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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.)

• 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)

• 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)

  
  (Some full text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  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)

• 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 over 300 research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)

• ProQuest Direct

  
  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)

• 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)