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INSPEC (via Web of Science) 1898 - present Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineerin... Access Database INSPEC (via Web of Science)

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arXiv.org E-Print Archive 1991 - present This is an archive of pre-print literature in physics and related disciplines: mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computation linguistics, and neuroscience. It is subdivided into broad subject catego... Access Database arXiv.org E-Print Archive
INSPEC (via Web of Science) 1898 - present Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineerin... Access Database INSPEC (via Web of Science)
NASA Astrophysics Data System 19th century - present The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA- funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 4.5 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and ArXiv e... Access Database NASA Astrophysics Data System
Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Access Database Scopus
SpringerMaterials 1883 - present SpringerMaterials provides access to curated data on 3000+ physical and chemical properties of 250,000+ materials and chemical systems and is relevant to research in the fields of Physics, Chemistr... Access Database SpringerMaterials
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

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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Present The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is a basic reference book for chemical and physical data. Material is updated and revised and new material included in each annual. Sections include basic ... Access Database CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Current This is the 5th (or latest) edition of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, covering the entire chemical industry and allied fields. Updated regularly, Kirk-Othmer Online will stay ... Access Database Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Wolfram MathWorld 5/6/14 Formerly: Eric Weisstein's Encyclopedia of Mathematics This is a compendium of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references. It is intended for a broad spectrum of readers with a wide range of mathematical backgrounds and in... Access Database Wolfram MathWorld 5/6/14 Formerly: Eric Weisstein's Encyclopedia of Mathematics

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Academic Search 1975 - present Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are index... Access Database Academic Search
Applied Science & Technology Full Text 1990 - present Applied Science & Technology Full Text includes indexing and abstracts for more than 760 English-language scientific and technical publications dating back to 1983. Also included are full-text arti... Access Database Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Data Citation Index 1900 - present The Data Citation Index provides a single point of access to quality research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world. Through linked content and summary information, this da... Access Database Data Citation Index
Engineering Village - Ei Backfile 1884 - 1969 Engineering village – Ei Backfile provides an index and abstracts to engineering literature published between 1884-1969. (not updated) Access Database Engineering Village - Ei Backfile
IEEE Xplore 1884 - present IEEE Xplore is a digital library providing full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, electronics, and related disciplines. IEEE Xplore includes full text... Access Database IEEE Xplore
InCites Essential Science Indicators Ten year rolling file - present Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool that helps you identify top-performing research in Web of Science Core Collection. ESI surveys more than 11,000 journals from around the wor... Access Database InCites Essential Science Indicators
INIS: International Nuclear Information System 1970 - present INIS is a leading open access reference database for scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. It contains over 3 million bibliographic citat... Access Database INIS: International Nuclear Information System
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)
NIST Atomic Spectra Database The Atomic Spectra Database (ASD) contains data for radiative transitions and energy levels in atoms and atomic ions. Data are included for observed transitions of 99 elements and energy levels of ... Access Database NIST Atomic Spectra Database
NIST Data Gateway Dates Vary NIST Data Gateway-provides access to many (currently over 80) of the NIST scientific and technical databases. These databases cover a broad range of substances and properties from many different sc... Access Database NIST Data Gateway
NTRL National Technical Reports Library 1964 to present; brief records for pre-1964 period NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) offers a public interface for accessing authenticated government technical reports in the U.S. Department of Commerce NTIS (National Technical Information ... Access Database NTRL National Technical Reports Library
SPIE Digital Library SPIE proceedings include more than 450,000 optics and photonics conference papers spanning biomedicine, communications, sensors, defense and security, manufacturing, electronics, energy, and imagin... Access Database SPIE Digital Library
Technology Collection 1962 - present The Technology Collection is a full text database that includes Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database and Materials Science & Engineering Database. It provides full-text access to peer-reviewe... Access Database Technology Collection

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