Last updated: 2/21/08
Reference Databases Physical & Mathematical Sciences

  American Chemical Society Web Editions

Full-text access to the latest four years of the journals published by the American Chemical Society. Browse tables of contents or search for current or archival articles by author or keyword.

  AMS Electronic Journals

Full-text access to nine journals published by the American Mathematical Society. Browse tables of contents or search for articles by author or keyword.

 

  ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)

Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on the science, technology, and management of marine and freshwater environments. Searches all ASFA sub-files simultaneously. 1971-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources (CSA)

Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on oceanography, limnology, and coastal structures. 1971-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (CSA)

Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on aquatic pollution prevention and control. 1990-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Bibiliography & Index of Micropaleontology

Provides full-feature, one-query searches of world micropaleontological literature. 1970-. Updated monthly.

  CiteSeer.IST Scientific Literature Digital Library

Offered by the NEC Laboratories America and Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology, this database is a free, full-text index of computer science research articles. Allows for citation searching and linking. Updated daily.

  DOE Information Bridge

Indexes Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific and technical reports. Replaces the print publication Energy Research Abstracts. 1995-. Updated weekly.

 

  Energy Citations Database

Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), this database indexes and provides abstracts for technical reports in energy-related disciplines. Includes links to full text when available. 1948-.

  Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)

Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. OSL/CLAN’s collection includes: Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Biology, and World of Earth Science. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted. [user guide]

  GeoRef (CSA)

Provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world, with citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Covers North America from 1693 to the present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. 1693/1966-. Updated biweekly. [user guide]

  GeoRef In Process (CSA)

Contains records that are, literally, in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. The majority of the records originate from non-English language literature that was not necessarily published recently. GeoRef In Process does NOT contain the most current records and should not be confused with a database of Recent References. Current. Updated biweekly.[user guide]

  Inspec (EBSCOhost)

Inspec is the leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world’s scientific and technical literature. Inspec provides coverage from over 3,400 journals, 2,000 conference proceedings as well as numerous books, dissertations and reports in the subject areas of physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, and production, mechanical engineering, and more. This database is produced by the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers). 1969-. [user guide]

  MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews)

MathSciNet is the online version of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, which are published by the American Mathematical Society. MathSciNet indexes and abstracts journals, books, and proceedings in mathematics. 1940-. Updated daily. [user guide]

  Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (CSA)

Contains records drawn from the world’s literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences. Summaries from over 600 journal titles, as well as conference proceedings, books, technical reports and other monographs, are included. 1974-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

 

  MINABS Online

Electronic version of Mineralogical Abstracts. Abstracts journals, books, and other publications in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy, and related topics. 1982-. Updated monthly.

  NACA Technical Report Service

Index and digitized database of reports produced by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA’s predecessor. 1917-1958.

  NASA Astrophysics Data System ADS Abstract Service

Contains abstracts of journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many PhD dissertations in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, and physics and geophysics. Some full text available. 1975-. Updated daily.

  National Climatic Data Center (NCDS)

Access to monthly temperature, pressure, precipitation, and other measurements for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide; storm data by state; and local climatic data for several hundred U.S. cities. One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.

  National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

A title keyword index to over 750,000 NTIS reports, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual materials. 1990-. (For full text access, see NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS), below.)

 

  NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS)

Full text access to online NTIS reports.  May be searched by keyword, author or title. 1990-.  One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. (See also National Technical Information Service (NTIS), above.)

  NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server

Database of NASA-produced literature. Also indexes selected aerospace-related reports from other government agencies. Selected historical reports back to 1958 are included.

  Oceanic Abstracts (CSA)

Indexing and abstracts of worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment, focusing on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. 1981-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

 

  PhysicsWeb (IOP)

WWW-based news and information service for physicists.

  SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)

Indexes 1,600 key chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering journals and selectively indexes 8,000 more, plus conference proceedings, patents, technical reports, and other materials. Also contains information on chemical substances and reactions, regulations, and chemical suppliers. 1907-. Updated daily. One simultaneous user only. [user guide]

  ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Science Direct is a collection of journals from the publisher Elsevier and its affiliates. Journals may be browsed or searched by keyword. Access to the full content of articles from selected journals is available to URI users from 1995 to the present. Availability is indicated by a green icon. Other articles may be requested via Interlibrary Loan.

 

  SIAM Journals Online

“The accelerated electronic journals of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.” Online full text of thirteen SIAM journals. Keyword searching available.

  Web of Science (ISI)

Web access to ISI citation databases (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). Contains citations to articles from nearly 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. The ability to search by cited reference allows the user to uncover the research that influenced an author’s work or to navigate forward in time to discover a paper’s impact on current research. 1998-. Updated weekly. [user guide] [online tutorial]