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A

ABI Inform

Provides abstracts of articles from international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines on business and management topics. Titles Indexed

1971-

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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

MBLC

AccessScience

Search McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online.

Current

Y

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ACM Digital Library

Citations and full text from Association for Computing Machinery journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. Titles Included | FAQ & Search Tips

1968-

Y

WPI

ACS Journals Search

Full text and search access to American Chemical Society journals. Titles Included

1879-

Y

WPI

Acoustical Society of America Digital Library

Search full text of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustics Research Letters Online, and other ASA journals. Results also included in Scitation search results. Titles Included

1930-

Y

WPI

AGRICOLA

National Agricultural Library article citation index covers all aspects of agriculture disciplines. Titles Indexed | Search Tips

16th century-

N

Free Web

Alternative Press Index

Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Titles Included | Search Tips

1990-

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Alternative
Press Index Archive

Online archive of Alternative Press Index. Search Tips

1969-1990

N

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Aluminum Industry Abstracts (CSA)

Covers world technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments. Titles Indexed

1972-

N

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Amedeo.com Medical Literature Guide

Medical literature search of articles and books. Offers a search option for FreeBooks4Doctors.com and FreeMedicalJournals.com.

Varies

Y

Free Web

America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts

Historical abstracts of global history research journals, covering 1450 to the present. America History and Life can be searched by choosing the drop down option for U.S. and Canadian history. Titles Indexed

1954-

N

WPI

ABC-CLIO

An annotated bibliographical guide to the study of the history of U.S. foreign relations.

1600-

Y

WPI

American Men and Women of Science

Biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological, and related sciences.

2007

Y

WPI

ArticleFirst

Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed | Search Tips

1990-

N

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Arts & Humanities
Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge

Covers journal literature of the arts and humanities, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Indexed | Workbook

1980-

N

WPI

Search 12 full text titles from American Society for Microbiology - ASM Journals Online. Titles Included | Search Tips

1916-

Y

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ASM Materials Information

Search ASM (American Society for Metals, now known as ASM International) Handbooks Online, the Alloy Center Online, Micrograph Center Online, and Failure Analysis Center Online. Also known as the Metals Handbook. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

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B

Search Beilstein for chemical facts including substance structures, reactions, and literature. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Biography Resource Center

Biographical information on people from throughout history. Titles Included | Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

[ logo ]

Contains hundreds of peer-reviewed open access journals.

1997-

Y

Free Web

Aggregation of full-text bioscience journals, most published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. Titles Included | Search Tips

1898-

Y

WPI

Books 24x7

Full text online of more than 7,000 computer, information technology, and engineering books from many publishers. To connect, users must register for an account using their @wpi.edu email. Visitors may use on public workstations near reference desk. Help | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

Boston Globe Online

Search full text of The Boston Globe.

1980-

Y

MBLC

Boston Herald Online

Search full text of The Boston Herald.

1995-

Y

MBLC

Building and Fire Research Laboratory

Document abstracts and complete publications produced by or for BFRL staff.

1973-

Y

Free Web

Business and Industry

Indexes business information sources: trade magazines, newsletters, general business press, and international business dailies. Titles Included | Search Tips

1994-

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WPI

Indexes journals covering business and management issues with emphasis on case studies and practical applications. Titles Included | Search Tips

1995-

N

WPI

Business Dateline

Citations on regional business activities and trends as well as major stories on local firms, their products and executives. Titles Included | Search Tips

1985-

N

WPI

Includes full text for 2,300+ business journals, indexes 3,300+ titles, as well as industry reports and company profiles from Datamonitor. Journals Included | Other Sources | Tutorial

1922-

Y

WPI

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Cambridge Scientific Materials Research Databases

Searches CSA databases including (click link below to search databases individually):

Most 1966-

N

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Ceramic Abstracts

Abstracts journals and conference proceedings on all areas of ceramics.

1975-

N

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Chemical Abstracts

Abstracts the literature of chemistry via SciFinder Scholar.

