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History of Science, Technology & Medicine 1975 - present The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database incorporates four bibliographies, The Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography of the History of Techn... Access Database History of Science, Technology & Medicine

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Early European Books (EEB) Pre-1701 Early European Books provides online full-text access to a deep digital archive of rare books on all aspects of life and culture in the early modern period. The content is from the leading national... Access Database Early European Books (EEB)
History of Science, Technology & Medicine 1975 - present The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database incorporates four bibliographies, The Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography of the History of Techn... Access Database History of Science, Technology & Medicine
IndexCat (National Library of Medicine) IndexCat is a digitized version of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. The content and coverage is the same as the printed catalog. See: About Index-Catalogu... Access Database IndexCat (National Library of Medicine)
PubMed 1950 - present PubMed, developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), provides free access to MEDLINE, a database of more than 11 million bibliographic citations and abstracts from nearly 4,500 journals in ... Access Database PubMed

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American Periodicals 1740 - 1940 American Periodicals provides access to two separate collections, American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) and American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL). American P... Access Database American Periodicals
APA Style Guide to Electronic References This guide (in PDF format) is adapted from the 6th edition Publication Manual of the APA; up-to-date guide to formatting electronic references in APA Style. Outlines key elements for referencing el... Access Database APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Book History Online 1973 - present An international bibliography in the field of book and library history, BHO "provides a comprehensive survey of all scholarly publications written from a historical perspective. Included are monogr... Access Database Book History Online
British Periodicals (1680s to the 1930s) 1680s - 1930s This database is searchable full text resource and contains approximately 500 journals from the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. Topics covered include ... Access Database British Periodicals (1680s to the 1930s)
Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age 1957 - 1995 Collection of media sources collected between 1957 and 1995 from around the world, documenting the history and impact of computer science. The collection includes English translations of journal ar... Access Database Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age
COS Pivot 1998 - present COS Pivot offers a number of services, such as the Funding Opportunities database, the Funding Alert email update service, and the COS Funded Research and COS Expertise features. The COS Funding Op... Access Database COS Pivot
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library 1475 - 1900 Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library is the online presentation of one of the world's most important Arabic collections, based on A.G. Ellis's 1894-1901 record of publications. The c... Access Database Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library
Electronic Enlightenment 18th century A project of the University of Oxford and other universities and organizations, Electronic Enlightenment is a web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the eighteenth centu... Access Database Electronic Enlightenment
Food Studies Online 1880s - 2017 Collection of archival content, visual ephemera, monographs, and videos that explore how food shapes the world around us. Key themes and disciplines with extensive coverage represented include: mar... Access Database Food Studies Online
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... Access Database Historical Abstracts
History of Science and Technology Dates vary The History of Science and Technology Collection brings together in digital facsimile two categories of primary and secondary publications: writings about scientific research at the University of W... Access Database History of Science and Technology
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) 1450-1501 International database of 15th-century European imprints for nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501. Includes some 16th-century items previously assigned incorrectly to the 15th ce... Access Database Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC)
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts 1970 - present IPA provides worldwide, comprehensive bibliographic coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature. SUBJECTS COVERED: Biopharmaceutics, Drug Therapy, Economics, Education, Ethics ... Access Database International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... Access Database Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 1997 - present JCR provides a means of determining the relative importance of scholarly and technical journals within their subject disciplines by using a variety of citation and article counts attributed to each... Access Database Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... Access Database JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The 1450 - 1914 This wide-ranging collection looks at history through the lens of wealth and trade with a focus on economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and special collections on banking, ... Access Database Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The
Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics 1957 - 1995 Digital archive of primary source materials related to the field of modern bioethics, including a range of topics such medical innovations, research in the fields of psychology and biomedicine, and... Access Database Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics
New York Academy of Sciences Digital Archive 1817 - present This collection of digitized primary sources provides access to two hundred years of scientific research and progress in the fields of natural history, natural sciences, medical research, climate s... Access Database New York Academy of Sciences Digital Archive
Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age 1957 - 1995 Collection of journal articles and reports covering the development and use of nuclear energy during the second half of the 20th century. Includes articles and reports documenting nuclear energy pr... Access Database Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global 1637 - present ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global includes millions of doctoral dissertations in all subject areas completed at over 700 academic institutions worldwide. Some masters theses are also included.... Access Database ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
ulrichsweb.com Ulrich's Periodical Directory Current Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, or ulrichsweb.com (formerly Ulrich's Plus), provides detailed information on serials published throughout the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publication... Access Database ulrichsweb.com Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science
World Biographical Index Current The database World Biographical Index contains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Australasian-Pacific region, and North and ... Access Database World Biographical Index
WorldCat via FirstSearch Before 1000 BC to the present WorldCat is a catalog of millions of books, serials, audiovisual media, maps, archives, manuscripts, scores, computer files, and web sites owned by OCLC member libraries around the world, including... Access Database WorldCat via FirstSearch
WorldCat via WorldCat.org Before 1000 BC to the present WorldCat is a catalog of millions of books, serials, audiovisual media, maps, archives, manuscripts, scores, computer files, and web sites owned by OCLC member libraries around the world, including... Access Database WorldCat via WorldCat.org

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