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Science, Math & Technology Databases

Alexander Street Press - Science
Science Video Online delivers a comprehensive streaming video resource for the study of Scientific disciplines. The collection of films will cover Environmental Studies, Natural History, and the Physical and Biological Sciences-- including coverage of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geology, Oceanography, Ecology, Astronomy, and Geography.

A to Z Maps Online
is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

Films on Demand - Computers & Technology
A collection of streaming videos on various aspects of computers and information technologies including gaming, graphics, software, hardware and e-commerce.

Films on Demand - Earth Science
A series of streaming videos on earth science related subjects such as geography, oceanology, weather & climate.

Films on Demand - Environmental Science
A collection of streaming videos on topics such as ecosystems, environmental management, natural resources and survey concepts.

Films on Demand - Geography
A collection of streaming videos on human geography, physical heography and world regional geography.

Films on Demand - Mathematics
A collection of streaming videos on topics such as basic and advanced mathematics, statistics, geometry, business and consumer math.

Films on Demand - Physical Science
A collection of streaming videos on topics such as astronomy, chemistry, and physics.

GreenFile
Free database which offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. GreenFILE’s initial release will include A&I for more than 600 titles, including comprehensive coverage – from to volume 1, issue 1 to present – for Bioscience (back to 1964), Conservation Biology (back to 1987), Journal of Ecology (back to 1913) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (back to 1948). The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.

JSTOR Plant Science
JSTOR Plant Science is an online environment that brings together content, tools, and people interested in plant science. It provides access to foundational content vital to plant science – plant type specimens, taxonomic structures, scientific literature, and related materials, making them widely accessible to the plant science community as well as to researchers in other fields and to the public. It also provides an easy to use interface with powerful functionality that supports research and teaching, including the ability to measure and record plant specimens, share observations and objects with colleagues and classmates, and investigate global plant biodiversity.JSTOR Plant Science strives to be a comprehensive online research tool for aggregating and exploring the world’s botanical resources, thereby dramatically improving access for students, scholars, and scientists around the globe. It is useful for those researching, teaching or studying botany, biology, ecology, environmental and conservation studies.

Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science (1997-current)
A weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public. Nature provides a weekly distillation of the best in science: landmark papers, cutting-edge issues, leading comment and broad opinion of important, topical scientific events. The content throughout is brief and focused to enable busy readers to absorb it efficiently. This journal is essential reading for all those working in science or with an interest in science, across all scientific disciplines.

ProQuest Biology Journals
A premier source of information on biology-related topics which covers the leading journals in this field. Includes almost 150 journals in full-text, with several dating back to 1992, plus provides access to detailed abstracts and indexing as far back as 1988.

ProQuest Science Journals
Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

ScienceDirect (1998 - current)
Provides access to more than 2500 science, technology and medicine peer-reviewed (scholarly) full text articles.  When using this database, please choose the Advanced Search feature and limit the Sources category to "subscribed sources" which will limit your search to items available from ScienceDirect. 

Science Magazine (1997-current) (Help?)
The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

Scientific American (1993-current)
The archive currently contains the entire editorial contents of Scientific American magazine, with fulltext and graphics, from January 1993 through to the present.

 

Science, Math & Technology E-Books

Chemistry E-Books

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Volume 31

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Volume 32

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Volume 33

Chemical Analysis, Volume 164 : Chemometrics : From Basics to Wavelet Transform

Chemical Compounds - Neil Schlager, Jayne Weisblatt, and David E. Newton, eds. Detroit: UXL, 2006. 888 pp. 3 vols.
Offers information on the ways in which different chemical elements combine to form commonly-used chemical compounds, such as water, ammonia, and aspirin. Defines what a chemical compound actually is and the difference between organic and inorganic compounds, as well as providing definitions of acids, bases, salts, oxides, and coordination compounds. Features a general historical overview of major discoveries and the notable scientists who made them.

Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards
This ebook, useful for safety managers, chemists, and engineers alike, helps both small and large companies identify, address, and manage chemical reactivity hazards.

Schaum's Easy Outline : Beginning Chemistry

Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry (3rd Edition)

Schaum's Outline of College Chemistry

 

Math E-Books

Advanced Statistics Demystified

Bob Miller's Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless

Calc 1

Calculus Demystified

College Algebra

Dictionary of Mathematics

Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry, and Technology
This is classic reference source which comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. Critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances is contained.

