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4 Specs.com
Claims to provide comprehensive access to over 4,000 manufacturers' websites.
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ABI/INFORM Dateline
Search a unique resource focusing on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications.
ABI/INFORM Global
Over 3000 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic management and related fields with 2000 as full text. Also includes Wall Street Journal.
ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
More than 1200 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus.
ABIA Index (Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology)
An annotated bibliographic database on South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology.
Academic Search Premier
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications in nearly every area of academic study.
ACM Digital Library
Over 31,000 full-text articles published in ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) periodicals, ACM and ACM SIG proceedings, and Indexing and TOCs.
Aerospace and High Technology Database
The CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace brings together in one place the most comprehensive bibliographic coverage of research, emerging technologies, applications and companies in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer and information technology, electronics, communications, solid state materials and devices, and space sciences. Everything from theoretical research through practical application is covered.
AgeLine
Abstracts of social gerontology and aging-related articles, books, and reports.
AGRICOLA
Records describe resources in all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences entomology, plant sciences, farming and farming systems, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
A subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals.
Algology, Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (CSA-BIO)
Reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemistry, and genetics of algae, fungi, protozoa, and lichens.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary, with in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences.
Aluminum Industry Abstracts (CSA)
Formerly World Aluminum Abstracts (WAA), provides comprehensive coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments. Indexed sources include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
American Association for Cancer Research
Six authoritative, peer-reviewed journals that cover everything at the cutting edge in today�s research, from the laboratory to the clinic. Anchored by the flagship Cancer Research, the most frequently cited cancer journal in the world, with 90,000 citations per year, the AACRs publications reflect an unparalleled commitment to rigorous research.
American Chemical Society Journals Database
The website of the American Chemical Society allows searching across over 30 electronic journals for information back to volume one number one of each journal. More information may be found at Search Tips on the bottom of the Search Page.
American Mathematical Society Journals
Searchable bibliographic database of the American Mathematical Society Journals online, plus the online translational, hosted and distributed AMS journals. Only journals for which Rensselaer has a subscription may be viewed in full text. Both a quick and advanced search are available, with help for searching available at the help tab on either screen.
American Society for Microbiology Journals
Full text of 11 American Society for Microbiology journals.
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources
An online version of the Librarys womens history resource guide, American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States.
Animal Behavior Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Papers relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Each annals volume contains edited, reviewed papers based on presentations made at symposia, conferences, and workshops held around the world. ...reviews of a subject, combining both original research and review articles from researchers working in a variety of disciplines.
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Review articles that provide summaries of the research literature on the primary contributions in the earth sciences.
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Changed its name from Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. Concentrates on the the interactions between nature and society, and their impact on the environment. Spans the current state of affairs in environmental sciences with respect to environment and resource utilization.
Annual Review of Psychology
Synthesis of the primary research literature that provides summaries of research literature on the primary contributions in psychology.
Annual Reviews Online
Analytic reviews in 30 focused disciplines within the Biological & Medical, Physical and Social Sciences. Synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.
ANTE: Abstracts in New Technology and Engineering (CSA)
Includes periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journals, patents, books and press releases on technology, from aerospace to textiles.
Anthropological Index Online
Based on the journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at the The British Museum which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world.
AnthroSource
Current issues of American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins. Journal issues generally appear online prior to distribution in print.
Aquaculture Abstracts (ASFA) (CSA-BIO)
Cultivating marine, freshwater, and brackishwater species; aquatic plants, algae, protozoa, and other microorganisms.
Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (ASFA 3) (CSA-ES)
Research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and estuaries.
Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984
Art Index Retrospective provides access to 55 years of art journalism, indexing @600 periodicals published in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Danish. It also indexes art reproductions, thus helping researchers focus on a single artist or on finding individual works.
ARTbibliographies Modern
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of more than 16,000 journals published since 1990.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Coverage is 1975 to present. Citation databases treat the references of an article as index terms, allowing them to be searched.
ASME Journals
Includes all transaction journals of the ASME and Applied Mechanics Reviews.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes and abstracts over 6500 research journals from all fields. Includes journal articles, letters to the editor, book reviews and editorials.
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Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (CSA-BIO)
Bacterial immunology, vaccinations, diseases of man and animals; clinical findings and pure bacteriology, biochemistry and genetics.
Barron's
A weekly publication for investors. Provides in-depth articles examining companies and industries to spotlight possible investment opportunities.
BBC News | Sci/Tech
British Broadcasting Corporation with top science/technology news stories of the day and a page to search for particular topics.
Bentham Science Journals
All of Bentham Science's 25 journals published in 2000, 2001 and 6 months of 2002 are available free in full-text PDF in collaboration with Ingenta. Selected articles from more current issues are available free.
