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Reference

  ... Why reference?

On the shelf
  McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
(Ref Q121 M3) 20 vol.
    Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics (Ref QA5 W45)
    Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry (Ref QD4 M33) 4 vol.
    Encyclopedia of Physics (Ref QC5 E545)
    Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences (Ref QE5 E5137) 2 vol.
    Biology (an encyclopedia) (Ref QH307.2 B556) 4 vol.
    Grzmek's Animal Encyclopedia (Ref QL9 G7813) 17 vol.
    Endangered Species (Ref QL83 N35) 3 vol.
     
Online
* Biology Browser
Information in the life sciences, Including the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus.
     
Journal Article Indexes ... What's this?

    Academic Search Premier
This index is a general coverage index but includes a great many scientific journals. Many articles are available in full-text, but for those that are not, you can request via interlibrary loan.
    ACS Journal Search
Full-text of articles in all American Chemical Society journals. Note: full-text of articles is not currently available for off-campus users. Please report any difficulties getting full-text from off-campus by clicking here.
    ArticleFirst
Covers about 15,000 journals in all disciplines. No full-text.
New!   GreenFILE
This is an index of sources focusing on human effects on the environment, including climate change, pollution, energy, sustainability, green building, regulation, law and treaties, etc. Some full-text.
  Journal of Chemical Education
Search and read full text of this journal back to 1955. Full-text for JCE is not currently available from off-campus.
    DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Scholarly - includes many scientific journals - this index is worth a look! Full-text of 310 journals total.
    National Library of Agriculture (AGRICOLA)
Search books or journal articles in plant & food science, environment, agriculture. No full-text.
    Public Library of Science - Biology
Relatively new online biology journal so limited content.
   

Scirus
Search engine which filters for scholarly and scientific information.

    ...more indexes
Journals
Alphabetical list of all current journals at Colman Library. Current issues are on the main floor; issues older than 6 months will be found on the lower floor.
   
Books
If you're browsing the shelves, most books in the sciences have call numbers beginning with Q: in chemistry, QD; in mathematics, QA; in physics, QC; in biology, QH.
    NIC
Books at Colman Library
    WorldCat
Locate books available elsewhere and request via interlibrary loan
     
Internet Resources
    American Chemical Society
    Periodic Table
Includes properties, uses, safety data, etc. for each element.
    LII Chemistry Links
    Mathematics links
    Scirus
Science search engine - locate scientific information on Web sites.
    Tree of Life
A collection of materials documenting the diversity of the world's organisms
 

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