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Find Articles: Science and Technology

(R) = Restricted to authorized MTA University users
(FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles
 
ACM Digital Library (FT) (R)
Description: Citations and full text from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings.
Years indexed: varies by title
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ACM Guide to Computing Literature
Description: Indexes periodicals, books, proceedings, reports, and theses in computer science including hardware, software, systems organization and theory.
Years indexed: 1992 to 1997.
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QA 76 A865 (Journal Stacks)
AGRICOLA
Description: The U. S. National Agricultural Library's index of journals, books, theses, etc. on all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines, including animal sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, fisheries, farming, agricultural economics, food and human nutrition and earth and environmental sciences. Material covered dates from 15th century on. Links to some full-text documents.
Years indexed: 1970 to the present. Updated daily.
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American Chemical Society Fulltext Titles (FT) (R)
Description: Through the Canadian National Site Licence Project fulltext access is possible to 31 journals published by ACS. NOTE: for best retrieval results please use Adobe Reader version 4.0 or higher.
Years indexed: Varies with most starting in 1996-present. Updated as journal issues are released.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics Abstracts
Description: Covers all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics, and related fields, from international publications including journals, books, reports, proceedings, etc.
Years indexed: 1985 to present. Updated annually.
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Z 5153 A862 REF
BioOne (FT) (R)
Description:

BioOne provides a unique aggregation of high-impact bioscience research journals, featuring timely content on a wide-array of topics, including global warming, stem cell research, ecological and biodiversity conservation.

Years indexed: Varies by title
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HighWire Press - Stanford University Library ( FT )
Description: A division of the Stanford University Libraries. Hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content. Covers the life sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. Now includes 29 Humanities and Social Science Duke UP titles.
Years indexed: Varies to present. Updated continuously.
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Institute of Physics Publishing (FT) (R)
Description: Online access to 34 journals in physics published by IOPP. Can be personalized.
Years indexed: varies to present
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LINK - Springer Verlag and Associated Publishers (FT) (R)
Description: Provides access to over 400 journal titles published by Springer Verlag and its associated companies. A few journals provide only abstracts and a few still do not have full text access. Covers all areas of science and medicine (including psychology). Some coverage of the social sciences.
Years indexed: Varies from title to title.
Updated as print or electronic versions are released.
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MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web ( R )
Description: A keyword-searchable full-text database of Mathematical Reviews, and a subject index to Current Mathematical Publications, an index to recent and forthcoming publications in mathematics.
Years indexed: 1940 to present.
Reviews updated monthly, publications data updated daily.
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PubMed
Description: PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Many articles are available for free. Articles that are not freely available may be available in other library databases, or may be requested via the Library's Interlibrary Loan service.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Royal Society of Chemistry (FT) (R)
Description: Full text access to the complete collection of e-journals published by the the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Part of the CNSLP - Canadian National Site Licence Project.
Years indexed: Varies from title to title
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Sage Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online.
Years indexed: varies by title
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Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) ( R )
Description: Indexes over 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, including: Agriculture, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Materials Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physics, Plant Sciences, Psychiatry, Surgery, Veterinary Science, Zoology.
Years indexed: 1989 to present. Citation searching from 1945.
Updated weekly (Friday a.m.)
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Science Direct (FT) (R)
Description: Index to over 2,500 peer-reviewed journals in science, social science and humanities. Includes over 9 million full text articles. To search full text titles only, select "Subscribed sources" from the "Source" drop down menu (please note: full text is not available for all years or all journals. If you are asked for a user name and password, the article you are requesting is not available via Science Direct).
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Varies by title.

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SciFinder (FT) (R)
Description: SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the Chemical Abstracts Society (CAS) databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
Years indexed: Coverage varies but can extend back to the 1890's.
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SCIRUS
Description: The most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Searches over 415 million science-specific Web pages, allowing you to pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web; find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre-prints and journals that other search engines miss.
Offers functionalities designed for scientists and researchers.
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Wiley Interscience (now includes Blackwell titles) (FT) (R)
Description: Wiley Interscience provides access to the electronic journals published by Wiley (1997 onwards) and also includes titles that used to be published by Blackwell Synergy which recently merged Wiley.   Subject areas covered include:  business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, humanities, law, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, and the social sciences.
Years indexed: Indexing coverage varies. Fulltext articles are generally available for 1997-present. Updated continuously.
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