1907-

N

WPI

ChemID<i>plus</i>

Chemical dictionary file for over 370,000 compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest. Search Tips

Current

Y

Free Web

CiteSeer

CiteSeer is a digital library that aims to improve the dissemination, retrieval, and accessibility of scientific literature, mostly in the areas of computer and information science. Provides automated citation indexing and citation linking.

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Free Web

Civil Engineering Database

Indexes all American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publications. For alternate access to ASCE publications search the ASCE Online Research Library. Search Tips

1970-

Y

WPI

Clase and Periodica

Index of scholarly Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities from documents published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Titles Included | Search Tips

1975-

N

WPI

CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences EPrint Archive

Archive of pre-published papers in cognitive psychology. Search Tips

Varies

Y

Free Web

Compendex Web

Electronic version of Engineering Index, covering literature in various engineering disciplines. Search Tips

1970-

N

WPI

Articles on the professional lives of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and inventors from classical antiquity to modern times.

2007

Y

WPI

Computer Abstracts International Database

Search abstracts of articles on computer science topics, a part of the Emerald Library search. Journals Indexed

1987-

N

WPI

Computing Reviews

Identify the best new articles and books in all areas of computer science. Quick Start Guide

1985-

N

WPI

Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select

Collection of critical essays on contemporary authors who are living or died after 1959.

Current

Y

MBLC

Contemporary Women's Issues

Indexes 1,500+ sources on women issues, including health, human rights, the workplace, legal status, and more. Titles Included | Search Tips

1992-

N

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Copper Data Center Database

Covers copper technology from smelting and hydrometallurgy.

1965-

N

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Corrosion Abstracts

Covers areas of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance.

1980-

N

WPI

Current edition, includes data on properties of inorganic and organic compounds, values for fundamental physical constants, and tables needed by chemists, physicists, and engineers.

Current

Y

WPI

CRCnetBASE

Searches CRC Press netBASE, full text CRC engineering handbooks, database include (click link below to search each individually):

Current

Y

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CrossFire Commander

Search Beilstein for chemical facts including substance structures, reactions, and literature. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

CrossRef

Search 30+ publishers content including IEEE, ASCE, ACM and others. Uses Google interface but the effort focuses users' searches and reduces the noise produced by general web searches. Try also Google Scholar.

1870s-

Y

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CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices

The Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business provides end-of-day and month-end prices on all listed NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ common stocks with basic market indices as well as an annual update of daily and monthly Treasury data on bond issues. Tutorials

Current

Y

WPI

Current Index to Statistics

Index to publications in statistics and related fields. References are drawn from 162 core journals. Help

1975-

N

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Dictionary.com

Search the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Roget's Thesaurus and other sources. Also useful for translating text.

Current

Y

Free Web

Dissertation Abstracts

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations and theses from North America and Europe. Coverage dates back to 1861 for citations, abstracts since 1980, thesis abstracts since 1988. Search Tips

1861-

N

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DTIC Online Public Technical Reports

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)'s, indexes Defense Department literature and links to some full text. Help and Tips

1974-

Y

Free Web

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E

ebrary

37,700+ full text books on many topics: Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences.

Current

Y

WPI

Includes full text for 2,300+ business journals, indexes 3,300+ titles, as well as industry reports and company profiles from Datamonitor. Journals Included | Other Sources

1922-

Y

WPI

EBSCOhost Electronic Journal Service

Access 680+ full text journals. Journals Included

Varies

Y

WPI

EBSCOhost Research Databases

Access eight research databases covering a wide range of topics with abstracts & full text of 1000s of journals.

Varies

Y

WPI

[ ECO Conferenecs Logo ]

Search many engineering conference papers, including those from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

1847-

Y

Free Web

EconLit

Abstracts more than 1400 economics journals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1969-

N

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EDGAR

Financial reports and filings submitted by US publicly traded companies to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Includes press releases, quarterly (10-Q) and annual (10-K) reports, insider trading reports, and more. 10-K reports give very detailed information about a company's products, businesses, operations, competitors, and markets.