Bibliography of the History of Art
The Bibliography of the History of Art contains abstracts and indexes of current publications in the history of art, including scholarly journals, conferences, book, exhibition reviews, and exhibition catalogs.
Bioline International
Bioline International is an not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries with peer-reviewed journals from Brazil, Cuba, India, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Biological Abstracts - Location: Folsom Bibliography Area - 1st Floor; Call Number: ZQH 301 .B37
Print Index useful for archival life science journal articles.
Biological Sciences and Living Resources (ASFA 1) (CSA-BIO)
Cooperative management of the world's aquatic resources; fisheries including statistics, aquaculture, productivity and marketing.
Biology Digest (CSA)
Latest developments in biological research from anatomy to zoology. Dates Covered: 1989 to present.
BioMed Central
Independent publishing house provides free access to peer-reviewed research of more than 50 journals. Not limited to medicine and biology, includes other science and engineering disciplines.
Biomedical Sciences Suite
Analytic reviews in disciplines within the Biological and Medical Sciences. Synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.
BioOne (CSA)
Full text articles that focus on biological, ecological and environmental sciences from 57 peer-reviewed journals.
Biotechnology Research Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Access to international research on all aspects of biochemical, medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine, agriculture and environmental science.
BuildingGreen Suite
BuildingGreen provides industry news, and in-depth articles about products, technologies and topics in green design and construction. Most articles come from BuildingGreen's highly acclaimed print newsletter, Environmental Building News (EBN).
Business and Company Resource Center
Provides business and industry content for periodical and news articles; press releases; domestic and international companies; industry associations; corporate hierarchies, chronologies, and histories; brand and product listings by company; industry and company rankings; investment reports; financial overviews for companies; and human resources' civil claims filed against companies.
Business Review (Albany)
Includes coverage back to 1976; Produced by Bizjournals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.
Business Source Premier
Provides full text for over 2,710 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis.
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Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Calcium's role in bone metabolism, tooth development, muscle contraction, and hormone secretion.
Cambridge Journals Online
Full text for over one hundred journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The facility for all users to conduct searches, view tables of contents, and view abstracts for all journals on the site. A procedure by which registered individuals can receive alerts regarding articles of interest as well as tables of contents for journals of interest.
Canary Database
Scientific studies from MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts, and Agricola reviewing the evolution of animals as early warning sentinels of human health hazards.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. For publications issued prior to 1976, the printed Monthly Catalog should be consulted.
CELL
Includes research articles in all areas of modern biology including molecular biology, medicine, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, neurobiology, structural biology, and physiology.
Ceramic Abstracts / World Ceramic Abstracts
International coverage on the manufacturing, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics.
CERN Document Server
The CERN Document Server contains over 650,000 bibliographic records, including 320,000 fulltext documents in particle physics and related areas. Documents Include preprints, articles, photographs, books and more. CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics center.
Chemoreception Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Neurobiology, chemistry, and physiology of taste, smell, internal chemoreception, and chemotaxis. Signal transduction, receptors, channels and neurogenetics.
Civil Engineering Database
Bibliographic access to ASCE publications (journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, etc.)
CLASE
Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Produced by Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in social sciences and humanities.
CNN- Science/Technology
Cable Network News with top science/technology news stories of the day and a page to search for particular topics.
ComAbstracts
The ComAbstracts database contains abstracts of articles and books published in the primary professional literature of the communications field as well as bibliographic records and audio materials.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Comprised of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University).
Compendex (Engineering Village)
Indexing for national and international engineering journals and papers from engineering conference proceedings.
Conference Papers Index (CSA)
Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Contemporary Women’s Issues
Information on women in over 200 countries, bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.
Copper Technical Reference Library (CSA)
World’s literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology.
Corrosion Abstracts (CSA)
Corrosion information covering testing, characteristics, prevention, construction, performance and equipment.
CSA Biological and Medical Sciences Collection
A collection of 9 databases including Conference Papers Index and NTIS.
CSA Computer Information and Technology Collection
An extensive collection of IT and Computer resources from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
CSA Engineering Research Database
Covers the international serial and non-serial literature pertaining to civil, earthquake, environmental, mechanical, and transportation engineering including their complementary fields of forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics/computation.
CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace
The CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace brings together in one place the most comprehensive bibliographic coverage of research, emerging technologies, applications and companies in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer and information technology, electronics, communications, solid state materials and devices, and space sciences. Everything from theoretical research through practical application is covered.
CSA Multi-databases / Anatomy and Physiology
Searches these CSA databases: Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts; and CSA Neurosciences Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Arts & Humanities
Searches these CSA databases: ARTbibliographies Modern; Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Bibliography of the History of Art; and DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index.
