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Databases
AccessScience is an authoritative online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines.
Publication coverage: 15th century to present
AGRICOLA is a public database produced by the National Agriculture Library (NAL) containing references to the literature of agriculture and allied fields.Publication coverage: 1980 - present (updated weekly)
Analytical Abstracts is a current awareness service for analytical and bioanalytical science. It indexes over 100 international journals from 1980 forward, plus equipment manufacturers' application notes, standards and books.
The ASTM Library covers a broad range of journals and standards in the engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.
Cambridge Structural Database System
Publication coverage: 1965 to present
CSD is a repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures compiled from the published literature and directly deposited data.Publication coverage: 1869 - present (updated weekly)
Produced by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), this database contains more than 2 million Canadian patents from 1869 to the present.Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions
Publication coverage: 2001 - 2015
This database, produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry, was discontinued in 2015 and replaced by Synthetic Reaction Updates. It is an historical archive for all areas of catalysis research published in primary journals from 2000 through 2015.Publication coverage: 2017-present (updated daily)
ChemRxiv is an open access database containing unpublished preprints in chemistry and related areas. It was established in 2017 by the American Chemical Society in collaboration with several partners including the Royal Society of Chemistry and German Chemical Society.
ChemSpider is a free chemical information database providing access to data for 58 million chemical substances obtained from hundreds of data sources.
Copper Technical Reference Library
Publication coverage: 1965 to present
This database provides in-depth coverage of copper, its alloys and compounds, ranging from mining and extractive metallurgy, to antimicrobial properties, to the use of copper in electronics and semiconductors.Ask Us
New / Trial Databases
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription:
- Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
Indexes over 500 journals with some full-text coverage (of over 160 journals and books) covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. - Mental Measurements Yearbook
A comprehensive guide to testing instruments, covering 7500 commercially available tests in many categories. - Oxford Handbooks Online
Content published online in 2017-2018 is now available.