Science Resources
Books
- Athena : Midway College Library Catalog
- WorldCat - Search a catalog of books and other materials from libraries worldwide. This database can be used for requesting books for interlibrary loan.
- NetLibrary - A collection of full-text electronic books.
- Academic Search Premier - Multi-disciplinary database of full-text journal titles.
- AGRICOLA via EBSCOhost This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. No full-text articles.
- AGRICOLA via National Agricultural Library
- GreenFILE Provides well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
- MEDLINE via EBSCOhost MEDLINE, created by the National Library of Medicine, provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. No full-text articles.
- PubMed Central PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a public resource. Everything they publish is freely available online for anyone to read, download, copy or use.
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
NSDL online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering and math.
Produced by Thomson Scientific, it is a free website offering resources for the life sciences information community. It offers resources and links for life sciences. You may browse the directory by organism, scientific subject or geography.
Directory and search engine for biology related resources. It has an extensive free, searchable image database.
Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry
Directory of permanently and temporarily available chemical and biochemical journals with free access to full texts of papers.
International Chemistry Society
Chemsoc is for everyone interested in the chemical sciences. It contains events, features, links and educational materials all relating to chemistry. Plus it has a visual elements periodical table and a chemistry timeline.
Directory of Open Access Journals - Biology and Life Sciences
DOAJ provides links to free, full-text, quality controlled scientific journals.
WebElements displays the periodic table, with links to information on each element.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is a federal office responsible for protecting the environment. Sources include press releases, educational resources, governmental policy.
Internet history of science sourcebook
Sources covering the history of science and technology worldwide from the Ancient Egypt to World War II. Some topics include: ancient medicine, technology used in war, industrial revolution, Darwin, Einstein, and Freud. Comprehensive geographic areas including: China and the near east, Greeks, Romans, Muslim countries, Latin America, India, Europe, America, and more.
WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences
Resources to topics that include animal health, biotechnology, botany, forestry, genetics, microbiology, physiology and more.
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, this is a gateway allowing searching across 28 scientific databases from 18 countries. It provides access to research findings in energy, medicine, agriculture, environment, and the basic sciences.
- Resources to a number of topics including climate change, energy, ethics, human health, habitat conservation, population, sustainable business, urban issues, vegetarianism, waste management, water quality, wildlife and more.