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Aerospace Database
(ProQuest)
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The Aerospace Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.
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ASM Alloy Phase Diagrams Center
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The ASM Alloy Phase Diagrams Center allows subscribers to explore, search and view more than 34,000 binary and ternary phase diagrams and associated phase data for more than 6200 systems from their Web browsers. |
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ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library
(ASTM International)
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A vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. Covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering. |
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CiteSeer Scientific Literature Digital Library
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CiteSeer is a scientific literature digital library that provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries. CiteSeer indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web.
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Credo Reference
(Credo Reference)
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Credo Reference is a source that reference librarians and others use that compiles essential, factual information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources. Credo Reference is written for the interested researcher, not the specialist. It's a great place to start your research.
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CSA
(CSA)
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CSA has been incorporated into the ProQuest database
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Department of Energy Information Bridge
(Department of Energy Information Bridge)
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The Information Bridge provides an open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
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DTIC Online
(Defense Technical Information Center)
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DTIC Online is a defense-oriented portal to the Deep Web for Scientific & Technical Information. The Deep Web is content that resides in searchable databases and can only be accessed via a direct query to the database. Since this content is not published as static web pages, it is not available on the "surface" Web and cannot be accessed directly through commercial and government search engines.
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ebrary
(ebrary)
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ebrary books are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN. Access the full-text of over 43,000 books. Create a personal bookshelf and highlight and take notes in the books. Coverage includes the subject areas of Business & Economics, Computers & IT, Education, Engineering & Technology, History & Political Science, Humanities, Interdisciplinary & Area Studies, Language, Literature & Linguistics, Law, International Relations & Public Policy, Life Sciences, Medical, Nursing & Allied Health, Physical Sciences, Psychology & Social Work, Religion, Philosophy & Classics, Sociology & Anthropology. Notes: ebrary eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from ebrary or from a link in the BOSUN record for each. You do not need to register to have your own ebrary account: one will be automatically created for you when you click on the Login button for the first time. Important: be aware that when you login to ebrary to use personalized features such as your own bookshelf, you will be prompted with a PROXY login screen, even if you're on campus. ebrary’s “reader” function is not supported under many browsers, including AOL's, MSN's, Netscape 6, Opera, and others, including ISP-branded browsers. ebrary works well without it. ebrary permits printing in 30 page increments up to 60 pages per user session. To print, right click on text, select "print" and indicate the pages needed. Note of December 17, 2010: eBrary has changed its personalized account features. Users who set up ebrary personalized accounts before this date may wish to contact ebrary tech support at support@ebrary.com to have their previous bookshelf contents merged with a newer "SSO" bookshelf account. In your email, please provide your previous username and your new username and ask to have your bookshelves "merged". (To see your new username, log in and look in upper right of the screen. Your new name will appear as "Logged in as...") |
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Engineering Village 2
(Engineering Village 2)
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Engineering Village 2 offers access to Compendex, CRC ENGnetBASE (Engineering Handbooks Online), and records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for information specialists, professionals, and researchers working in the applied science technical and engineering fields.
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Institute of Physics Science
(Institute of Physics)
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Platform for IOP-hosted journals such as Chinese Physics, European Journal of Physics, Inverse Problems, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, New Journal of Physics, Measurement Science & Technology, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanotechnology, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Semiconductor Science and Technology, Smart Materials and Structures, Superconductor Science & Technology. IOPcollections provide instant access to a collection of recent articles chosen for their quality: IOPselect (chosen for novelty, significance, and potential impact on future research), Latest Papers (published in the last month), Featured Articles (recent articles of high interest), and Physics Reviews (bringing together all review articles). |
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Knovel
(Knovel)
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Knovel ebooks are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN. Knovel offers interactive access to the full-text content of over 800 engineering and scientific handbooks and databases, and the ability to manipulate and search across this entire collection. Knovel currently has 19 subject areas: Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks; Aerospace & Radar Technology; Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology; Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering; Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; Earth Sciences; Electrical & Power Engineering; Electronics & Semiconductors; Environment & Environmental Engineering; Food Science; General Engineering References; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Metals & Metallurgy; Oil & Gas Engineering; Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries; Plastics & Rubber; Safety & Industrial Hygiene; Textiles
Notes: Knovel eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from Knovel, or from a link in the BOSUN record for each. Books are displayed a chapter at a time in .pdf format. Knovel offers a "search within" feature. Data in books may be adapted and used interactively. |
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NTIS
(National Technical Information Service)
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NTIS is the federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information by or for the U.S. government and complementary materials from international sources. Approximately 2.5 million products are available in a variety of formats including online, electronic, multimedia, CD-ROM , paper, and microfiche.
