  search the internet for scholarly articles (some may link to articles that require a fee; many results are to free articles). As with any piece of information, remember to evaluate the information you find.
  • NAL Catalog:  this resource is from the National Agriculture Library (US Department of Agriculture). 
  • The National Bureau of Economic Research:  economics research.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service:  access to many articles related to the study of Criminal Justice (many free articles).
  • Office of Scientific and Technical Information:  find scientific research.
  • Mendeley: a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online.
  • Philpapers:  a comprehensive directory of online philosophical articles and books by academic philosophers.
  • Project MUSEno registration required.  Some full access to (mostly older) scholarly articles.  Many newer articles require fee.
  • PubMed:  from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this database collects numerous articles and abstracts related to the study of heath and medicine.  Some free articles, but some will require a fee.
  • Science.gov: government resources in the sciences.
  • Science Accelerator:  a gateway to science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.
  • Scirus:  a comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. It contains over 545 million indexed scientific items;  it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.        
  • SciVerse:  Some research requires a login or fee.





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