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Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and
Full-Text Services
Related to the Natural &
Applied Sciences* Held by University Libraries**
compiled
by Charles H. Smith,
Science Librarian
*Includes literature-search resources in Agriculture, Mathematics, the
Natural Sciences, Engineering & Technology, and Human & Physical
Geography (but not in the Health Sciences, except insofar as some of these
may relate directly to the others)
**For
mention of additional related sources, including links to free services
on the Internet, consult each of the pages in our Departmental
Research Guide series. Also, use our TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder to access Libraries' electronic journals,
magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing
full-text articles (this service also includes a comprehenisve A-Z listing
of electronic journal/magazine titles we carry).
Note:
In the entries below "ref." and "ref.per.ind." are location codes for
items kept in the Reference Department on the first floor of Helm Library;
all paper items noted below are shelved in the Helm Library unless indicated
"Cravens" or "in storage." See a librarian for exact locations.
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Electronic
Services With Sci-Tech Related Full-Text Capabilities
Indexes/Abstracts/Bibliographies
(including electronic services)
E-Journals (back
to the University Libraries website)
• Electronic
Services w/Sci-Tech Related Full-Text Capabilities •
ABI/Inform
Global ProQuest (primarily business and economics directed, but
including many technology-oriented trade publications) [WWW-accessed database]
Academic Search Premier (journals and magazines covering the
range of science and social science subjects) [EBSCOhost]
ACM Digital
Library (a large collection of citations and full-text from ACM
journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings) [WWW-accessed
database]
ACS (American
Chemical Society) Web (full-text of articles from over 30 ACS
journal series from 1995 on) [WWW-accessed database]
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (a collection of around forty ejournals centering on petroleum geology,
some with deep backfiles) [WWW-accessed database]
Annual
Review series (full-text of state-of-the-art essay reviews
for major subjects within the biological sciences) [WWW-accessed]
BioOne (full-text
of articles from over 150 bioscience journals) [WWW-accessed]
Cambridge
Journals Online (abstracting and some full-text for Cambridge
University Press journals) [WWW-accessed]
DOAJ: Directory
of Open Access Journals (full-text from scholarly journals
of all subjects and in multiple languages) [WWW-accessed database]
Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco product with full-text articles,
tables of content, and abstracts across all subject areas) [WWW-accessed
database]
GeoScienceWorld (several
dozen geosciences-oriented ejournals) [WWW-accessed database]
Google
Scholar (conducts seaches within the scholarly literature;
now linked to WKU full-text holdings) [WWW-accessed]
GreenFile (covers
literature on man's impact on the environment) [EBSCOhost]
HighWire (contains free
full text for hundreds of journals in the life sciences, along with indexing
and abstracting for all journals in MEDLINE.
Articles that are not free are available for purchase with a credit card.
The database contains cited references (with free links to the full text of
the articles), along with citation analysis of journals on HighWire)
IEEE Computer
Society Magazine Package (articles from 14 IEEE magazines back
to 1988) [WWW-accessed database]
IOPScience
(Institute of Physics) (over 250,000 articles from the serial
publications of the IOP) [WWW-accessed database]
JSTOR (provides
the full text/full image web access of the complete archival collections
of over 1000 core scholarly journals up to the most recent three to
five years) [WWW-accessed database]
LexisNexis
Academic (for coverage of the science and technology related
law literature) [WWW-accessed database]
MasterFILE
Premier (1900+ journals and magazines covering the range of science
and social science subjects) [EBSCOhost]
Nature
(Magazine) Online (full-text of the leading English science journal/magazine)
[WWW-accessed]
PerAbs (2000+ journals
and magazines covering the range of science and social science subjects)
[(1987-) FirstSearch: Academic Affairs account]
Project
Muse (scholarly journals, mostly in the humanities) [WWW-accessed
database]
Science
(Magazine) Online (full-text of the leading AAAS science journal/magazine)
[WWW-accessed]
ScienceDirect
(abstracting and some full-text for Elsevier Publishers journals) [WWW-accessed]
SpringerLink
(access to over 1000 Springer Publications journals with content back
to about 1997) [WWW-accessed database]
Web
of Science (a state of the art abstracting tool covering more than
11,000 scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities,
with links to full text as available) [WWW-accessed]
Wiley InterScience
(abstracting and some full-text for John Wiley Publishers journals) [WWW-accessed]
WilsonSelect Plus
(1600+ journals and magazines covering the range of science and social
science subjects) [(1994-) FirstSearch: Academic Affairs account]
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Indexes/Abstracts/Bibliographies (incl. electronic services) •
General
(multi-subject) and Miscellaneous
Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering and Technology
Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Agriculture and Biology
Geography, Geology, and Environment
• General (multi-subject) and Miscellaneous •
Academic
Search Premier (3000+ journals and magazines) [(1984-) EBSCOhost]
ArticleFirst (index to articles from 12000+ journals and magazines)
[(1990-) FirstSearch:
Academic Affairs account]
Cambridge Journals Online (abstracting and some full-text for Cambridge
University Press journals) [WWW-accessed]
Dissertations and Theses FullText (Dissertation Abstracts) [(1861-)
WWW-accessed
database; (1952-82 + indexes through to 1992) Room 109 Helm Library]
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (full-text from scholarly
journals of all subjects and in multiple languages) [WWW-accessed
database]
Electronic Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco product with full-text articles,
tables of content, and abstracts across all subject areas) [WWW-accessed
database]
General Science Index/Abstracts [v.1-20 (1978-98) ref.per.ind.
Q1.A3 G4x]
Google Scholar (conducts seaches within the scholarly literature;
now linked to WKU full-text holdings) [WWW-accessed]
Government Periodicals [see ProQuest Government
Periodicals Index]
Government Reports Announcements and Index [v.67-96 (1967-96)
govt. C51.9/3; now available as NTIS electronic
catalog]
GPO Monthly [see MarchiveWeb Docs]
GreenFile (covers literature on man's impact on the environment)
[EBSCOhost]
Index to U.S. Government Periodicals [(1970-87) govt. ref.]
(continued as ProQuest Government Periodicals Index)
IngentaConnect (free online index to articles from 28000+ journals
and magazines, plus purchasable full-text) [WWW-accessed
database]
Kentucky Checklist of State Publications [(1968-92) govt.: Kentucky;
from 1995 available on WWW]
LexisNexis Academic (for coverage of the science- and technology-related
law and other literature) [WWW-accessed
database]
MarciveWeb DOCS (enhanced GPO) [(1976-)
WWW-accessed database]
MasterFILE Premier (2800+ journals and magazines) [(1984-) EBSCOhost]
Monthly Catalog, U.S. Government Publications [(1895-1995) govt.
ref.]
Monthly Checklist of State Publications [(1910-93) govt. LC30.9]
PapersFirst (index of papers given at meetings worldwide) [(1993-)
FirstSearch: Academic
Affairs account]
PerAbs (2000+ journals and magazines) [(1987-) FirstSearch:
Academic Affairs account]
ProceedingsFirst (index of meetings worldwide) [(1993-) FirstSearch:
Academic Affairs account]
ProQuest Government Periodicals Index [WWW-accessed
database]
Science Citation Index [(1961,1964-97) ref.per.ind. Q1.A1 S3x]
ScienceDirect (abstracting and some full-text for Elsevier Publishers
journals) [WWW-accessed]
Web of Science (a state of the art abstracting tool covering more than
11,000 scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities,
with links to full text as available) [WWW-accessed]
Wiley Interscience (abstracting and some full-text for John Wiley
Publications journals) [WWW-accessed]
WilsonSelect Plus (1600+ journals and magazines, all in full-text)
[(1994-) FirstSearch:
Academic Affairs account]
WorldCat (OCLC Online Union Catalog of nearly all published monographs
and serial titles) [(1200 A.D.-) FirstSearch]
• Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering and Technology •
ABI/Inform
Global ProQuest (includes many technology-oriented trade publications)
[WWW-accessed
database]
Abstracts of Papers Presented to the American Mathematical
Society [v.9-19 (1988-1998) ref.per.ind. QA1.A517]
ACM Guide to Computing Literature [(1977-97) ref.per.ind.
QA76.C5854]
American Mathematical Society Abstracts (see Abstracts
of Papers Presented...)
Applied Science & Technology Index: ASTI (engineering,
computer science, technology, mathematics, and physical sciences) [(1958-97)
ref.per.ind. TA1 .A66; (1983-) WWW-accessed
database]
ASTI (see Applied Science & Technology
Index)
Computer Literature Index [(1980-2001) ref.per.ind. QA76.5
.Q31ax]
Computing Reviews [v.1-4 (1960-63) microforms; v.5-47 (1964-2006)
ref.per.ind. QA1.C6x]
Current Index to Statistics. Applications, Methods and Theory
[v.1-3,7- (1975-77,1981-97) ref.per.ind. QA276.A1 C87]
Current Mathematical Publications [current year only,
ref.per.ind. QA36 .M7x] (now
covered by MathSciNet)
Information Science Abstracts [v.5-28 (1970-93) ref.per.ind.
Z699.A1 D6]
IOPScience (Institute of Physics) (over 250,000 articles
from the serial publications of the IOP) [WWW-accessed
database]
Mathematical Reviews [v.1- year 2009 in storage; year
2009- ref.per.ind. QA1.M76] (now
covered by MathSciNet)
MathSciNet [WWW-accessed
database]
Microcomputer Abstracts [v.15-18 (1994-97) ref.per.ind.
QA75.5 .M5x] (continues Microcomputer Index)
Microcomputer Index [v.3(4)-14 (1982-93) ref.per.ind.
QA75.5 .M5] (continued by Microcomputer Abstracts)
• Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy •
ACS (American
Chemical Society) Web (full-text of articles from over 30 ACS journal
series from 1995 on) [WWW-accessed
database]
Analytical Abstracts [v.14-37 (1967-79) in storage]
Applied Science & Technology Index: ASTI (chemistry, physics,
and applied sciences and mathematics) [(1958-97) ref.per.ind. TA1 .A66;
(1983-) WWW-accessed
database]
ASTI (see Applied Science & Technology Index)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts [v.11-73 (1974-2000) ref.per.ind.
QB1.A8x]
Chemical Abstracts [v.1-121 (1907-94) in storage; now covered
by SciFinder Scholar]
IOPScience (Institute of Physics) (over 250,000 articles from
the serial publications of the IOP) [WWW-accessed
database]
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts [v.23-33 (1972-82)
ref.per.ind. QC851.A62]
Physics Abstracts [(1932-94) ninth floor Cravens
Library: QC1.P46]
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports [(1965-95) govt. NAS1.9/4;
from 1996 available
on WWW]
SciFinder
Scholar (enhanced access to Chem Abstracts,
MEDLINE, and patent databases online) [WWW-accessed
database requiring (free) subscription with individually registered password and
ID]
The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) (astrophysics
literature, including much full-text of professional articles) [WWW-accessed
database]
• Agriculture and Biology •
AGRICOLA
[(1986-) WWW-accessed
database; (1970-) EBSCOhost]
Animal Breeding Abstracts [v.39-61 (1971-93) ref.per.ind. SF1.A63]
Annual Review series (full-text
of state-of-the-art essay reviews for major subjects within the biological
sciences) [WWW-accessed]
Bibliography of Agriculture [(1942-69) govt. A17.18]
Bibliography of Bioethics [v.12- (1986-) ref. R724.B5x]
BioDigest (briefs of primarily nontechnical articles) [(1989-)
FirstSearch: Academic
Affairs account]
Biological Abstracts [v.1-98 (1926-94) ninth floor Cravens
Library: QH301.B37; v.23-32 (1949-58) microforms]
Biological and Agricultural Index [v.19-83 (1964-98) ref.per.ind.
S1 .B5x]
BioOne
(full-text of articles from over 150 bioscience journals) [WWW-accessed
database]
Current Advances in Plant Science [v.4-26(2) (1974-94) in storage]
GreenFile (covers literature on man's impact on the environment)
[EBSCOhost]
HighWire
(contains free full text for 362 journals in the life sciences, along
with indexing and abstracting for all journals in MEDLINE. Articles
that are not free are available for purchase with a credit card. The database
contains cited references (with free links to the full text of some of
the articles), along with citation analysis of journals on HighWire)
Index to American Botanical Literature (New York Botanical Garden)
[WWW-accessed
database]
Index Medicus (see MEDLINE or PubMed)
Kentucky Epidemologic Notes & Reports [(1970-) govt.: Kentucky
RA651 .K3x; from 2000 available
on WWW]
MEDLINE (indexing/abstracting of 9000+ titles) [(1965-) EBSCOhost]
NLM Gateway (gateway to several National Library of Medicine
databases) [WWW-accessed
database]
Plant Breeding Abstracts [v.1-49 (1930-79) in storage]
PubMed (covers MEDLINE) [WWW-accessed
database]
Soils and Fertilizers Abstracts [v.18-61 (1955-98) ref.per.ind.
S590.S67]
Taxonomic Literature [v.1-7 & supplements 1-6 ref.per.ind.
QK96 .R42x]
Weed Abstracts [v.20-36 (1971-87) ref.per.ind. SB611.W35]
Weekly Epidemiological Record [v.55-81 (1980-2006) ref. RA651.A483;
from 1926 on available on WWW through DOAJ]
Wildlife Abstracts [(1935-80) govt. I49.17/2]
Wildlife Review [nos. 98-251 (1960-95) govt. I49.17]
• Geography, Geology, and the Environment •
American
Association of Petroleum Geologists (a collection of around
forty ejournals centering on petroleum geology, some with deep backfiles)
[WWW-accessed
database]
American Statistics Index: ASI (indexing/abstracting
of publications including statistical compilations) [(1974-2001) govt.
ref. Z7554.U5 A46; also available as WWW-accessed
database as part of ProQuest Statistical Universe]
Antarctic Bibliography [(1951-61,1965-98) govt. LC33.9]; see
related website Bibliography
on Cold Regions Science and Technology
Bibliography and Index of Geology [v.33-58 (1969-94) Cravens
Library: Z6031.G46] (covered by GEOREF)
Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America
[v.1-32 (1933-68) Cravens Library: Z6031.G4] (continued by Bibliography
and Index of Geology; covered by GEOREF)
Bibliography of American Paleobotany [(1994,1997-) Cravens Library:
Z6033.P2 B58x]
Current Geographical Publications (AGS) [v.31-47 (1968-1984)
ref.per.ind. G1.C8x; now
available on WWW as GEOBIB]
Energy Research Abstracts ('ERDA') [(1976-95) govt.
E1.17; now available on WWW]
Environment Reporter--Cases [v.1-53 (1970-2002) law]
EPA Publications Bibliography [(1970-2000) govt. EP1.21/7; now
available on WWW]
GEOBIB (American Geographical Society; continues Current Geographical
Publications) [(1985-) WWW-accessed
database]
Geographical Abstracts (series A-G) [(inc.) ref.per.ind.: check
TOPCAT under title Geographical Abstracts]
Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography [(1989-95) ref.per.ind.
G1.G3x] (covered by GEOBASE)
Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography [(1992-95) ref.per.ind.
G1.G33x] (covered by GEOBASE)
Geophysical Abstracts [nos.156-299 (1954-71) govt. I19.43]
GEOREF [(1785/1933-) WWW-accessed
database now connected with GeoScienceWorld]
GeoScienceWorld (several dozen geosciences-oriented ejournals,
plus direct connection to GEOREF) [WWW-accessed
database]
GreenFile (covers literature on man's impact on the environment)
[EBSCOhost]
Handbook of Latin American Studies [v.1- (1935-) ref.per.ind.
Z1605.H23]
Index to Current Urban Documents [v.1-23 (1972-95) ref. Z7165.U5
I654]
Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts [v.11- (1986-) ref.per.ind.
GV191.6 .R86]
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts [v.23-33 (1972-82)
ref.per.ind. QC851.A62]
Pollution Abstracts [v.1-29 (1970-98) ref.per.ind. TD172.P65]
Population Index [v.28-65 (1962-99) ref.per.ind. HB881.A1 P83]
Remote Sensing of Earth (Natural) Resources (title varies) [(1977-94)
ref.per.ind. G70.4 .Q37]
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts [v.1-22 (1973-94) ref.per.ind. HT51.S24]
Selected Water Resources Abstracts [v.4-24 inc. (1971-91) govt.
I1.94/2; (1987-91) govt. microforms I1.94/2]
Social Sciences Citation Index [(1985-94) ref.per.ind. H1.S6x]
Social Sciences Index/Abstracts [(1974-) ref.per.ind. AI3.S62]
Sociological Abstracts [(1963-)
WWW-accessed
database]
U.S. Geological Survey. Bibliography of North American Geology
(govt.: shelved with USGS Bulletin)
Questions or comments: Charles
H. Smith (x6079 charles.smith@wku.edu) regularly updated
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