General Databases
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Academic Search Complete
This database provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary, full-text academic journals. Includes peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and much more. -
Summon
Summon is a library search engine that lets you search CONSORT, the majority of the library's databases, ebooks, media, and lots more from a single search box.
Science Databases
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Annual ReviewsAnnual Reviews offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Includes work from disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.
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arXiv.orgOpen access to 1,317,907 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics. arXiv is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library with guidance from the arXiv Scientific Advisory Board and the arXiv Member Advisory Board.
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Astrophysics Data System
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a tool for finding astronomy and planetary science publications operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in partnership with with NASA and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astronomy. -
Engineering Village
Engineering Village provides a searchable index of abstracts and citations of engineering literature and patent information. -
ScitationScitation is home to the most influential news, comment, analysis and research in the Physical Sciences.
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Web of Science
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
Periodicals
Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals can be incredibly dense reading for undergraduates. For this course, the following science periodicals present material that is often more understandable for students at this level.