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Optics InfoBase
(Optical Society of America)
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Journals of the Optical Society of America, including: Applied Optics, Applied Spectroscopy, Chinese Optics Letters, Journal of Display Technology, Journal of Optical Technology, Journal of the Optical Society of America B Online, Optics Letters, and more.
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Physical Review Online Archive
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PROLA contains the full-text of all American Physical Society journals published from 1893 to 1999 including all of Physical Review back to 1893, all of Physical Review Letters back to 1958, and all of Reviews of Modern Physics back to 1929.
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ProQuest
(ProQuest)
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Select the databases you want to search and then click on Use selected databases.
Databases include: ABI/INFORM Global (business, management & trade), Aerospace Database, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, COS Funding Opportunities, EconLit, GeoRef, Hoover's Company Profiles, Index Islamicus, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, National Newspapers Core, Oceanic Abstracts, OxResearch (geopolitical and macro-economic analysis), PAIS (Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations), ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers [Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995), New York Times (1851-2007), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Washington Post (1877-1993)], ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Telecommunications, PsycINFO, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. |
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ProQuest Government Periodicals Index
(ProQuest)
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The U.S. government agencies publish approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value. Government Periodicals Universe provides detailed subject and author indexing to access this body of literature and is updated quarterly (March, June, Sept, and December). Each update covers more than 2,000 articles of research value.
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Science Citation Index
(ISI Web of Knowledge)
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The Science Citation Index® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Dudley Knox Library’s subscription covers articles and papers published from 1956-present.
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Scitation
(American Institute of Physics)
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Leading online publishing platform for science and technology content including hundreds of journals, thousands of conference proceedings, as well as e-books, standards, patents, databases, and magazines. Publishers include its parent organization, the American Institute of Physics; the Acoustical Society of America; AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing; Institution of Engineering and Technology; Society for Imaging Science & Technology; National Institute of Standards and Technology; SPIE; Virtual Journals in Science and Technology; among others.
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Shock and Vibration Digest
(Ebsco)
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Shock & Vibration Digest includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 92,000 records, which are selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
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SPIE Digital Library
(SPIE)
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The SPIE Digital Library contains the full text of technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings from 1990 to the present.
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Superconductivity Papers Database
(Superconductivity Papers Database)
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A free searchable index of journal articles on superconductivity.
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TORPEDO Ultra
(U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
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Access to the full text of selected journals published by Academic Press, Elsevier Science, Institute of Physics and Naval Research Laboratory Formal and Memorandum Reports, NRL authored journal articles and conference papers, and NRL Press Releases.
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Web of Knowledge
(Web of Knowledge)
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The website includes access to Web of Science (Science Citation Index 1956-present, Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1991-present, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities 1991-present) , Medline 1950-present, and Journal Citation Reports 2006-2010. It provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.
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Wiley Online Library
(Wiley)
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Journal articles and e-books covering: Business & Economics, Chemistry, Computer Science & Information Technology, Math & Statistics, Physical Science & Engineering, and Social & Behavioral Sciences. Notes: The Wiley e-books the library owns are accessible directly from Wiley, or from a link in the library catalog (BOSUN) record for each. Books are displayed a chapter at a time in .pdf format. Special features include: "search within the full text," "find more like this," and citation export. |
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WorldCat
(OCLC)
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With WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) you can simultaneously search the catalogs of over 9000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat contains more than 50 million records in over 400 languages.
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