Natural Science Resources
Finding ARTICLES
Academic Search Complete - Full text articles from peer-reviewed and other respected science journals, including over 400 full text journals indexed in BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts) and very prestigious journals such as Annual Reviews, Critical Reviews, and 42 journals by Nature Publishers (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Environment Complete - Covers early and recent articles in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, and more. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
ProQuest Research Library - Covers a wide range of subject areas (including science) dating back to 1985. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Academic OneFile - A secondary source of scientific articles. (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
PubMed Central - The U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Science Reference Center - Introductory articles from periodicals like Scientific American and reference books. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Credo Reference - An electronic reference book collection.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Science and Nursing - Electronic encyclopedias on the environment, food, microbiology and immunology, bioethics, and science and religion.
AccessScience - Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - Also contains science news articles and research updates. (Database Service: McGraw-Hill Companies)
EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
AGRICOLA - Wide coverage of journals in the agricultural and veterinary sciences. No full text. (Database Service: National Agricultural Library)
Environmental Science
See the Environmental Studies page.
Biomedical Science
MEDLINE with Full Text - Thorough coverage of biomedical and veterinary science journals. Some articles link to full text. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
PubMed - Very similar content as Medline through EBSCO, but has links to some full text articles that are not otherwise easily available at Edgewood.
Chemistry
ACS Publications - The premier chemistry journals; some free full text. (Database Service: American Chemical Society)
Finding BOOKS
Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.
Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor
WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide
Natural Science WEBSITES
National Center for Biotechnology Information of the National Library of Medicine - a wealth of biomedical resources including PubMed, Entrez and OMIM (human genes and genetic disorders), etc.
NPG: NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Key information on chemicals found in the work environment.