CSA Multi-databases / Botany
Searches these CSA databases: Biotechnology Research Abstracts; and Plant Science.
CSA Multi-databases / Ecology
Searches these CSA databases: BioOne; Ecology Abstracts; Human Population and Natural Resources Management; and Sustainability Science Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Engineering
Searches these CSA databases: Biotechnology Research Abstracts; Earthquake Engineering; and Environmental Engineering Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / General Biology
Searches these CSA databases: Biology Digest; and BioOne.
CSA Multi-databases / Genetics
Searches these CSA databases: Genetics Abstracts; Human Genome Abstracts; Nucleic Acid Abstracts; and Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Marine Biology
Searches these CSA databases: Aquaculture Abstracts; Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality; Biological Sciences and Living Resources; and Marine Biotechnology Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Microbiology
Searches these CSA databases: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts; Bacteriology Abstracts; Immunology Abstracts; Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts; and Virology and AIDS Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Pollution
Searches these CSA databases: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality; Bacteriology Abstracts; Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts; and Pollution Abstracts.
CSA Multi-databases / Risks
Searches these CSA databases: Health and Safety Science Abstracts; Risk Abstracts; and Toxicology Abstracts.
CSA Neurosciences Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience.
CSA Technology Research Database, with METADEX (CSA)
This comprehensive database provides a single mega-file of all the unique records available through its 3 components: the CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX, CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace, and the CSA Engineering Research Database.
CumInCAD
CumInCAD is a cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 8,200 records from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SiGraDi, CAAD futures, DDSS and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts, in PDF, of some 5,500 papers are also available. A separate index of some 1,000 papers in Spanish language are maintained.
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DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index
The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. The service aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.
Dissertation Abstracts
Abstracts for US, Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses.
Dissertations & Theses @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Searches citations and abstracts of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute dissertations published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database. Some dissertations available in full text.
DOE Data Explorer
Information collected at various data centers: Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis, Comprehensive Epidemiological Data Resource, Controlled Fusion Atomic Data, DOE Joint Genome Institute, National Nuclear Data, Renewable Resources Data, and U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registers.
DOE Information Bridge (US Dept of Energy)
Provides an open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
DTIC Online
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) serves the DoD community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
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E&E Publishing LLC
Three publications: Environmental & Energy Daily: Information on environmental and energy action in Congress, Greenwire: Daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy, and Land Letter: Natural resource development and conservation issues.
e-answers
Work of Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station professionals at more than 50 Land Grant universities throughout the United States.
E-Print Network (DOE-OSTI)
Gateway to preprint servers dealing with scientific and technical disciplines of importance to DOE. Many preprints are electonic versions of research papers that have been submitted for review prior to presentation at conferences or prior to publication in journals.
Earthquake Engineering (CSA)
Includes geotechnical earthquake engineering, disaster planning, earthquake resistant design and analysis, and soil dynamics among other topics.
EBSCOhost Research Databases
Choose your search from over 20 databases covering the arts, humanities, business, psychology, education, science and more.
ECO (Electronic Collections Online)
Offers Web access to more than 1,800 journal titles that span a variety of subject areas; includes bibliographic citations for all titles and full text articles for some titles.
Ecology Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Ecology Abstracts focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment.
EconLit
Offers Web access to more than 1,800 journal titles that span a variety of subject areas; includes bibliographic citations for all titles and full text articles for some titles.
ECS Digital Library
The Digital Library (DL) provides searchable online access to the various journals, books, and other collections published by The Electrochemical Society.
EDTEWEB (EDTE World Energy Base)
Includes information on the environmental impact of energy production and use, including climate change, energy R and D, energy policy; nuclear, coal, hydrocarbon and renewable energy technologies. A growing collection of over 1,021,100 bibliographic records with more than 4.4 million downloadable full text pages now available.
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (CSA-ES)
Resource which provides detailed abstracts of the impact statements. EIS extracts the key issues into concise, readable abstracts. Each entry includes a description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates.
Energy Citations Database
Energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Engineered Materials Abstracts
Comprised of three databases: Advanced Polymers Abstracts; Composites Industry Abstracts; & Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics. Research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of engineered materials.
Engineering Village
Indexing for national and international engineering journals and papers from engineering conference proceedings.
Entomology Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Latest information on millions of insects from fossilized forms to newly discovered species.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. Includes journals,monographs and conference proceedings.
ERIC (Dept of Education)
The worlds premier database of journal and non-journal education literature with more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. The only source for more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents.
ERIC (EBSCO)
Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Also provides full text of ERIC digests.
Esp@cenet
Provided by the European Patent Office. Some records include full text and/or links to document images (PDF).
ETHXWeb
Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.
