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ACM Digital Library  Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1985 are available in the library together with works published by affiliated organizations. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic Search Premier  This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ACM Digital Library Full text of most ACM journals and proceedings since 1950; also includes publications of affiliated organization. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ACM Digital Library Full text of most ACM journals and proceedings since 1950; also includes publications of affiliated organization. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ACM Guide to Computing Literature More than 750,000 citations from 3,000+ publishers, including ACM. Covers books, journal articles, and conference proceedings. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Antarctic Bibliography Covers all disciplines related to the region including biological and geological sciences, medical sciences, meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric and terrestrial physics, expeditions, logistics equipment and supplies, and tourism. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Applied Science Full Text Indexes of over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts and full text. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Applied Science Full Text Indexes of over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts and full text. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ArticleFirst (OCLC) Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record. Provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most items. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASCE Civil Engineering Database The Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) is designed to provide easy bibliographic access to all publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The database covers ASCE documents published since 1973. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASCE Civil Engineering Database The Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) is designed to provide easy bibliographic access to all publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The database covers ASCE documents published since 1973. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASTIS - Arctic Science and Technology Information System ASTIS is a bibliographic database of over 59,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada. The database, maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, includes all subjects in the sciences, humanities and social sciences relevant to this part of the world. The database covers the period of 1978 to the present and includes both peer-reviewed and gray literature, government agency reports, industry reports and documents from First Nations and universities. Also includes are research project descriptions based on the licences that all northern field researchers must obtain, journal articles, conference papers, theses and books. Areas of specialization range from traditional knowledge of native peoples to earth sciences to oil and gas technology to languages and literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASTIS - Arctic Science and Technology Information System ASTIS is a bibliographic database of over 59,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada. The database, maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, includes all subjects in the sciences, humanities and social sciences relevant to this part of the world. The database covers the period of 1978 to the present and includes both peer-reviewed and gray literature, government agency reports, industry reports and documents from First Nations and universities. Also includes are research project descriptions based on the licences that all northern field researchers must obtain, journal articles, conference papers, theses and books. Areas of specialization range from traditional knowledge of native peoples to earth sciences to oil and gas technology to languages and literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service Click here for public access. Provides access to scholarly and technical literature in three major areas: 1) astronomy and astrophysics (approximately 330,000 abstracts; 2) instrumentation(approximately 460,000 abstracts); and 3) physics and geophysics (approximately 220,000 abstracts). In addition, the database has extended the abstract service to include links to scanned images of over 40,000 journal articles for articles appearing in most of the major astronomical journals. Literature types indexed are mostly journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many Ph.D. theses. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service Click here for public access. Provides access to scholarly and technical literature in three major areas: 1) astronomy and astrophysics (approximately 330,000 abstracts; 2) instrumentation(approximately 460,000 abstracts); and 3) physics and geophysics (approximately 220,000 abstracts). In addition, the database has extended the abstract service to include links to scanned images of over 40,000 journal articles for articles appearing in most of the major astronomical journals. Literature types indexed are mostly journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many Ph.D. theses. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology Includes references to scientific and engineering research related to material and operations in a winter battlefield, the nature and impact of cold on facilities and activities, cold-related environmental problems, and the impact of human activity on cold environments. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| BIOSIS Previews NO LONGER CURRENT. Due to budget pressures, we have canceled our subscription to BIOSIS Previews. Although you will continue to be able to access the database, no new articles will be added after January 2011. Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology. Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 10 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| BIOSIS Previews NO LONGER CURRENT. Due to budget pressures, we have canceled our subscription to BIOSIS Previews. Although you will continue to be able to access the database, no new articles will be added after January 2011. Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology. Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 10 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| CASSI CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool is an online resource for locating the bibliographic details for journals. Search by title, abbreviation, CODEN, ISBN, or ISSN. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Chemical Abstracts (via SciFinder Scholar) Access contractually restricted to current U of M faculty, students, and staff. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Collection of Searchable Computer Science Bibliographies This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Compendex Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Compendex Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Department of Energy "DOE Information Bridge" DOE Information Bridge provides free, convenient, and quick access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Department of Energy "DOE Information Bridge" DOE Information Bridge provides free, convenient, and quick access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements Includes abstracts of the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the federal government each year, indexed for easy reference. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| EnergySearch Database related to electrical industry, from EPRI [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Engineering Village Search both Inspec and Compendex. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 6000 sources including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Incorporates Pollution Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts, and other specialized databases.Areas of coverage include agricultural and environmental biotechnology, ecology, energy resources, environmental engineering, environmental impact statements (U.S.), pollution, toxicology & toxic emissions, and water resource issues. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Esp@cenet Find International Patents. Provides an interface to the published patent application databases of the European Patent Office and European national patent offices. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Essential Science Indicators This analytical tool offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals. ESI thus enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science. The compilation of science performance statistics and trends data is based on journal article publication counts and citation data from Thomson Scientific databases, which track a multidisciplinary selection of over 11,000 journals from around the world. Specifically, using ESI, one can:
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| Geobase GEOBASE is a multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for development studies, the Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| GeoRef Index to the worldwide literature of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, hydrogeology , hydrology, and mineralogy. Publication types covered include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government publications, theses, reports, and maps. Provides citations, with a small percentage accompanied by abstracts. Produced by the American Geological Institute. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| GreenFILE Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| History of Science and Technology HST: 1976-to date Includes articles about the history of science in all historical periods. Includes such subjects as magic, alchemy, etc., as well as more modern concepts of science. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Indexes articles, books, proceedings, reviews, and dissertations on the history of science and technology. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Ingenta This index provides bibliographic citations derived from tables of contents pages of over 26,000 journals. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Inspec Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Indexed are primarily journal articles and conference papers, with some books,technical reports, and dissertations. The database provides bibliographic citations plus abstracts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Inspec Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Indexed are primarily journal articles and conference papers, with some books,technical reports, and dissertations. The database provides bibliographic citations plus abstracts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| INSPIRE INSPIRE is jointly developed by CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC, and builds on four decades of hand-curated SPIRES content and Invenio Digital Library software. It offers faster and smarter searches, detailed results, direct access to figures, co-cited articles and full-text searches. Many more features will be released in the next few months, in partnership with arXiv, ADS and leading publishers in the field. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Journal Citation Reports Journal Citation Reports provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Includes the Impact Factor for these journals. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis Academic is a full text databases for news, business, and legal research. It includes sources for researching accounting, environmental studies, health and medical care, government and politics, people, consumer information, and countries worldwide. Locate company information, including the Hoovers Company Profiles. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MathSciNet A comprehensive index, with abstracts, to the research literature of mathematics. Corresponds to the print indexes Mathematical Reviews (MR) and Current Mathematical Publications (CMP). Published by the American Mathematical Society. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MathSciNet (online) A comprehensive index, with abstracts, to the research literature of mathematics. Corresponds to the print indexes Mathematical Reviews (MR) and Current Mathematical Publications (CMP). Published by the American Mathematical Society. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MEDLINE (OVID) OVID, like PubMed, is an interface to search the MEDLINE database. It includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database/article index that contains over 17 million references to journal articles. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. Over 5200 journals worldwide in over 37 languages are indexed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MEDLINE (OVID) OVID, like PubMed, is an interface to search the MEDLINE database. It includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database/article index that contains over 17 million references to journal articles. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. Over 5200 journals worldwide in over 37 languages are indexed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NACA Reports (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) The bibliographic records in this file represent the document series produced by NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as well as various other aviation reports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NASA Technical Reports Server Provides citation with abstracts mostly to technical reports relating to aerospace research. Covers NASA documents published since 1962, and NACA documents from 1915-1960. Many of the reports indexed can be found on microfiche in the Science and Engineering Library. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Provides access to full-text documents produced by the RTO. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| NTIS National Technical Information Service NTIS indexes government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related publications with over 2.0 million bibliographic records since 1964. Contents include research reports, computer products, software, video and audio. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| OVID MEDLINE OVID, like PubMed, is an interface to search the MEDLINE database. It includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database/article index that contains over 17 million references to journal articles. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. Over 5200 journals worldwide in over 37 languages are indexed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| OVID MEDLINE OVID, like PubMed, is an interface to search the MEDLINE database. It includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database/article index that contains over 17 million references to journal articles. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. Over 5200 journals worldwide in over 37 languages are indexed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pollution Abstracts Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. Includes material from conference proceedings and hard-to-find documents, along with information from primary journals in the field. This database is one component of the "Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)" database. To identify additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Public Technical Reports 1955-present The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) Technical Reports Collection includes citations to and selected full-text of JPRS reports from 1955 to the present. The DTIC collection supplements the University of Minnesota JPRS collection, which is only selective in the years prior to the commencement of depository distribution of the reports (1978). Try searching for "FBIS Collection", "FBIS", "JPRS", and the Corporate Author "Joint Publications Research Service Arlington VA". [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Risk Abstracts Experts define risk as a combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects. Recently, increasing scientific attention has centered on the identification and alleviation of risk in today's world. And Risk Abstracts provides a comprehensive source for interdisciplinary perspectives in this evolving field. Published in association with the Institute for Risk Research at the University of Waterloo, Risk Abstracts encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk. The database includes occasional articles on topics of significant interest. The broad, multidisciplinary coverage of risk-related concerns ranges from public and environmental health to social issues and psychological aspects. Professionals involved in risk research studies, environmental science, engineering and design, or any type of industry will find in Risk Abstracts essential information that can help them identify, measure, evaluate, and manage risks of all kinds. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Sage Research Methods Online SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) is a tool designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them. SRMO's new taxonomy of over 1,400 unique methods terms links to authoritative content, including: Over 600 books; Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks; The entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series; Two major works collating a selection of journal articles; Newly commissioned videos. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) Covers the most of the sciences, including veterinary medicine and zoology. Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 70% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. In addition, it is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or a specific earlier work. Indexes articles, reviews, letters, etc. from over "5,300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Impact factors for many journals is also available. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SciFinder SciFinder is the best database for chemistry-related topics. Registration is required, and you must download and log in to VPN for off-campus access. Access is contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff (non-affiliate options). SciFinder includes journal and patent references back to 1907,chemical regulatory data, and supplier, reaction, and substance information. SciFinder Mobile is best for quick searches and has limited functionality. It has no seat or IP access restrictions but requires a SciFinder account. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SpringerMaterials The Landolt-Bornstein Database SpringerMaterials is based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| TLCat Catalog of transportation-related books and other materials held in government, university and other transportation libraries [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Toxicology Abstracts Covers social poisons and substance abuse, natural toxins, legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues; toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and other substances, and the in vivo effects of toxic substances; the effects of alcohol and smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation and radioactive materials; and toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| TRANSPORT Database Produced by the 25-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), headquartered in Paris, together with the United States' Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 31 nations of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), Transport indexes journal articles, technical reports and conference papers on surface transportation systems including marine transportation and their components including highway, traffic, transport, road safety, and economic and social aspects of transportation systems. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Transportation Article File This database, produced at Northwestern University, contains citation and location information for journal articles, conference papers, and other materials on all modes of transportation (air, rail, highway, water, pipeline) and law enforcement. Some materials may be held in the collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Check MNCAT for those holdings. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Digital Edition A rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history, from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives. Additional congresses are added each month. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Digital Edition A rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history, from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives. Additional congresses are added each month. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| U.S. University Science Indicators Statistical database of research performance measures on universities, research institutes, government labs, and other institutions. Contains the number of Thomson Scientific-indexed papers from each institution and the number of times the papers were cited from 1981 to the current year. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| USPTO Web Patent Databases This database from the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers the full text of all US patents issued since January 1, 1976 and full-page images of each page of every US patent issued since 1790 through the most recent weekly issue date. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Web of Science (ISI) Indexes over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk(*). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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