1994-

Y

Free Web

Educator's Reference Complete

Covers more than 450+ full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources with a focus on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Titles included

Varies

Y

MBLC

Electronic Collections Online

Multidisciplinary index of scholarly journals. Journals | Search Tips

1995-

N

WPI

Electronic Library of Mathematics

Contains online journals, article collections, and books in mathematics. Titles Included

Varies

Y

Free Web

Electronic Theses & Dissertations Collection

Electronic versions of theses and dissertations produced by WPI students.

1998-

Y

Free Web

Emerald

Contains over 25,000 management articles as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals.

Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

Emerald Computer Abstracts International Database

Search abstracts of articles on computer science topics, a part of the Emerald Library search. Journals Indexed

1987-

N

WPI

Encyclopedia Americana Online

Electronic version of Encyclopedia Americana.

Current

Y

MBLC

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Start here for background information on most topics. Search the web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica or browse by subject, A-Z, or check the World Atlas or timelines of history. Also contains Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Current

Y

WPI

Searchable through the Gale Virtual Reference Library, this electronic book provides industry snapshots.

Current

Y

WPI

Contains entries written by experts in their specialties and reviewed by authorities on renewable and alternative energy sources, global climate change and carbon control, sustainable buildings and green development and many more important topics in this field.

2007

Y

WPI

[ Encyclopedia of Environment and Society Logo ]

Contains 1200 entries written by experts on a range of environmental topics from agroecosystems to zero population growth.

2007

Y

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[ Encyclopedia of Global Health ]

Reference to a broad array of health topics worldwide

2008

Y

WPI

Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security

Search full text on a wide range of themes, including computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and more.

Varies

Y

WPI

Contains over 1,000 articles on chemical substances, including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electronic version of Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Encyclopedia of Energy

Entries by scholars on all aspects of energy, from Basics of Energy; Energy Flows; Conservation and End Use; Renewable and Alternative Sources; Nuclear Energy; Sustainable Development; and more.

2004

Y

WPI

Online edition contains 250+ articles including latest developments in medical devices, including nanotechnology, fiber optics, and signal processing.

2005

Y

WPI

Encyclopedia of Water Science

Covers water issues encountered in agriculture and environmental science. Coverse a wide spectrum of design concepts, methodologies, and solutions for enhanced performance of water quality, treatment, conservation, and irrigation methods.

Current

Y

WPI

EndNote Web

Create a Web of Knowledge account to gain access. More ...

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Engineered Materials Abstracts

Abstracts of articles on research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of materials.

1986-

N

WPI

Engineering Village

Abstracts from Compendex and INSPEC databases, and also includes the electronic version of Engineering Index, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. Visit the library for 1892-1969 indexing (print volumes).

1884-

Y

WPI

ENGnetBASE

745+ Engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Search Help

Current

Y

WPI

ENVIROnetbase

More than 300 full text environmental handbooks on such topics on Water Science, Technology, and Engineering, GIS, environmental chemistry, ecology, and earth science. How it Works

Current

Y

WPI

ERIC Database

Abstracts on educational topics. Maintained by the Education Resources Information Center of the U.S. Department of Education. Full text non-journal documents issued 1993+ are available free. Useful for finding research on use of games in education.

1966-

Y

Free Web

Search International patent search with full images in PDF format. Tutorial

1970-

Y

Free Web

ETDEWEB

Energy Technology Data Exchange includes information on the environmental impact of energy production and use. Requires free account unless you are within the WPI IP range. Search Tips

1995-

Y

WPI

Expanded Academic ASAP

InfoTrac database covers scholarly sources on a variety of topics. Great starting place for articles. Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

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F

FIREDOC

Fire literature search of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

1912-

Y

Free Web

FirstSearch Service

Access more than 25 databases covering a wide range of topics and materials. Search Tips

Varies

N

WPI

FreeBooks4Doctors.com

Over 600 free, full text medical textbooks.

Varies

Y

Free Web

FreeMedicalJournals.com

Over 430 free, full text medical journals.

Varies

Y

Free Web

Free Patents Online

Provides free patent searching of U.S. and European registrations. Benefits include patents in PDF format as well as hyperlinked classification searching.

1976-

Y

Free Web

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G

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search Gale eBook reference content such as Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of Bioethics and 20+ other titles. Some provided by the MBLC. Titles Included | Help

2000-

Y

WPI

Gale PowerSearch (InfoTrac)

Searches Gale databases including (click link below to search databases individually):

1980-

Y

MBLC

Full text research and analysis reports on computer hardware, software and related information technology industries.

Current

Y

WPI

General BusinessFile ASAP

InfoTrac database includes business and industry articles, company directory listings, and investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries. Titles Included

1980-

Y

WPI

General Reference Center Gold

InfoTrac database for full text magazines, reference books, and newspapers on a variety of topics. Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

GEOBASE

Abstracts of journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports on geography, geology, ecology and international development. Journals Included | Search Tips

1980-

N

WPI

Geoscience e-Journals

Search 40+ geoscience peer-reviewed open access electronic journals.

current

Y

Free Web

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

For best results, use Proxy
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GPO Access

U.S. Government Printing Office access to over 1,000 databases of Federal information including full text of federal laws. Search Tips

Varies

Y

Free Web

GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

Index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies such as references to congressional committee reports, hearings and debates. Search Tips

1976-

N

Free Web

GreenFILE

Contains abstracts of articles on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Varies

N

Free Web

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online

Electronic version of The Academic American Encyclopedia.

Current

Y

MBLC

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H

HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)

Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.Titles Indexed | Search Tips

1935-

N

Free Web

Health Reference Center - Academic

InfoTrac databases which provides full text from medical and consumer journals, health newsletters, topical overviews and pamphlets. Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

HighWire Press

From Stanford University, includes online versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | WPI Access | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

Historical Abstracts

ABC-CLIO Historical abstracts of global history research journals, covering 1450 to the present. America History and Life can be searched by choosing the drop down option for for U.S. and Canadian history. Titles Indexed

1886-

N

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Historical Statistics of the United States

Data, charts, and statistics on topics such as population, work and welfare, economy, governance and international relations.

1600-

Y

WPI

History Cooperative

Search and retrieve full text of current issues of the American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Journal of World History and a other history publications. Titles Included

1999-

Y

WPI

[ HSDL Logo ]

Documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.

Current

Y

WPI

Hoovers

Company and industry overviews, profiles, competitors, and IPO Central. Help Center

Current

Y

WPI

Humanities International Complete

Indexing and full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world on various humanities topics. Titles Included

1920s+

Y

WPI

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I

ICC International Codes

Full text of 6 international codes published by the International Codes Council: ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities; International Building Code; International Energy Conservation Code; International Existing Building Code; International Fire Code; International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings. Subscription purchased by WPI Department of Fire Protection Engineering.

Current

Y

WPI

IEEE
Xplore

Full text of all IEEE and IEE journal articles, conference papers, and standards. Titles Included | FAQ Tips | User Guide

1913, 1988+ for most

Y

WPI

Infotrac (Gale PowerSearch)

Searches Gale databases including (click link below to search databases individually):

1980+

Y

MBLC

IngentaConnect

Multidisciplinary database containing references to articles published in over 28,000 journals. Also serves as an alerting service. WPI has access to a few full text titles. Why & How to Use

1988-

N

WPI

INSPEC

Electronic version of Engineering Index, covering literature in various engineering disciplines. Search Tips

1970-

N

WPI

Intellectual Property Digital Library

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) search includes PCT international applications. Search Help

1978-

N

Free Web

Institute of Physics Journals

Search major physics journals. Titles WPI subscribes to historic archive.

1874-

Y

WPI

IOPScience

Search Institute of Physics electronic journals with articles in various scientific, technical and medical disciplines.