Euromonitor International's Passport
Euromonitor International's Passport provides a single gateway to intelligence on industries, countries and consumers, including internatioinal statistics; country, market & company analysis; consumer information; research; and expert commentary.
ExecuComp (Standard and Poor's)
The ExecuComp Database offers objective executive compensation data including current, historic and total compensation. Use compensation data to identify trends in the industry and to tie a company's performance to actual compensation levels.
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FAO Corporate Document Repository
FAO documents and publications, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format. Three distinct advanced searchs: one for meeting documents; one for publications , such as books and journals; and one for articles FAO documents and publications, and selected non-FAO publications dealing with food, food security, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and rural development. Documents and publications will usually be available full-text in at least one of the FAO's official languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish.
FDIC
FDIC web site with Bank Data and Statistics providing information on specific banks, their branches, and the industry; Research and Analysis providing access to FDIC policy research and analysis of regional and national banking; and Failed banks providing information on how accounts and loans are affected when a bank fails, how to seek unclaimed funds, and how to obtain a lien release.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Fermilab
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy conducts basic research in high energy physics.
FreeMedicalJournals.com
Approx. 1,000 free full-text medical journals, most are available one to six months after publication.
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Gale Custom Newspapers
A collection of more than 900 newspapers, both national and international.
Gale New York State Newspapers
Database of 28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
Gauge Institute Journal of Math and Physics
Quarterly journal that publishes insights regarding problems of math and physics.
GenETHX
Citations, some with abstracts or tables of contents, to literature on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic and genomic research and its applications from many disciplines and publication types including journals, newspapers, books, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, and audiovisuals.
Genetics Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Genetics as a whole from microbes to plants to humans; DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, nuclear proteins, and gene regulation.
GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology, and their related disciplines. Online version of Geographical Abstracts. Material covered includes refereed scientific papers, trade journal and magazine articles, product reviews, directories, books, conference proceedings and reports.
GeoRef
The database of the American Geological Institute (AGI), covers worldwide technical literature on geology and geophysics. GeoRef organizes and indexes papers from over 13,000 serials and other publications (book chapters, conference papers, government publications, theses, dissertations, reports, maps, and meeting papers) representative of the interests of the 29 professional geological and earth science societies that are members of the AGI. Also indexes many relevant civil engineering journals.
GeoRef in Process
Contains unedited records that are still in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. Some of the records originate from older, non-English language literature while other, more current records are simply not yet complete. This database is intended as a supplement to the main GeoRef database.
Google Patents
Search engine for the entire collection of issued patents and millions of patent applications made available by the U.S. Patent Office. Spans from patents issued in the 1790s through those most recently issued in the past few months. Approximately 7 million patents and over a million patent applications. Patents are available for viewing or PDF download.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research. SFX Linking allows users to connect direct from Google Scholar to RPI Library full text collections.
GPO Access
A collection of databases that provide access to information from all branches of government. Covers Congressional Bills and Reports, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, the US Code, US Supreme Court Decisions, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and other core documents.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Green Building Materials by McGraw Sweets
Sweets.com is the construction professionals' primary search engine, featuring product data and construction industry news on the Internet. The Architecture Library also subscribes to Sweet's CD which is an electronic product-selection and specification tool offering such digital content as an integrated CAD library, photos, illustrations, technical drawings and three-part specifications.
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Health and Safety Science Abstracts (CSA)
Health and safety related aspects of pollution, waste disposal, radiation, pesticides, epidemics and other topics. For search assistance consult the Help and Support button on the right side of the main screen.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
A database of consumer health information with various information sources including journals, pamphlets, and reference books. Information in this database is not a substitute for professional medical advice.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Over 500 health related journals both scholarly and popular, are included, 270 of which are full-text. This database also provides over 1,100 full text health related pamphlets and 20 books.
HighWire Press
One of the two largest archives of free full-text science materials on the Web, available 6 months to 2 years after publication.
Hoover's Online
Includes company profiles and financials, industry information and business news.
Human Genome Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Information includes the Human Genome Project.
Human Population and Natural Resource Management (CSA-ES)
Explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. Coverage includes relevant papers, reports, books and reviews from standard peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984)
This database offers the ability to search a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences as far back as 1907. Coverage also includes content from H.W. Wilson’s International Index.
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IAEA.org - International Atomic Energy Agency
Independent international organization within the United Nations focusing on safety & security, science & technology, and safeguards & verification.
IEEE Xplore
(Also known as IEEE/IET Electronic Library) Access to the abstracts and fulltext published since 1988 and select content published since 1950 of IEEE and IET journals, magazines, transactions, and conference proceedings, and current IEEE standards.
Immunology Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
All aspects of immune systems in man and animals, in normal functions and disorders.
