Subject Guide : Science

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AccessScience (McGraw-Hill)

AccessScience gathers and synthesizes vast amounts of information, and organizes it to give you fast, easy and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology

SciFinder 1. Registration (Individual Login Required)

All RWC students wishing to use SciFinder must follow this Link to Register for SciFinder access.

SciFinder 2. Login access (Registration Required)

Search chemical and scientific literature for references, substances, and reaction information. Interactive workspace allows collaborative planning with colleagues --> ** LOGIN required ** --> If not registered, please click on ----> SciFinder 1. Registration to complete your access.

GreenFile (EBSCO)

Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Salem Science (Salem Press)

A comprehensive reference source on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various forensic sciences.

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Academic OneFile (Gale)

A source for peer-reviewed full-text articles from world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 13,000 indexed journals, more than 6,500 full text. Full Text Coverage of the New York Times from 1995 – current. Total coverage 1980 – current

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage: 1887-

ClasePeriodica (FirstSearch)

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

ERIC (EBSCO)

Journal articles and reports in education of published and unpublished sources. Dissertations and theses available. *Same index also provided by U.S. Department of Education.

JSTOR (JSTOR)

The JSTOR Archive Collections provide complete digitized runs for hundreds of journals in more than 50 academic disciplines. For most journals in the JSTOR archive there is a “moving wall” embargo (typically five years, but sometimes longer or shorter) on current access.

MEDLINE (EBSCO)

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine to search citations from over 5400 current biomedical journals.

ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)

Over 5000 titles and 3,500 Full Text titles. Search for coverage of 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

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Funding for WorldCat is provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council through a grant from the New York State Education Department. Dissertations and theses available.

Where are Science books are located in the Golisano Library ?

Q General Science QB Astronomy

QC Physics QD Chemistry

QH Biology QK Botany

QM Anatomy QP Physiology

QR Microbiology

Where can I locate background material on Science?

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
     Ref. Q121.M3 2002
American Heritage Dictionary of Science
     Ref. Q123.A5178 2005
Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia
     Ref Q .S94 2005

Spotlight on Websites:
          Sci-Central http://www.scicentral.com/
          HighWire Press at Stanford http://highwire.stanford.edu/  provides
            access to over 5 million science articles, many  freely available.

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