Introduction to Mathematical Economics

Irresistible Integrals : Symbolics, Analysis and Experiments in the Evaluation of Integrals

Linear Algebra Demystified

Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables

Numbers & Functions : Steps to Analysis

Schaum's Advanced Calculus

Schaum's Easy Outline : Business Statistics

Schaum's Easy Outline : Calculus

Schaum's Easy Outline : Differential Equations

Schaum's Easy Outline : Intermediate Algebra

Schaum's Easy Outline : Probability and Statistics

Schaum's Outline of Abstract Algebra

Schaum's Outline of Advanced Calculus

Schaum's Outline of Beginning Calculus

Schaum's Outline of Beginning Finite Mathematics

Schaum's Outline of College Mathematics

Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations (3rd Edition)

Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics

Schaum's Outline of Elementary Algebra

Schaum's Outline of Introduction to Probability & Statistics

Schaum's Outline of Linear Algebra

Schaum's Outline of Mathematica

Schaum's Outline of Mathematics for Nurses

Schaum's Outline of Review of Elementary Mathematics

Schaum's Outline of Statistics : Theory and Problems of Statistics

Schaum's Outline of Theory & Problems of Geometry

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Probability

Schaum's Outline of Trigonometry

 

Physics E-Books

Applied Physics

Heat Transfer Calculations

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry, and Technology
This is classic reference source which comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. Critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances is contained.

Knovel Critical Tables
This Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables alone include over 13,000 inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. The solvent property tables have 385 solvents, and the thermodynamic property tables have 500 compounds.

Physics Demystified

Quantum Mechanics Demystified

Relativity Demystified

Schaum's Outline of College Physics (9th Edition)

Schaum's Outline of Heat Transfer

Schaum's Outline of Modern Physics

Schaum's Outline of Preparatory Physics II : Electriticy & Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics

Schaum's Outline of Strength of Materials

 

Science E-Books

Alternative Energy - Neil Schlager and Jayne Weisblatt, eds. Detroit: UXL, 2007. 409 pp. 3 vols.
This three-volume set introduces students to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options. While there is significant discussion of the non-renewable resources now used to meet the majority of the world's energy needs (oil, coal and natural gas), the primary focus of the set is on newer options to meet the ever-growing demand.

Easy Outline of Genetics

Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Global Change (2008)
Explores major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Covers the science and history of climate change, the controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change.

Genetics Demystified

Gravitation and Cosmology: From the Hubble Radius to the Planck Scale

National Academy of Sciences: Science Classics

Schaum's Easy Outline : Biology

Schaum's Easy Outline : Molecular and Cell Biology

Schaum's Outline of Human Anatomy and Physiology

Schaum's Outlines of Astronomy

Scitable
A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science. Scitable currently concentrates on genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms. As you cultivate your understanding of modern genetics on Scitable, you will explore not only what we know about genetics and the ways it impacts our society, but also the data and evidence that supports our knowledge

Science & Engineering Encyclopedia

Smithsonian Physical Tables (9TH Revised Edition)
This classic reference source comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense.

U*X*L Encyclopedia of Biomes
Offers detailed comparative essays on major biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes entries on land biomes and water biomes and covers climate, elevation, soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web, plant and animal adaptations, endangered species, human effects on the biome and the effects of the environment on humans' culture and economy.

World of Forensic Science - K. Lerner and Brenda Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 812 pp. 2 vols.
Comprehensive guide to the scientific processes and the legal, social and ethical issues involved in the forensic sciences. Approximately 600 entries cover the individuals, techniques, and principles of biology, chemistry, law, medicine, physics, computer science, geology, and psychology involved in the multidisciplinary approach of examining crime scenes and evidence to be used in legal proceedings.

 

Science, Math & Technology E-Journals

BioMed Central
Portfolio of over 100 open access journals ranging from the highly selective to general interest (Journal of Biology). BioMed Central publishes both online and in print, to a range of specialist online only journals [more information]. BioMed Central also publishes Faculty of 1000, the leading literature evaluation service.

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.

HighWire Press - Stanford University
HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 12/10/08, we are assisting in the online publication of 2,014,814 free full-text articles and 5,014,510 total articles.

Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science (1997-current)
A weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions.

PLOS Journals
Peer-reviewed open-access journals published monthly by the Public Library of Science.

Science Magazine (1997-current)
The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

Scientific American (1993-current)
The archive currently contains the entire editorial contents of Scientific American magazine, with fulltext and graphics, from January 1993 through to the present.

Science, Math & Technology Websites

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