Indian Academy of Sciences
Full text of six journals: Journal of Biosciences, Proceedings - Chemical Sciences, Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences, Proceedings -Earth and Planetary Sciences, Resonance - Journal of Science Education, Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences.
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) (CSA-ES)
Fermentation, microbial degradation, microbial toxins, hydrocarbons, microbial resistance and other topics.
INIS (International Nuclear Information System)
All aspects of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. There are central areas to the scope such as nuclear reactors, reactor safety, nuclear fusion, applications of radiation and radioisotopes in medicine, agriculture, industry and pest control as well as related fields such as nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics and materials science. Special emphasis is placed on the environmental, economic and health effects of nuclear energy.
Insight Journal
Theory, implementation, and use of computer-based methods in medical image processing.
INSPEC (Engineering Village)
Scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology.
IOPscience (Institute of Physics)
Electronic access to over 90 professional physics journals. Includes both archives and forthcoming article information.
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Journal of Clinical Investigation
Research that examines the basic science behind clinical presentation. Focuses on critical topics in emerging areas of biomedicine.
JSTOR: the scholarly journal archive
JSTOR is a digital archive collection of scholarly journals in the areas of the humanities, social sciences and general sciences. The extensive archive contains the entire runs of over 150 journals, from the first volume up to volumes published only a few years ago. New issues of existing titles are made available 3 to 5 years after publication. New titles are added on an ongoing basis.
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lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive
Resource for full text of publications in the subject areas of physics, mathematics, computer science and nonlinear science.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept of Energy)
National Security laboratory that conducts research in energy, environmental, nuclear and economic security.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical and reference information. Coverage dates back more than 20 years for many areas.
LISTA
Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management.
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Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (ASFA) (CSA-BIO)
Molecular biology, and molecular genetics applied to marine and aquatic organisms; science, technology, and management of marine environments.
Material ConneXion
Material ConneXion is the largest global resource of new materials. Its library and search engine provides access to “over 3,500 new and innovative materials representing eight categories: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives. Material ConneXion is the largest global resource of new materials. Its library and search engine provides access to “over 3,500 new and innovative materials representing eight categories: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives.”
Materials Business File (CSA)
Covers industry news, product and process developments, plant development and construction, international trade data, government regulations and management issues.
Materials Science Collection with METADEX (CSA)
Applied and theoretical coverage of materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering applications. Databases in this collection can be searched separately or in combination.
MathSciNet
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940 Computer science is included.
MEDLINE (PubMed)
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.
MEDLINE (via CSA)
MEDLINE on this service contains over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Provides links to our library holdings.
MEDLINE/EBSCOhost
Provides links to our library holdings. Complete browserable MeSH [list of synonyms that can be used to find matches for particular words if the words themselves don't appear in documents]. May select and search OLDMEDLINE (pre 1966) as well as PubMed citations that don't appear in MEDLINE.
Mergent Online
Includes in-depth industry reports for US and foreign markets; 10,000 US public companies and their SEC filings, as well company information for international companies; current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U.S. public companies; and annual reports for international companies.
METADEX
Information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications and development. Online equivalent of Metals Abstracts; Metals Abstracts Index; and Alloys Index.
MicroPatent Materials Patents (CSA)
Indexes references to patents related to materials science and engineering. Provides monthly updates of US, European (EP) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents.
Military and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.
MIT CogNet
The Cognitive and Brain Sciences Community Online: MIT CogNet is the electronic community for scholarly research in the cognitive and brain sciences.
Molecular Systems Biology
Research in the field of molecular systems biology focusing on the analysis, integration and modeling of molecular and cellular phenomena. Topics include but are not limited to computational biology, proteomics, structural genomics, and transcriptomes.
MRS Electronic Library (Material Research Society)
The Materials Research Society is a not-for-profit organization which brings together scientists, engineers and research managers from industry, government, academia and research laboratories to share findings in the research and development of new materials of technological importance.
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NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Founded to undertake, promote and institutionalize aeronautical research. Evolved into the current NASA.
NASA Technical Reports Server
The NTRS is a valuable resource for students, educators, researchers, and the public for access to NASA's current and historical technical literature since it was first released in 1994. The type of information found in NTRS include: conference papers, images, journal articles, photos, meeting papers, movies, patents, research reports, and technical videos.
National Academies Press
Publications issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Over 2000 books free online.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Established in the 1980s as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical and chemical information for better understanding the chemical and molecular processes affecting human health and disease. The NCBI page connects to the Entrez page, a resource containing a wealth of biotechnical information.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept of Energy)
Subjects related to renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies.
National Wetlands Research
Mission of the NWRC is to develop and disseminate scientific information needed for understanding the ecology and value of the nation's wetlands..." The collection includes the Biological Report Series, Ecological Profile Series and other publications.