1874-

Y

WPI

IQP & MQP Reports

Search the Library Catalog for completed WPI undergraduate Interactive and Major Qualifying Projects (IQPs and MQPs). Choose the limit option for Projects Reports. To submit a completed project, use the e-projects site.

1999-

Y

Free Web

Issues & Controversies

Articles and information on prominent and hotly-debated issues.

1995-

Y

CMRLS

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J

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

WPI

Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips

1800s-

Y

WPI

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K

Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Georgetown University provides two citation databases from the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature and National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics databases (ETHX and GenETHX) on ethics and human genetics.

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N

Free Web

Contains over 1,000 articles on chemical substances, including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

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

WPI

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L

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Searchable full text access to the Springer book series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) a major publication of new developments in computer science.

1975+

Y

WPI

LEXIS ®-NEXIS® Academic

Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

LexisNexis Statistical

Access statistics and downloadable charts produced by the U.S. government, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. How do I? | Help

1790-

Y

WPI

Library Catalog

Search for WPI library materials including print and electronic books, journals, and audio visual materials. Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

1960-

N

Free Web

LOCUS SIAM's Online Journal Archive

LOCUS contains the electronic full text for every Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAM journal article published from the journal's inception through 1996.

1952-1996

Y

WPI

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M

Making of America

Digital library of books and journal articles in American social history from the antibellum period through reconstruction. Search Tips

Varies

Y

Free Web

Massachuory Online

Use this collection for full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.

Varies

Y

MBLC

Massachusetts Newsstand - Proquest CSA

Access to the full text of thirteen newspapers:

Titles Included | Help

Varies

Y

MBLC

Materials Business File

Focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries.

1985-

N

WPI

MATHnetBASE

Full text mathematics reference books. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

MathSciNet

Provides searchable access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications produced by the American Mathematical Society.

1940-

N

WPI

MicroPatent Materials Patents

US and European patents related to materials science and engineering.

1996-Current

N

WPI

Middle English Dictionary

Comprehensive analysis of lexicon and word usage for medieval times.

1100-1500

Y

Free Web

MLA International Bibliography

Indexes books, essay collections and bibliographies on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Titles Included | Search Tips

1926-

N

WPI

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N

NANO<i>net</i>BASE

80+ nanotechnology handbooks and reference works. Search Help | Title List (XLS)

Current

Y

WPI

NASA Astrophysics Data System

Includes abstracts on astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation physics and geophysics. Titles Included | Search Tips

1975-

Y

Free Web

NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)

Search technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Search Tips

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Y

Free Web

National Academy Press

Free eBooks on a variety of topics. Help

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Y

Free Web

National Fire Codes - NFPA Codes Online

Electronic version of the National Fire Code from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Current year

Y

WPI

National Library of Medicine  (NLM) Gateway

One-stop searching for medical databases such as MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, DIRLINE and AIDS Meetings. Search Tips

Varies

N

Free Web

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Library

Index of government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information. Most reports are pay-per-view, so search the web or specific agency site, or our library catalog, or use ILL for access.

1964+

N

Free Web

Naxos Music Library

Listen to over 75,000 classical, jazz, and world music selections.

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Y

WPI

netLibrary

Search and browse thousands of full text eBooks. Search Tips

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Y

WPI

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

Browse or search through several electronic thesis collections.

1980-

Y

Free Web

New York Times (Current)

Search full text of the New York Times.

2005-

Y

WPI

New York Times (Historical)

Search full text and image 1851-2004 including news, illustrations, editorials, and advertisements. Search Tips

1851-2004

Y

WPI

Newspaper Abstracts

Indexes more than 30 U.S. newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Titles Included | Search Tips

1989-

N

WPI

National Institute of Standards and Technology provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled under the Standard Reference Data Program.

1900-

Y

Free Web

Online handbook of mathematical functions.

Current

Y

Free Web

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O

OCLC Electronic Collections Online

Multidisciplinary index of scholarly journals. Titles Indexed | Search Tips

1995-

N

WPI

Open J-Gate

4400+ open access journals free web site.

