Natural & Physical Science Reference Ebooks

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Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented. The Complete Dictionary includes the 18 volumes of the original Dictionary of Scientific Biography and the 8 volumes of the recently published New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

Science & Its Times The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work.

Natural & Physical Science Databases

Academic Search Premier - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

AccessScience features fully searchable content from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Ed. It also includes research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, biographies of well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography® and the latest news in science and technology from Science News® and ScienCentral® videos.

CQ Researcher - explores one current issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year (reports start in 1991). Only 5 users at one time

Discovering Collection - a comprehensive reference database for the study of literature, history, science, biography, and social sciences.

Proquest Research Library Journals - a general interest database covering popular to scholarly journals. Contains the full text for some of the articles.

Science Direct - a database of selected journals related to physical, medical, technical, and social sciences.

SIRS - SIRS Government Reporter contains current and historic government documents, directories and almanacs. SIRS Renaissance contains current perspectives on the arts and humanities. SIRS Researcher contains selected articles from popular journals and newspapers regarding current social issues, health, science, and business.