Nature Online
Online access to Nature Weekly, any areas of science with great potential impact.
Nature Research
Monthly, with emphasis on the disciplines indicated by their titles: Nature Biotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Genetics, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Photonics, and Nature Structural Biology.
Nature Reviews
Filters, highlights, and reviews the latest information on the disciplines indicated by their title, monthly, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Reviews Immunology.
NBER Working Papers
A collection of working papers where NBER researchers initially report their findings. Nearly 500 NBER Working Papers are published each year, and many of these subsequently appear in scholarly journals. Also included in the collection are the NBER Technical Working Papers, a much smaller collection of papers focusing on applied mathematics and econometrics.
Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's)
Coverage more than 50 industries. Information for each industry includes: current environment, industry profile, industry trends, how the industry operated, key industry ratios and statistics, how to analyze the industry, references, links to key associations and comparative company analysis.
NetPrints: Clinical Medicine & Health Research
Published by the British Medical Association. Original research in clinical medicine and health, posted 24 hrs of receipt.
New York Times
Abstracts and full-text of articles available from last 90 days. Full images of charts, tables and other types of illustrations are not included.
New York Times Historical Archive
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. 1851-2005.
New York Times: Technology
Technology news from the New York Times.
news@nature.com
Breaking news, extended features and analysis, plus blogs and multimedia.
NewspaperSource (EBSCOhost)
245 regional U.S. newspapers, 18 international newspapers, 6 news wires, and 9 newspaper columns, including The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times
NOVELny
NOVELny is a collection of electronic databases that provide access from library, home, school, or office to thousands of full-text national and international newspapers and magazines, health and medical resources, business collections, and Spanish language materials. Because this search tool is funded by New York State, a NYS driver's license is required in order to use it.
NTIS - National Technical Information Service (CSA)
Citations and abstracts from unclassified government-sponsored research reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, NASA, and other federal agencies.
NTIS.gov
Government sponsored source for technical reports in science, engineering, and related business.
Nucleic Acids Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Sequencing strategies, gene regulatory sequences, DNA biosyntheis, transcription factors and oncoproteins, RNA processing and transport RNA editing.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Basic and applied research in neutron science, biological systems, energy, advanced materials, national security and supercomputing.
Omics Gateway
Portal for all Nature journals relevant to large scale genomics and biology. Access content by organism or area of interest. Includes cancer genomics, pharmacogenomics, proteomics, systems biology, techniques & methods among other topics.
Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Experimental and clinical literature focusing on mechanisms of oncogenes and growth factors; molecular basis of malignant transformation.
Optics Infobase
The Optics InfoBase is a web-based repository of optics research.
Oxford University Press Journals (Psychology)
Includes 11 psychology journals.
Oxford University Press Journals Online
Provides access to all of the 204 available Oxford University Press online journals. Full-text articles are primarily available in Adobe PDF format. Coverage varies from title to title. Many titles in biology and other biosciences, and mathematics.
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PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
PERIODICA
Indice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias. Produced by Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology.
PhilSci Archive
An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science.
Plant Science (CSA)
Pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, and environmental biology.
PLoS - Biology
Open access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
PLoS - Clinical Trials
Aims to increase the breath, depth and transparency of clinical trials reporting. Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
PLoS - Computational Biology
Published in association with the International Society for Computational Biology. Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
PLoS - Genetics
Genetics and genomics research. Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
PLoS - Medicine
Published by the Public Library of Science, open access venue for peer-reviewed articles in medicine.
PLoS - Pathogens
New research on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viuses. Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
Pollution Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Topics include emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental actions in response to global pollution issues. Includes material from conference proceedings and hard to find documents.
Pre-Print Network
Gateway to preprint servers dealing with scientific and technical disciplines of importance to DOE. Many preprints are electronic versions of research papers that have been submitted for review prior to presentation at conferences or prior to publication in journals.
PRI's The World: Technology
The World consistently brings you up to date with the latest news in science and technology. The World's team of producers and reporters strives to make our technology coverage timely, relevant and understandable.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Technical reports authored by PPPL scientists on research performed under the PPL/DoE contract.
ProceedingsFirst
Index of worldwide conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Each record contains a list of the papers presented.
Professional Development Collection
Provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. A comprehensive collection of full text education journals.
ProQuest Education Journals
Access to over 785 educational publications, with more than 615 available in full text. Covers primary, secondary, and higher education, special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Coverage: 1991-present.
ProQuest Health Management
Find complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
ProQuest National Newspapers
Indexes and abstracts 28 national and regional newspapers.
ProQuest Platinum Periodicals
Includes over 2,000 general and specialized titles. Intended for a general (non-academic) audience, but includes content covering arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs.
