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Annual Review Of Materials Research (Info)
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| Producer: | Annual Reviews | |
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| Description: | Synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in Materials Research in one annual volume. Search or browse. Full text access from 1996 to present. | |
| Usage Tips: | Combining Terms: Use double quotes " " to indicate phrase searching. For example, a search for "synaptic plasticity" finds articles in which the two words appear as a phrase. Likewise, a search for synaptic plasticity without the quotation marks finds articles that contain both words, apart or together. Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) can also be used to sharpen your search. Wildcards: Two wildcard characters are supported: the asterisk (*) and the question mark (?). The '?' stands for any character within the search string and the '*' stands for zero or more characters at the end of a search word. For example, a search for b?nd finds bond, bend, band, bind, plus all their plurals and '-ing' forms. A search for adeno* finds adenovirus, adenocarcinoma, adenohypophysis, adenosine, etc. For more help using this resource, click here | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |
| Producer: | Annual Reviews | |
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| Description: | An especially valuable form of secondary literature. Articles in the Annual Review series are comprehensive, dependable, and offer sizeable bibliographies; if you can find an article on your topic, it will probably point you to most of the relevant primary literature which had appeared up to its publication date, and give you a firm basis for understanding the evolution of research traditions in that subfield. | |
| Usage Tips: | For a more specialized search, see the individual Annual Review titles listed under corresponding subject guides.
For help using this resource, click here. Not all topics are to be found. If you get nothing useful, try a more general search. Wildcards: Two "wildcard" characters are supported -- the asterisk (*) and the question mark (?). The '?' stands for any character within the search string and the '*' stands for zero or more characters at the end of a search word. No word used in a query may start with a wildcard. Wildcards do not work inside quotation-mark-grouped phrases. Example: a search for "b?nd" finds bond, bend, band, bind plus all their plurals and "-ing" forms. Combining Terms: Any multi-word phrases that are to be treated as single search items must be entered in double quotation marks. For example "synaptic plasticity" finds articles in which the two words appear as a phrase. Words within parentheses are evaluated together before the whole search is evaluated. Thus, a search for "impaired driving" or "drunk driving" and opinion or attitude can be sharpened as ("impaired driving" or "drunk driving") and (opinion or attitude). | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Environmental Studies Geology Physics and Engineering Psychology Islamic Studies | |
Engineering E-Journal Search Engine (Info)
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| Producer: | EEVL | |
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| Description: | An award winning service, provides full text content from over 250 freely available academic, professional and trade ejournals. Society journals are also included. | |
| Tutorial: | http://www.eevl.ac.uk/help-quickstart.htm | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |
| Producer: | Ingenta | |
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| Description: | One of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online - some 19 million articles from 29,500 publications, including 8,000 online. You can search all of these journals or browse specific topics. Provides access to the full text of online articles through online purchase of individual articles or through subscriptions to publications. You will have to use the Periodical Finder to get the full text of articles. | |
| Usage Tips: | Combining Terms: Use parentheses ( ) to group search terms. For example, shark and (white or blue) will bring back articles containing the word shark plus the word white, and/or shark plus blue. Use quotation marks to search for exact phrases. For example, "third wave" might give you results from various academic disciplines. Apply Boolean operators with two or more phrases to restrict the search e.g. "third wave" and "feminist theory". Wildcards: Use asterisks * to create wildcard searches. A search for psychol* will return results containing psychology, psychological, and psychologically. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Environmental Studies Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
IoP Electronic Journals (Info)
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| Producer: | Institute of Physics | |
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| Description: | Searchable and browseable archive of journals published by the Institute of Physics. | |
| Usage Tips: | Combining Terms: To search for an exact phrase, you should use double quotes, e.g. "electronic structure". Parentheses ( ) can be used to structure searches. For example, (stress OR strain) AND function. Wildcards: The asterisk * can be used as a wildcard taking the place of several unspecified characters. This allows you to broaden a search. Thus electro* finds articles containing electro, electron, electronic, electromagnetic, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |
| Producer: | American Physical Society | |
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| Description: | The American Physical Society's PROLA archive contains PDF images of all pages of Physical Review 1893-2007 and Reviews of Modern Physics 1929-present, and thus extends W&L's holdings, makes the whole collection searchable, and delivers the results to individual desktops. This online resource should be much more useable than the bound volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | Important: the SEARCH interface requires the user to specify the journal(s) within which a search is to be done, and searches are NOT conducted on the full text of articles. You can choose fields to search, and make Boolean combinations. The ABSTRACT field is a good candidate for the equivalent of a keyword search, and probably the best place to begin. A search for a phrase in the ABSTRACT field can be done by enclosing it in quotes (thus, "structure and stability of metallic glasses" retrieves ONE article in Phys Rev B.; without the quotes, the terms are combined and 11 articles are retrieved). A 'FULL RECORD' search includes AUTHOR, ABSTRACT, TITLE, COLLABORATION and AFFILIATION fields. The Helpful Hints in the website summarize other features (e.g., "Greek letters are spelled out with upper case Greek starting with an upper case letter: Delta vs. delta."). | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |
| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Libraries | |
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| Description: | Comprehensive list of databases and online indexes for the sciences | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
| Producer: | Elsevier B.V. | |
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| Description: | Online full text access to our subscriptions to journals published by Elsevier, with an archive starting in 1999. This includes the Trends in . . . journals, Tetrahedron Letters, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and many others. The database allows searching on over 1,700 journals from Elsevier Science including top titles such as The Lancet, Cell, and Tetrahedron and over three million articles and over 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help using this resource, click here. Wildcards: Use ! to find a root word plus all the words made by adding letters to the end of it. For http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=JournalListURL&_update=y&_auth=y&_acct=C000053098&md5=7173bf2f1fc8a62c05e6f3ea7a00be2e&subjColl=all&stype=title&type=subscribedexample, a search for behav! would find behave, behaviour, behavioural. Use an asterisk * to replace characters anywhere in a word, except the first character. Use one asterisk for each character you want to replace. For example, a search for wom*n would find woman and women. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
| Producer: | American Institute of Physics (AIP) Online | |
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| Description: | Scitation includes links to many rich sources of information, including ISI's Web of Science, MEDLINE, Chemport/Chemical Abstracts Service, SPIN database, INSPEC, EDP Sciences, X-ArkiV, SLAC-SPIRES, and other Scitation journals, among others. The scope of online products and services hosted on the platform includes conference proceedings, virtual journals, magazines, standards, storefronts with rich e-commerce features, online portal sites, and almost 600,000 journal articles. | |
| Usage Tips: | Help page | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | Elsevier | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Described as the largest citation-and-abstract database in the world, Scopus features broad coverage of scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature, as covered in about 14,000 peer-reviewed resources, as well as academic Web sites from the Scirus database. Scopus also functions as a citation-indexing tool. | |
| Usage Tips: | Entries dating from 1996 include complete reference (bibliography) listings, while earlier entries (back to 1966) include only citations and abstracts.
Combining Terms You can search for entries containing two or more terms by combining them with "AND" in the search statement. Example: college AND stress Phrases Search for a multi-word phrase by placing the terms within double quotation-marks. Example: "binge drinking" Wildcards/Truncation The search system will automatically search for singular and plural forms of a term that is entered. Example: cell will find cell and cells. A question-mark (?) will replace a single character in a search term. Example: analys?s will find analysis and analyses. An asterisk (*) can replace any number of characters in a search term. Example: behav* will find behavior, behaviour, behavioral, behaviors, behaviorism, etc. Citation Indexing Note that most entries include a "Cited By" option, which allows you to see publications which have cited the item you are viewing. Full Text Many entries in the database include "View at Publisher" links, intended to lead you to the complete text of articles, etc. on publisher Web site. In many cases, we actually will not have access to these materials. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General Sociology Economics | |
Scopus Citation Tracker (Info)
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| Producer: | Elsevier | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Track how often articles have been cited by other authors. A comparable service to Web of Science's Cited Reference Searching, you can enter an author's name and generate a report of how a particular article has been cited by other authors by year. View the articles, print the Citation Overview, or export the Citation Overview into a CSV file, ready to be converted to an Excel spreadsheet. | |
| Usage Tips: | Start by doing an author search. Select the article you would like to track, then select the Citation Overview button.  A tutorial is available for Scopus Citation Tracker. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
Journal Abbreviations In The Sciences (Info)
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| Producer: | Telford Science Library | |
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| Description: | A collection of resources for deciphering journal title abbreviations, which are very prevalent in the scientific scholarly literature. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, And Applications (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2011 reference guide contains over 40 signed eassys providing an overview of "where nuclear energy science and technology came from, where they are today, and what the future may hold." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Routledge Religion Online (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Consists of the contents of about 30 reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources) on many aspects of religious studies. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may search the entire database or any individual works. The default search covers the complete text of the database.
To search for entries containing two or more words, simply type the two words. Example: dance ghost finds entries containing both words. To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "ghost dance" To find only entries whose titles contain your search terms, click on the "Headings" option. To limit your search to only one or several individual works, click on "Deselect All" (bottom of search page) and then click on the desired titles. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General Physics and Engineering Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology | |
Science Reference Sources (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Libraries | |
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| Description: | A list of science specific dictionaries and encyclopedias. Updated as new resources are acquired. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
| Producer: | Thomas Publishing | |
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| Description: | Comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more. Search by state, company, or brand, browse by category, and download CAD drawings. Use Thomas Global Register to search worldwide.
Formerly known as the Thomas Register in its printed form. | |
| Usage Tips: | Help page | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering Company Information | |
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| Producer: | National Science Digital Library | |
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| Description: | As a part of the National Science Digital Library's comPADRE, Astronomy Center is a clearinghouse of links to images, labs and articles related to the study and teaching of astronomy. These materials are thoroughly evaluated by specialists and librarians for content and accuracy. Users are encouraged to submit materials, as well. To browse the collection, go here. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |
Course Guides For The Sciences (Info)
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| Producer: | W&L | |
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| Description: | The gateway page to course guides in biology, chemistry, geology, environmental studies, mathematics, physics and engineering, and psychology. Go to specific discipline guides, or use some of the general interest items listed. This is a great replacement for the old Science Library homepage. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology | |
Department Of Energy Information Bridge (Info)
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| Producer: | OSTI | |
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| Description: | Provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1994 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format. The Information Bridge contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help using this resource, click here. Phrases/Adjacent Terms: Phrases (adjacent terms) can be searched for by using double quotes. For example, a search for "BIG EXPLOSION" will return results that contain the term BIG immediately followed by the term EXPLOSION. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Environmental Studies Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | Office of Scientific and Technical Information | |
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| Description: | As one of the leading sites to find grey literature, GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical reports generated by federally funded research projects. Developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE), NASA, and the EPA. | |
| Tutorial: | http://graylit.osti.gov/help.html | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Environmental Studies Physics and Engineering | |
NIST Chemistry Web Book (Info)
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| Producer: | National Institutes for Standards and Technology | |
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| Description: | Thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. | |
| Usage Tips: | To cite data from this source, see http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?Contrib=. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Chemistry Physics and Engineering | |
National Science Foundation Award Abstracts Database (Info)
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| Producer: | National Science Foundation | |
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| Description: | Find out who's doing what research and what they said about it to get funding. You can search by keyword, by name, by institution. The records aren't research reports, but you can learn a lot about what's current and how science is presented to funding agencies. Includes advice on how to prepare a grant proposal and a search for funding your own research. | |
| Usage Tips: | A-Z Index of Funding Opportunities Guide to Funding Opportunities Grant Proposal Guide Award Search | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
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| Description: | Online version of the popular magazine Science. Full text access to most content in issues archived to 1995. Search by keyword, browse by volume or subject. Print version also available in the Science Library Periodicals | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Geology Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | Elsevier | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Specialized search engine which focuses on over 450 million science-related Web pages. Also searches for publicly-accessible science journal article citations and PDF documents that Google misses, including documents from institutional repositories. Focuses only on Web pages containing scientific content. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help using this resource, click here.
A Firefox toolbar is available. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Chemistry Computer Science Mathematics Physics and Engineering Psychology Science - General | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Scitopia.org is a meta-search for content published by 15 sci-tech societies, including American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, IEEE, Institute of Physics, SIAM, and more. 150 years of research published in peer-reviewed journals, technical reports, and conference proceedings are available in the 3 million documents currently indexed. | |
| Usage Tips: | This search engine will retrieve citations for you, then link you to the society's website for the full text. If W&L is not a member, you may not be able to gain full text access.
You may also get table of contents RSS feeds for some society journ | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Geology Mathematics Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | Telford Science Library | |
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| Description: | Collection of resources to help you search for patents. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Chemistry Physics and Engineering Science - General | |
| Producer: | Cornell University | |
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| Description: | Open access to 356,658 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology. Owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, and partially funded by the National Science Foundation. Search by keyword or browse by subject or date. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help using this resource, click here. Wildcards: Wild card '*' can be used anywhere but at the beginning of a term. Combining Terms: Combine terms with parentheses. To search for exact phrases, use double quotes (") - Warning: can be slow (try using AND instead) | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Biology Computer Science Mathematics Physics and Engineering | |
| Producer: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | |
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| Description: | Developed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) this site offers educational Java applets for physics/engineering students and professors. With three sections (fluid dynamics, statics, and dynamics) most applets include lesson plans and instructions. Many in the "fluid dynamics" section even contain source code. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering | |