Natural Sciences Research Guide

Below are key resources for biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science. Select the kind of resource you need from below, or  scroll down the page to browse.

Key Research Databases   Supplementary Databases   Open Access Resources   Science Ready Reference  

Key Databases for Research

ACS Journals 
Abstracts & full text for magazines & journals from American Chemical Society.
 GreenFile
Environment science literature from scholarly, government, and general-interest publications. 
AGRICOLA
Research literature in agriculture and allied disciplines.  
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Articles in scholarly journals, as well as Stedman's Medical Dictionary.  
Alt-Health Watch
Scholarly and trade journal articles in holistic and alternative medicine. 
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine
Research literature in all scientific disciplines and related fields. 

BIOSIS(Including Biological Abstracts)

Research literature in biology and post-1998 patent information.  

Medline
From the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Research literature.  
CINAHL
From the National League for Nursing & American Nurses' Association. Research literature in nursing, health sciences, alternative & integrative medicine, & allied health disciplines. 

PubMed
Public version of Medline, from NLM, less full-text.
 

Electronic Journal Center
Research literature in various disciplines. Browse or search.

Science Citation Index Expanded
(ISI Web of Science) Articles in peer-reviewed journals - bibliographic information, abstracts, and cited references. 

Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
Streaming videos from OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 

Science Digital Resouces
Streaming videos from OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons 

 Environment Complete
Research literature, environmental science  

 

Supplementary Databases for Research

Article First
Articles, news stories, letters and other items. Includes option to search for only peer-reviewed journals. 
PapersFirst
Papers presented at conferences, expositions, workshops, symposia, & meetings and received at The British Library Document Supply Centre.  
Dissertation Abstracts (Digital Dissertations)
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses of authors from North American graduate schools and European universities.
 
ProceedingsFirst
Conference proceedings of symposia, conferences, expositions, workshops, and meetings received at The British Library Document Centre.  
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities.
 
WorldCat
Includes science monographs, compila-tions of proceedings published in books. 

Selection of Open-Access Sources for Research

Data Compilations

Research Literature & Research Projects

Patent Searching

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