Libguides Subject Guide for Sciences (Preview)

Background Information

• McGraw-Hill Access Science [McGraw-Hill] - continuously updated scientific resource that includes: Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, biographies of scientists, and scientific news updates.
• Gale Virtual Reference [Gale] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Books, eBooks, DVDs, CDs, etc.

• Start with PrinCat to search for Principia College library materials.
• Use I-Share to expand your search to include other academic libraries in Illinois. Requested materials usually arrive within 3-5 days.
  
• Use WorldCat if you need to expand your search beyond I-Share. WorldCat materials are available through interlibrary loan. They usually arrive within 7-14 days.
• Use ebrary to find over 55,000 academic eBooks.
• Search over 12,000 Springer-Verlag titles through PrinCat

Journal Articles

• Nature [Nature Publishing Group] (Coverage Began January 1, 2010)
• Environment Complete [EBSCOHost] - more than 680 journals with coverage in agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. 
• Academic Search Premier [EBSCOHost] - more than 4,600 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.
• American Chemical Society [American Chemical Society] Note: We only subscribe to Energy & Fuels, C&EN News, Environmental Science & Technology.
• BioOne [BioOne] - over 150 bioscience research journals
• JSTOR [JSTOR] - Academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.]
• SPIN Web [American Institute of Physics]
  • Full text limited to: American Journal of Physics
• Audubon's Birds of America [University of Pittsburgh]
• SORA - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive [University of New Mexico]
• ArXiv.org [Cornell University] for physics working papers
• Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science

Full Text of knovel Chemistry Titles

• International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology [knovel]
• knovel Critical Tables [knovel]
• Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition) [knovel]

Current Newspapers and Other News Sources

• LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] - International, national and local news sources including the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.
• Christian Science Monitor Home Page - international news coverage.
• Wall Street Journal [ProQuest] - full-text coverage of business and financial news from 1984 to present.
• Newspaper Source [EBSCOHost] - full text coverage of 35 international and national newspapers with select coverage from 375 regional newspapers.
• For additional news sources, see the News Sources page

Legal & Government Information

• LexisNexis Academic-Legal [LexisNexis] - locate state and federal laws, regulations, and opinions as well as law review articles.
• LexisNexis Congressional [LexisNexis] - locate bills and legislative histories.
• CRS Reports [University of North Texas] - collection of Congressional Research Service Reports released to the public.
• OpenCRS Congressional Research Reports for the People - search for Congressional Research Service Reports by topic.

Government Information

• Google U.S. Government Search
• GPO Catalog [OCLC FirstSearch]

Foreign Government Information

• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• Foreign Governments(links to individual foreign government pages)

Article Citations, Conference Papers and Proceedings

• ArticleFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of articles from table of contents in academic and popular journals.
• PapersFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
• ProceedingsFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of conference proceedings worldwide.

Still Want More Sources?

• Marine Realms Information Bank [USGS]
• AmphibiaWeb [University of California]
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources]