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General Science  Tags: science biology chemistry physics earth_and_planetary_science life_sciences scientific anthropology neuroscience mathematics math engineering technology environment astronomy medicine  

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Last update: Sep 01st, 2009 URL: http://libguides.wustl.edu/generalsci  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Science & Engineering Databases

  • Academic Search Premier  
      
    approx. 1975+ (varies by source) Scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,650 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts
  • Applied Science Fulltext  
      
    Journal index of more than 485 core English-language scientific and technical publications. Topics include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management; includes full
  • Article First (OCLC)  
      
    1990+; indexes nearly 12,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Updated daily.
  • Community of Science  
      
    Keyword searchable profiles of researchers and scientists, inventions, and facilities at major universities and government laboratories in U.S. and Canada; NSF and NIH grant opportunities and recent awards.
  • Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)  
      
    (1861 - ) The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts included from July 1980; abstracts for masters theses beginning Spring 1988. Updated monthly.
  • INSPEC  
      
    1898+; indexes scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology.
  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR Web)  
      
    Data that helps evaluate and compare scholarly journals; uses "citation data drawn from over 8,400 journals"; some of the data includes Citation and Article Counts, Impact Factor, Immediacy Index, Cited and Citing Half-life.
  • Web of Science  
      
    Includes Science Citation Index Plus, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index; source documents from 1980+; cited references can go back much farther.
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