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• AGRICOLA

  
  Search 2.5 million records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. (Some full-text)

• American Chemical Society Publications

  
  Online journals. (Full-text)

• Directory of Open Access Journals

  
  List of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly online journals. Covers journals for all subjects, in all languages. (Full text)

• Discovering Science

  
  Encyclopedia-like coverage of natural sciences. (Full-text)

• EBSCO Animals

  
  In-depth information describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. (Full-text)

• GreenFILE

  
  "freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond."

• GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)

  
  Focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news,

• InfoTrac Agriculture Collection

  
  Provides access to nearly 200 titles focused on agriculture and related fields, from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac Environmental Studies & Policies Collection

  
  A collection of nearly 200 journals covering environmental issues and policies. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac General Science Collection

  
  A collection of over 200 journals, including a range of scientific topics such as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology. (Some full-text)

• Science And Technology Collection

  
  Provides full-text access to over 800 journals covering aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science; as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. (Some full-text)

Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
Science Research
 

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)

  
  Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects; Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995 (Some full-text)

• Academic Search Complete

  
  Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)

• Encyclopedia Britannica

  
  The online version of the standard encyclopedia, covering a wide range of topics. Also useful as a guide to the World Wide Web, providing links to rated sites. Provides some magazine articles as well. (Full-text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• JSTOR

  
  Includes articles from hundreds of scholarly research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)

• Project Muse

  
  This multi-purpose database offers the full text of over 300 scholarly journals covering the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Updates JSTOR. (Full-text)

• Wilson OmniFile

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)