ProQuest Psychology Journals
Access to over 650 titles, with more than 540 available in full text, along with 4,000 dissertations. In addition to clinical and social psychology, also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, and social welfare. Coverage: 1971-present.
ProQuest Research Databases
ProQuest Research Library includes more than 3,850 titles and over 2,600 in full text. It features a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971 - present
ProQuest Research Library
Contains the abstracts of articles from more than 1,800 general and academic journals covering a wide range of subjects, and includes the full text of many articles.
ProQuest Social Science Journals
Access to over 565 social science titles, with more than 330 available in full text. Covers social science information on hundreds of topics, including addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, and international relations. Coverage: 1994-present.
ProQuest-CSA Illumina
Illumina currently offers 16 databases covering engineering, biology, environmental science, patents, government research reports, arts and architecture. Search one or search them all.
PsycARTICLES
Definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 56 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal.
PsycINFO
From the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines,such as management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine and social work. Contains material dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in more than 25 languages.
PubMed Central (PMC)
The National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Contains approx. 250 titles with varying amounts of embargo times.
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Rand Publications
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Report and book topics include Criminal Justice, Education, Enterprise Analysis, Health, Civil Justice, and Science and Technology.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Rensselaer Digital Collections
Rensselaer Digital Collections consist of materials of intellectual, historic and cultural value to Rensselaer in a wide variety of image, audio, video and text formats. Access to some items requires authentication with an RCS (Rensselaer Computing System) logon and password.
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
Collaborative effort of 41 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. Includes database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available. Please note: RePEc does not contain full-text journal articles; RePEc services provide links to many full text articles, but you may need a personal or institutional subscription to follow those links. If a working paper or journal article is not indicated as downloadable, please contact the author or publisher for assistance.
Reports of Condition & Income and Thrift Financial Reports (FDIC)
Provides detailed public regulatory financial information for all FDIC insured institutions. Users can retrieve facsimiles of the quarterly financial reports filed by financial institutions for each quarter beginning with the March, 1998 Report. These reports will be updated quarterly.
Research Insight/Compustat (Standard and Poors)
Research Insight/Compustat (North America) is produced by Standard and Poors. Comprised of the Compustat database and the Research Insight software, this service contains 20 years of financial statements and market summaries for more than 11,000 North American, public companies.
Rhizome.org: the new media art resource
Provides an online platform for the global new media art community to support the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant ways. The ArtBase archive includes net art, software art, computer games, and documentation of new media performance and installation. All of the art and documentation is available online in the form of Web pages or downloadable files.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature includes music related works from articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations, film and video to concert reviews and recording notes. Items are of scholarly interest. Subject areas include: historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, librarianship, performance practice and notation, theory and analysis, pedagogy, liturgy, dance, criticism, music therapy, and interdisciplinary studies on music and various other fields, including literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, acoustics, aesthetics, anthropology, sociology, linguistics and semiotics, mathematics, philosophy, physiology, psychology, and physics.
Risk Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk. Information that can help identify, measure, evaluate, and manage risks in environmental science, engineering and design.
Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) Architectural Library Catalog
The Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library (RIBA Library) is the largest and most comprehensive collection in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. Their online catalog not only provides access to their holdings but also integrates references to a periodical index of 300 architecture journals.
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Database
The Royal Society of Chemistry, the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences, is also one of the world�s leading scientific publishers, offering 28 major peer-reviewed journals combined into an easy-to-search database.
RS Means Construction Data
RSMeans.com is your complete on-line source for construction books and related products.
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Science (AAAS)
Web based home of Science with access on the day of publication in PDF format.
Science Accelerator
Science Accelerator searches science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.
Science Citation Index Expanded
Coverage is 1945 to present. Citation databases treat the references of an article as index terms, allowing them to be searched.
Science.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results. Much of the information is full-text, includes technical reports, journal articles and other published materials from 14 scientific and technical information agencies.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a web information source for scientific, technical, and medical research (STM) that offers access to more than 1,100 journals across 16 fields of science. ScienceDirect offers full-text articles, browseable tables of contents, and article abstracts.
Scientific American Archive
Journal with a 150 year history. Access to PDF with all editoral content. Includes Scientific American Mind.
SciFinder Scholar
Enables Internet access to Chemical Abstracts and to the CAS Registry File of over 25 million substances. Client-server software required.
Scirus
A Sci-tech search engine from Elsevier. Scirus returns results from the whole Web, including access-controlled sites that other search engines don't index. Scirus currently covers over 300 million science-related Web pages.
Scitation (AIP)
Scitation provides AIP journal subscribers the most current indexing and abstracting of physics, astronomy and engineering journals and conference proceedings. Full text access is provided for journals for which Rensselaer Libraries has a subscription.
Scitopia
Scitopia.org searches the entire electronic libraries of the leading voices in major science and technology disciplines and provides relevant results, without the noise of other Internet search engines. More than three million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 150 years of science and technology can be searched through the site.
Social and Human Sciences Online Periodicals
Free access to specialized articles from around 700 periodicals in social and human sciences. Supported by UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Documentation Centre.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Abstracts and preprints of scholarly publications in a broad range of social science disciplines.
Social Sciences Abstracts
Social Sciences Abstracts covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Coverage is 1956 to present. Citation databases treat the references of an article as index terms, allowing them to be searched.
SPIE Digital Library
SPIE (the International Society for Optical Engineering) is a not-for-profit society that has become the largest international force for the exchange, collection and dissemination of knowledge in optics, photonics and imaging. Help in using the database is available from the Help link on the main search page.
Spin (Searchable Physics Information Notices)
SPIN provides AIP journal subscribers the most current indexing and abstracing of physics, astronomy and engineering journals and conference proceedings. Full text access is provided for journals for which Rensselaer Libraries has a subscription. More information may be found at the Searching Help link on the main page.
SpringerLINK
More than 1,250 online journals of the Springer and Kluwer publishing groups. Covers life sciences, chemical science, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics, astronomy, engineering, environmental sciences, and economics.
Standard and Poor's ExecuComp
The ExecuComp Database offers objective executive compensation data including current, historic and total compensation. Use compensation data to identify trends in the industry and to tie a company's performance to actual compensation levels.
Sustainability Science Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Management of human use, and conservation of the natural resource base. Dates Covered:2003 to present.
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Technical Reports in Computer Science from Cornell
Resource for computer science technical reports, with the capacity to view in full text, from Cornell University.
Technical Reports in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Resource for computer science technical reports, with the capacity to view many in full text, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Toxicology Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. Includes toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and myriad other substances. Publishes information concerning the in vivo effects of toxic substances. Toxicity testing, methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances are also covered.
TOXLINE (CSA)
Published by the NLM; Pesticides, environmental pollutants, mutagens and teratogens. Rolling 5 year database, records from the last 5 years plus the current year.
TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library)
A collaborative project involving the Greater Western Library Alliance and the Center for Research Libraries to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports." So far, a number of AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) and NBS (National Bureau of Standards) reports have been included.
TRIS Online
Includes 400,000 bibliographic records covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media; coverage includes Federal, state, local, and association publications.
Twenty-first Century Music
A journal of new music.
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UMI Dissertations Abstracts
Order a dissertation - arrives within 3-5 business days in an unbound shrink-wrapped format for $43, or as an immediately available web downloadable PDF for $36. [not paid for by the library]
USA.gov
A one-stop shopping site for access to information about US government programs and services.
USGS - Publications Warehouse (United States Geological Survey)
Search approx. 67,000 bibliographic citations and obtain USGS series publications. Availability of content ranges from USGS store purchase, to full text, to bibliographic citation only.
USPTO
The USPTO provides quick and advanced interfaces to US patents and applications.
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Value Line Investment Survey
Comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. Includes three sections: Ratings and Reports; Summary and Index; and Selection and Opinion.
Virology and AIDS Abstracts (CSA-BIO)
Every aspect of virology in humans, animals, and plants; topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology; AIDS studies in every update.
ViVa : A Bibliography of Women’s History in Historical and Women’s Studies Journal
A bibliography of articles about women's and gender history. Articles published in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are selected from 149 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals. The ViVa database contains bibliographic records describing more than seven thousand articles published from 1975 to 2002 in historical and womens studies journals.
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Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
Fulltext from 1984. Abstracts for earlier articles.
Water Resources Abstracts (CSA-ES)
Characteristics, conservation control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources taken from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports. Previously known as the Selected Water Resources Abstracts.
Web of Science
Includes all three ISI citation products: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Citation databases treat the references of an article as index terms, allowing them to be searched.
WELDASEARCH (CSA)
Joining metals, plastics and ceramics, metal and ceramic spraying, thermal cutting, brazing, soldering, micro joining, market statistics, and news of the industry.
Wiley Interscience
Full text of over 300 scientific, technical , and medical journals. Also includes full text articles from Blackwell Science and Munksgaard Publishers journals.
Wilson Select Plus
Indexes articles in science, humanities, education and business. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
WIPO
Maintains the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Includes links to worldwide intellectual property offices.
Wired
Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, and politics.
WorldCat
WorldCat is a database of library collections.WorldCat indexes library catalog records from around the world. Users can find records for books, journals, manuscripts, AV materials, and other items. These records give the name and location of the library holding the item, as well as other specific information that can be used to retrieve the item through interlibrary loan.

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