Varies

Y

Free Web

Oxford English Dictionary

Electronic version of twenty volume The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series. Search Tips | Tutorial

Current

Y

WPI

Oxford Journals Online

Search Oxford journals, we subscribe to 100+ titles covering a variety of topic areas.

1995-

Y

WPI

Oxford Music Online

Search full text of The Grove Dictionaries of Music and Musicians, Opera and Jazz. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Oxford Reference Online

Contains 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works full text and searchable.

Varies

Y

WPI

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P

PAIS International

Contains references to articles on public affair and government issues from journals, books, government documents and statistical directories. Also Includes public policy journals.
Titles Included | Search Tips

1915-

N

WPI

PapersFirst

Index to papers presented at conferences worldwide. Search Tips

1993-

N

WPI

[ Patent Lens logo ]

A worldwide, open-access, free patent informatics resource. Search and retrieve the full-text of millions of patent documents from US, Europe, Australia and WIPO, their status and counterparts up to 70 countries. Free PDF downloads for US, Australian, PCT and European patent documents.

1976-

Y

Free Web

Periodical Abstracts

Indexing and abstracts for over 2,000 popular and academic periodicals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1987-

N

WPI

Physical Review Online Archive
(PROLA)

Indexes all American Physical Society journals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1893 - 2000

Y

WPI

Population Index on the Web

Annotated bibliography of books, journal articles and working papers on population topics. See JSTOR for Population Index prior to 1986. Titles Included | Search Tips

1986 - 2000

N

WPI

ProceedingsFirst

Index to worldwide conference proceedings. Search Tips

1993-

N

WPI

Project MUSE

Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals. Titles Included

Varies

Y

WPI

PsycNET

Full text of articles from American Psychological Association (APA) pyscNET and selected Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF) journals. Titles Included

Varies

Y

WPI

Indexes the literature of psychology provided by American Psychological Association (APA) pyscNET. Titles Included

1887-

N

WPI

PubChem

Organized as three linked databases, Chem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay. Also provides a fast chemical structure similarity search tool and links to PubMed scientific literature and NCBI's protein 3D structure resource. Help

Current

Y

Free Web

PubMed

From the National Library of Medicine, covers clinical medicine, dentistry, nursing and nutrition. Same as MEDLINE. Titles Included | Search Tips | Tutorial

1966-

N

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Q

QuickFind Multi-database search

Search many databases as once, JSTOR, IEEExplore, ScienceDirect, WorldCat and 50 more, powered by Webfeat Express.

1200-

Y

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R

Readers' Guide Retrospective

The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890. Titles Included

1890 - 1982

N

WPI

Use your WPI email address to create an account to get started. More...

WPI

Regional Business News

Through EBSCOhost, search full text & abstracts of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Titles Included

1993-

Y

WPI

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Archive

Search RSC chemistry journals. Titles Included

1841-

Y

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S

Safari Tech
Books  Online

900+ computer and information technology books from O'Reilly and Associates. Other publishers books are searchable but we do not have access to the full text. For these, users will see "PREVIEW -Additional content appearing in this section has been removed." Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

SIAM's Online Journal Archive

LOCUS contains the electronic full text for every Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAM journal article published from the journal's inception through 1996.

1952-1996

Y

WPI

Searches R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.

Varies

N

Free Web

Science Citation Index Expanded

Covers the journal literature of the sciences, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Included | Tutorial

1980-

N

WPI

ScienceDirect

Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial

Varies

Y

WPI

SciFinder Scholar

Electronic access to Chemical Abstracts, indexing the literature of chemistry.

1907-

Y

WPI

Science Online

From Biology to Weather, information and news on all science topics. We also have access to Facts on File Science Online.

1992-

Y

CMRLS

Scitation

Search abstracts of 100+ journals from American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), and science and engineering societies. WPI subscribes to 70+ titles.
Search Tips

1957-

Y

WPI

SIRI Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Index

Vermont SIRI (Safety Information Resources, Inc.) provides access to information about chemicals and links to MSDS archives provided at manufacturer sites. Also, a chemical toxicity search.

1973-

Y

Free Web

Indexes articles on shock and vibration, including noise, & vibration technologies.

1992-

N

WPI

Indexes articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political and global issues. Search Tips

1988-

N

WPI

Social Sciences Citation Index

Covers the journal literature of the social sciences, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Included | Tutorial

1990-

N

WPI

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Abstracts on scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers e-paper collection containing full text documents in accounting, economics, legal, marketing, financial and information systems disciplines. Some content is pay-per-view, some freely available.

1993-

N

Free Web

SPIE Digital Library

Search the Optics and Electro-Optics (OEO) Segment of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Digital Library. Titles Included

1990+

Y

WPI

SpringerLink

Access to a variety of scholarly science journals published by Springer. Titles Included

Varies

Y

WPI

Standard and Poor's Research Insight - Compustat

Compustat current and historic financial company data on global corporations. Use Research Insight an analytical software to screen for companies by wide range of investment and financial criteria.

Quarterly

Y

WPI

Standard and Poor's Research Insight - ExecuComp

80 different compensation related data items on public corporations top 5 executive officers.

Varies

Y

WPI

Statistcal Abstract of the United States National Data Book

Statistical tables on social and economic conditions in the United States. Some international data also.

1878-

N

Free Web

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T

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Electronic version of the reference series offering contact information for thousands of U.S. manufacturers. Free registration required. Search Tips

Current

Y

Free Web

Thomson One Banker  Analytics

Find global company financial information provided from Thomson, I/B/E/S, Disclosure, Worldscope, includes current/historical SEC filings, spreadsheet-ready financials, and more. This resource must be viewed using Internet Explorer. Search Tips | Manual

Current

Y

WPI

TOXNET

A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Varies

N

Free Web

TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library)

A collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

Pre-1975

Y

Free Web

TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services)

From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text. Search Tips

1968-

Y

Free Web

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U

U. S. Patent Full Text and Images Database

Includes full text and full image U.S. patents and patent applications. Search Tips

1790

Y

Free Web

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V

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia

Includes articles on a variety of scientific topics including chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics.

Varies

Y

WPI

From the University of Maryland, lists institutions who provide full text abstracts of their technical reports.

Varies

Y

Free Web

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W

Full text of newspaper of offering coverage of global business, financial, and industry news and politics.

1984-

Y

WPI

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

WPI

WELDASEARCH

Abstracts the literature of welding, including thermal cutting, brazing and soldering.

1967-

N

WPI

Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering

Full text of this resource for biomedical engineers, covering everything from Accelerometers to Xenotransplantation. Help

2006

Y

WPI

Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electronic version of Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Wiley Interscience

Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas such as chemistry, medical & life sciences, materials science and engineering. Titles | Search Tips

1946-

Y

WPI

WilsonSelectPlus

Multidiscplinary index of periodicals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1994-

N

WPI

Woodbury & Company Digital Letterheads Collection

Search digital collections of the WPI Archives and Special Collections. The Woodbury collection consists of approximately 1000 digital images of the sample letterheads, the bird's-eye-view drawings, and the Woodbury & Co. newsletter.

1884-2001

Y

Free Web

Worcester Telegram and Gazette Online

Searchable full text of The Worcester Telegram and Gazette.

1989-

Y

MBLC

WorldAlmanacs

Includes the full text of Funk &Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

WorldCat

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Search Tips

1200-

N

WPI

WPI Projects: MQP, IQP Reports

Search the Library Catalog for completed WPI undergraduate Interactive and Major Qualifying Projects (IQPs and MQPs). Choose the limit option for Projects Reports. To submit a completed project, use the e-projects site.

1999-

Y

Free Web

WPI Theses and Dissertations

Search the Library Catalog for completed theses or dissertations housed in the library (ground floor), in storage or electronic. Use Advanced Search, and use steps listed under help to limit. To submit a completed thesis, use the ETD site. Search Help

1894-

Y

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