Databases by Subject - Science & Technology
See also General & Multidisciplinary, Conferences, Meetings, Proceedings, & Symposia and Technical Reports.
| Database Title | In Quick Find | Description | Coverage | Some Full Text | Restricted to...† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Academic OneFile |
Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included |
1980- |
Y |
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AccessScience |
Search McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online. |
Current |
Y |
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ArticleFirst |
Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed | Search Tips |
1990- |
N |
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Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography |
Articles on the professional lives of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and inventors from classical antiquity to modern times. |
2007 |
Y |
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ENGnetBASE |
745+ Engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Search Help |
Current |
Y |
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General Reference Center Gold |
InfoTrac database for full text magazines, reference books, and newspapers on a variety of topics. Titles Included |
1980- |
Y |
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Google Scholar |
Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities. |
Varies |
Y |
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HighWire Press |
From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips |
Varies |
Y |
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![]() Journal Citation Reports |
JCR within ISI Web of Knowledge helps measure research influence and impact of journals and journal categories, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. ThomsonReuters provides Journal Impact Factors with current and five year trends. |
Current | N | ||
Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips |
1800s- |
Y |
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Knovel |
Collection of 1600+ science and engineering handbooks, including the Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine. Titles Included | Help Center |
Current |
Y |
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Science Citation Index Expanded |
Covers the journal literature of the sciences, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Included | Tutorial |
1990- |
N |
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ScienceDirect |
Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial |
Varies |
Y |
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Science Online |
From Biology to Weather, information and news on all science topics. We also have access to Facts on File Science Online Titles Included |
1992- |
Y |
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Scitation |
Search abstracts of several journals from American Physical Society (APS), and science and engineering societies. Search Tips |
1957- |
Y |
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SpringerLink |
Access to a variety of scholarly science journals published by Springer. Titles Included |
Varies |
Y |
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Web of Knowledge - Web of Science |
Interface to Arts &Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products) and login to your Web of Science account for cited reference alerts and customization. Tutorial | Cited Reference Tutorial |
1980- |
N |
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Wiley Interscience |
Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Search Tips |
1946- |
Y |
Browse Journals @ WPI
Additional Web Sites
- Scirus.com - search engine for scientific information
- WorldWideScience.org: The Global Science Gateway
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†Off Campus?
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(130.215.*.*), which includes computers at WPI's Worcester campus. Faculty, staff, and students with a WPI
network account may use the proxy
server to access this resource from off
campus.
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